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16TH Street over Bear Creek Overflow

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

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

16TH Street over Bear Creek Overflow in Merced County, California, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1938, making it 87 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 195 of the 532 inventoried bridges in Merced County rated good (36.7%); 23 (4.3%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
State Route 99 over Turlock Canal	1935	65,000	Fair
State Route 99 NB over 15TH Street	1962	51,000	Fair
State Route 99 over West 16TH St UP RR	2013	51,000	Fair
State Route 99 over UPRR & 16TH Street	2015	51,000	Fair
State Route 99 over Athlone Drain	2015	39,000	Good
State Route 99 SB over El Capitan Way	1980	37,000	Fair