San Luis Obispo County, CA
408 public highway bridges
San Luis Obispo County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, San Luis Obispo County, California contains 408 public highway bridges. Roughly 33.3% are rated “Good,” 43.1% “Fair,” and 4.7% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Condition Distribution
All Bridges (408)
WALNUT AVE
PoorOver: SANTA MARGARITA CREEK
BTWN PINE AV & CHSTNUT AV, San Luis Obispo, CA
TORO CREEK RD
PoorOver: TORO CREEK
0.3 MI E SR 1, San Luis Obispo, CA
RIVER RD
PoorOver: HUER HUERO CREEK
1.55 MI S WELLSONA AVE, San Luis Obispo, CA
US HIGHWAY 101 SB
PoorOver: ATASCADERO CREEK
05-SLO-101-45.72-ATAS, San Luis Obispo, CA
PRADO RD
PoorOver: SAN LUIS OBISPO CREEK
0.1 MI W HIGUERA ST, San Luis Obispo, CA
STATE ROUTE 1
PoorOver: SANTA ROSA CREEK
05-SLO-001-50.07, San Luis Obispo, CA
STATE ROUTE 1 SB
PoorOver: TORO CREEK
05-SLO-001-32.61, San Luis Obispo, CA
ENCINA AVE
PoorOver: YERBA BUENA CREEK
0.5 MI SE/O I ST, San Luis Obispo, CA
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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