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Carretera Bo. Can. over Canal Creek

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

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

Carretera Bo. Can. over Canal Creek in Lajas 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 superstructure, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 250 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 1 of the 6 inventoried bridges in Lajas Municipio rated poor (16.7%); 1 (16.7%) 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	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 42 ft
Location	Off PR-315
NBI structure number	030741
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 116 1.2 Km over Irrigation Channel	1964	9,100	Fair
Pr 116 over Irrigation Channel	2012	9,100	Good
Pr 116 4.8 Km over Channel	1966	5,900	Fair
Pr 303 over Plantina Creek	1960	3,700	Fair
Pr 3306 0.8 Km over Paris Creek	1958	800	Fair