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Avenue 404 over Cottonwood Creek

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

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

Avenue 404 over Cottonwood Creek in Tulare County, California, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 0 (failed condition, out of service) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1936, making it 89 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 18 of the 607 inventoried bridges in Tulare County rated poor (3.0%); 18 (3.0%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Deck	0	Failed condition, out of service
Superstructure	0	Failed condition, out of service
Substructure	0	Failed condition, out of service


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 78 ft
Location	0.1 Mi West of SR 245
NBI structure number	46C0118
Condition class	Poor

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