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Pr 1 78.85 Km over Lapa River

Salinas Municipio, Puerto Rico · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Pr 1 78.85 Km over Lapa River in Salinas Municipio, Puerto Rico, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1926, making it 99 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,900 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 9 of the 40 inventoried bridges in Salinas Municipio rated poor (22.5%); 9 (22.5%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 92 ft
Location	10.5 Km S W of Cayey
NBI structure number	000191
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Pr 52 Northbound over Local Access Road	1971	37,800	Fair
Pr 52 Northbound over Nigua River	1971	37,800	Fair
Pr 52 Northbound over Pr 1	1972	37,800	Fair
Pr 52 Northbound over Bridge 1241	1972	34,900	Fair
Pr 52 Soub 60.3 Km over Local Road	1972	34,900	Fair
Pr 52 Southbound over PR 714 & LA PALMA CR	1974	20,600	Poor