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Soquel Drive over Soquel Creek

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

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

Soquel Drive over Soquel Creek in Santa Cruz County, California, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2002, making it 23 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 83 of the 194 inventoried bridges in Santa Cruz County rated fair (42.8%); 32 (16.5%) 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


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 144 ft
Location	0.1 Mi East of Porter St
NBI structure number	36C0159
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
State Route 1 over Emeline Street	2008	130,000	Fair
Water Street over Branciforte Creek	1924	100,000	Fair
State Route 1 over Soquel Creek Wharf Rd	1947	97,000	Good
State Route 1 over Bay Avenue	1995	97,000	Good
State Route 1 over Market Street	1958	88,000	Good
State Route 1 over Branciforte Creek	1958	88,000	Good