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Pr 165 over La Malaria Channel

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

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

Pr 165 over La Malaria Channel in Cataño 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 superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1972, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 33,900 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 13 of the 16 inventoried bridges in Cataño Municipio rated fair (81.2%); 2 (12.5%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 483 ft
Location	2 Km West of CATA¥O
NBI structure number	011691
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ramp Pr 22 to Pr 5 over Pr 22	1971	124,000	Fair
Pr 22 over Malaria Creek	1971	104,500	Fair
Pr 22 over Oil Pipe Lines	1971	104,500	Fair
Pr 22 over Drainage Ditch	1971	104,500	Fair
Pr 22 over Drainage Ditch	1971	104,500	Fair
Pr 22 over Pr 5	1971	104,500	Fair