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State Route 162 over Rice Canal

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

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

State Route 162 over Rice Canal in Butte County, California, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1956, making it 69 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 930 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 278 of the 440 inventoried bridges in Butte County rated fair (63.2%); 24 (5.5%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 20 ft
Location	03-but-162-7.00
NBI structure number	12 0041
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Skyway over State Route 99	1965	37,400	Good
State Route 99 over Dry Channel	1953	32,600	Good
State Route 99 over Scrub Creek	1952	28,250	Good
State Route 99 over Nance Canyon	1952	28,250	Good
Cohasset Hwy over State Route 99	1966	27,008	Good
State Route 99 SB over Little Chico Creek	1965	24,750	Fair