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State Route 99 over Canal Lateral 29

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

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

State Route 99 over Canal Lateral 29 in Kern 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 1933 and reconstructed in 1964, making it 92 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 130,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 332 of the 668 inventoried bridges in Kern County rated good (49.7%); 37 (5.5%) 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 33 ft
Location	06-ker-099-27.80
NBI structure number	50 0051
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 Kern River	1961	140,000	Fair
State Route 99 over BNSF Ry & Amtrak	1961	132,000	Good
State Route 99 over California Avenue	1963	132,000	Good
State Route 99 over SR 178 (rosedale Hwy)	1963	132,000	Good
State Route 99 over Truxtun Ave	1963	132,000	Good
State Route 99 over Gilmore Ave	1963	114,000	Good