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US 101 SB S101 Off over Little Bear Creek

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

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

US 101 SB S101 Off over Little Bear Creek in Monterey 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 1965 and reconstructed in 1972, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 49,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2010).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 215 of the 378 inventoried bridges in Monterey County rated good (56.9%); 27 (7.1%) 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
SR 1 Abandoned RR over Divarty Street	1973	59,000	Good
U.S. Highway 101 over Elkhorn Slough Tributary	1930	59,000	Fair
US Highway 101 NB over Little Bear Creek	1965	49,000	Good
US Highway 101 SB over N101-abbott&abbott-s101	1954	41,000	Good
US Highway 101 SB over Alisal Road	1954	41,000	Good
U.S. Highway 101 over Drainage Canal	1953	41,000	Good