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Road 26 over Madera Canal

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

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

Road 26 over Madera Canal in Madera 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 1948, making it 77 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 285 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 131 of the 250 inventoried bridges in Madera County rated fair (52.4%); 24 (9.6%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 43 ft
Location	0.25 Mi S of Ave 26
NBI structure number	41C0094
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 99 over Fresno River	1989	68,000	Good
State Route 99 over Little Dry Creek	1912	67,000	Fair
State Route 99 over SR 99	1973	65,000	Good
State Route 99 over San Joaquin River	2015	64,000	Fair
State Route 99 over Berenda Creek	1949	56,000	Fair
State Route 99 over Chowchilla River	1995	37,500	Fair