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Providencia Avenue over Escarcha Creek

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

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

Providencia Avenue over Escarcha Creek in Toa Alta 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 culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1987, making it 38 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 800 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2005).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 8 of the 17 inventoried bridges in Toa Alta Municipio rated fair (47.1%); 3 (17.6%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Pr 165 11.6 Km over Lajas River	1978	31,700	Poor
Pr 861 5.0 Km over Bucarabones River	2004	21,000	Good
Pr-861 over Waterway	2012	21,000	Fair
Pr 861 over La Plata River	1979	14,400	Poor
PR 829 km 0.01 over Unknown Creek	2004	14,300	Good
Pr 819 over Bucarabones River	1970	10,700	Fair