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Kalopa Road over Waikaalulu Gulch

Hawaii County, Hawaii · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Kalopa Road over Waikaalulu Gulch in Hawaii County, Hawaii, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1930 and reconstructed in 2008, making it 95 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1981).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 123 of the 231 inventoried bridges in Hawaii County rated fair (53.2%); 8 (3.5%) 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


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 50 ft
Location	Tmk: 4-4-002:006
NBI structure number	001440001100008
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Hawaii Belt Rd over Panaewa Strm	1950	35,200	Fair
Keeau-pahoa Hwy over Waipahoehoe Strm	1968	26,700	Good
Route 11 over Unmd Glh	1984	25,900	Good
Route 11 over Unmd Glh	1984	25,400	Good
Hi Blt Rd Palani R over Unmd Glh Tpl Mtl Culvt	1984	25,400	Good
Route 11 over Unmd Glh	1984	25,400	Good