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Pacheco Road over Kern Island Canal

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

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

Pacheco Road over Kern Island Canal in Kern County, California, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10,600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2005).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 299 of the 668 inventoried bridges in Kern County rated fair (44.8%); 37 (5.5%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 25 ft
Location	East of South H St
NBI structure number	50C0154
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 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 Canal Lateral 29	1933	130,000	Good