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Ponderosa Way over North Fork Battle Creek

Shasta County, California · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Ponderosa Way over North Fork Battle Creek in Shasta County, California, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1938, making it 87 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2014).
It is one of 233 of the 493 inventoried bridges in Shasta County rated fair (47.3%); 11 (2.2%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 62 ft
Location	4.9 Mi S/E Shingletown
NBI structure number	06F0005
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the California department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Interstate 5 NB over Balls Ferry Rd	1966	78,000	Good
Interstate Route 5 over UPRR Railroad Tracks	2022	55,000	Fair
Interstate Route 5 over Anderson Creek	2022	55,000	Good
Interstate 5 over Boulder Creek	1965	53,000	Fair
Interstate 5 over Sacramento River	2003	51,000	Good
State Route 44 over Sacramento River	2010	51,000	Good