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State Route 49 over Cherokee Creek

Calaveras County, California · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

State Route 49 over Cherokee Creek in Calaveras County, California, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1941 and reconstructed in 1986, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 8,050 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 39 of the 108 inventoried bridges in Calaveras County rated good (36.1%); 6 (5.6%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	7	Good condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 22 ft
Location	10-cal-049-9.01-ang
NBI structure number	30 0042
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
State Route 4 over Murphys Grade Road	2009	9,150	Good
State Route 4 over Angels Creek	2009	9,150	Good
State Route 49 over Angels Creek	1909	9,100	Fair
State Route 12 over Lime Creek	1939	8,000	Fair
State Route 4 over Waterman Creek	1941	7,900	Fair
State Route 4 over Gardner Lane	2009	7,900	Fair