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State Route 16 over Bear Creek

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

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

State Route 16 over Bear Creek in Colusa County, California, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 630 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 100 of the 213 inventoried bridges in Colusa County rated fair (46.9%); 12 (5.6%) 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	Continuous concrete tee beam
Length	about 160 ft
Location	03-col-016-r3.35
NBI structure number	15 0037
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 over Hillgate Road	1957	35,000	Good
Interstate 5 over Brush Creek	1967	35,000	Good
Interstate 5 over Cortina Creek Overflow	1946	33,000	Good
Interstate 5 over Farm Land Drain	1968	30,000	Fair
Interstate 5 over South Branch Sand Creek	1967	29,500	Good
Interstate 5 over Petroleum Creek	1967	18,000	Fair