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State Route 198 over Outside Creek

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

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

State Route 198 over Outside Creek in Tulare County, California, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1934 and reconstructed in 1966, making it 91 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 21,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 259 of the 607 inventoried bridges in Tulare County rated good (42.7%); 18 (3.0%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	7	Good condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 48 ft
Location	06-tul-198-r16.58
NBI structure number	46 0024
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
State Route 99 over Packwood Creek	1923	52,000	Fair
State Route 99 over Cameron Creek	1951	52,000	Fair
State Route 99 SB over UP RR	1977	52,000	Fair
State Route 99 NB over UP RR	1977	52,000	Good
State Route 99 SB over SR 198 EB E198-n99 Conn	1977	52,000	Fair
State Route 99 NB over SR 198 EB E198-n99 Conn	1977	52,000	Good