Pr 957 over Canovanas River

Canóvanas Municipio, Puerto Rico · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• Pr 957 over Canovanas River in Canóvanas Municipio, Puerto Rico, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1953, making it 72 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 3,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 12 of the 32 inventoried bridges in Canóvanas Municipio rated good (37.5%); 5 (15.6%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
• It does not appear under this structure number in the 2024 inventory (a new or renumbered structure).
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated September 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 3): scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour.
• It has fracture-critical members (NBI item 92A): steel tension members without a redundant load path, which get their own scheduled inspections.
• A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

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

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