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Houston Ave over State Route 198

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

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

Houston Ave over State Route 198 in Kings County, California, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 9,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1998).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 89 of the 169 inventoried bridges in Kings County rated fair (52.7%); 6 (3.6%) 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	Continuous concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 263 ft
Location	06-kin-198-r12.11
NBI structure number	45 0077
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 198 over 11TH Avenue	1967	27,500	Good
State Route 198 over Hanford-armona Rd	1964	27,500	Good
State Route 198 over 14TH Ave	1964	27,500	Fair
State Route 198 over Last Chance Ditch	1964	27,500	Fair
State Route 198 over Lemoore Canal	1962	21,300	Fair
State Route 198 over BNSF Ry & Amtrak	1967	20,500	Poor