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Pr 603 over Grande De Arecibo River

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

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

Pr 603 over Grande De Arecibo River in Utuado 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 0 (failed condition, out of service) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1947, making it 78 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 59 inventoried bridges in Utuado Municipio rated poor (23.7%); 14 (23.7%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, temporary structure in place to carry legal loads while the original structure is closed awaiting replacement or rehabilitation (NBI item 41).
Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
Status change: reopened since 2024, when it was closed.
Its most recent inspection on record is dated February 2023, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 0): scour critical: bridge has failed and is closed to traffic.
It has fracture-critical members (NBI item 92A): steel tension members without a redundant load path, which get their own scheduled inspections.
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

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Deck	0	0	Failed condition, out of service
Superstructure	0	0	Failed condition, out of service
Substructure	0	0	Failed condition, out of service


Structure	Concrete slab
Length	about 144 ft
Location	0.07 Km From Int Pr 10
NBI structure number	005051
Condition class	Poor
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, temporary structure in place to carry legal loads while the original structure is closed awaiting replacement or rehabilitation
Last inspection (item 90)	February 2023
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	0: scour critical: bridge has failed and is closed to traffic
Fracture critical (item 92A)	Yes

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Pr 123 55.6 Km over Grande De Arecibo River	1980	30,800	Good
Pr 111R 2.1 Km over Matadero Creek	1925	28,500	Fair
Off Pr 111R 2.2 Km over Matadero Creek	2011	28,500	Fair
Pr 123 62.5 Km over Waterway	1940	16,400	Fair
Pr 111 60.8 Km over Grande De Arecibo River	1965	14,500	Fair
Pr 10 52 Km over PR 621 3.5 KM & JOBS	1990	11,300	Fair