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Clark Ave over US Highway 101

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

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

Clark Ave over US Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County, California, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2010).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 16 of the 421 inventoried bridges in Santa Barbara County rated poor (3.8%); 16 (3.8%) 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


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 242 ft
Location	05-sb-101-82.18
NBI structure number	51 0232
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Hwy 101 NB Rt Lane over Mission Creek	1963	120,000	Good
La Cumbre Road over US Highway 101	1997	110,900	Good
U.S. Highway 101 over Quarantina Street	1990	109,000	Good
U.S. Highway 101 over Calle Cesar Chavez	1990	109,000	Good
U.S. Highway 101 over Chapala St Equalizer	1992	109,000	Good
US Highway 101 over Sycamore Creek	2011	109,000	Fair