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Pr 1 over Arenales Channel

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

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

Pr 1 over Arenales Channel in Salinas Municipio, Puerto Rico, 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 1940, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20,300 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 31 of the 40 inventoried bridges in Salinas Municipio rated fair (77.5%); 9 (22.5%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 52 ft
Location	3 Km West of Salinas
NBI structure number	000221
Condition class	Fair

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