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Yolo County, CA

271 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45.8% rated Good, 49.4% Fair, 4.8% Poor.

271
Public bridges
45.8%
Good condition
4.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Yolo County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 28%
lowest Poor share in state
4.8%
Poor-condition share
271
public highway bridges
1966
avg year built

Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.

Yolo County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Yolo County ranks #16 of 58 California counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.8%). Yolo County, California contains 271 public highway bridges. Roughly 45.8% are rated “Good,” 49.4% “Fair,” and 4.8% “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.

Total bridges

271

Public highway bridges in Yolo County

Good condition

45.8%

124 of 271 rated 7-9

Fair condition

49.4%

134 of 271 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.8%

13 of 271 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#16 of 58

Among California counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 271 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
45.8% (124)
Fair
49.4% (134)
Poor
4.8% (13)

Yolo County's Poor-condition bridges carry 141,224 vehicle crossings a day

That is 5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 10,863 crossings a day against 12,794 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 271 of 271 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

67.9% of Yolo County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

184 of the 271 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 45.8% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.

Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

One structure carries 63.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US HWY 50 (I-305) over WESTACRE RD, built 1951, carries 90,000 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 13-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 141,224 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Yolo County's bridges were built

271 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 72 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1966) matches the California average (1970).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Yolo County compares with California's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 California counties nearest Yolo County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.8% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1966 against a peer-group mean of 1966 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 57 California counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Yolo County and the 5 California counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Placer County 337 4.2%
Yolo County (this page) 271 4.8%
Madera County 247 11.7%
Glenn County 242 10.3%
Colusa County 211 7.1%
Marin County 207 9.7%

Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Yolo County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Two NBI-derived peer sets for Yolo County, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside CA (271 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside CA (1966 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

Good-condition bridges (124)

US 50-RAMP G17-WB

Good

Over: N/A

03-YOL-050-2.79-WSAC, Yolo, CA

Built 1966 Load: 8.7 t ADT: 23,000

ENTERPRISE BLVD

Good

Over: LAKE WASHINGTON

0.4 MI S OF I-80, Yolo, CA

Built 1976 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 20,000

US 50-RAMP G8-EB

Good

Over: N/A

03-YOL-050-2.86-WSAC, Yolo, CA

Built 1966 Load: 14.3 t ADT: 3,600

COUNTY ROAD 29

Good

Over: DRY SLOUGH

0.77 MI W OF C.R. #98, Yolo, CA

Built 1930 Load: 14.6 t ADT: 645

INTERSTATE 5 SB

Good

Over: PIONEER AVE

03-YOL-005-R6.63, Yolo, CA

Built 1973 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 22,000

INTERSTATE 5 NB

Good

Over: PIONEER AVE

03-YOL-005-R6.65, Yolo, CA

Built 1973 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 22,000

MONTGOMERY AVENUE

Good

Over: BRANCH PUTAH CREEK

0.1 MI E OF C.R. #103, Yolo, CA

Built 1921 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 1,815

KENTUCKY AVE

Good

Over: INTERSTATE 5

03-YOL-005-R7.70-WD, Yolo, CA

Built 1973 Load: 15.6 t ADT: 5,000

COUNTY ROAD 28

Good

Over: UNION SCHOOL SLOUGH

0.67 MI W OF C.R. #91B, Yolo, CA

Built 1940 Load: 15.6 t ADT: 77

COUNTY ROAD 91B

Good

Over: OAT CREEK

0.36 MI NORTH OF CR #99W, Yolo, CA

Built 1930 Load: 15.6 t ADT: 10

C. R. 87B

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD SLOUGH

0.55 MI S OF C. R. 23, Yolo, CA

Built 1930 Load: 15.9 t ADT: 66

COUNTY ROAD 99W

Good

Over: QUAKER DRAW

0.33 MI NW OF CR 95, Yolo, CA

Built 1916 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 1,000

COUNTY ROAD 99W

Good

Over: ZAMORA DITCH

0.35 MI NW OF CR #12, Yolo, CA

Built 1920 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 1,724

COUNTY ROAD 98

Good

Over: SLOUGH S7

0.09 MI SOUTH OF CR #13, Yolo, CA

Built 1940 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 204

COUNTY ROAD 19

Good

Over: SLOUGH S6

0.27 MI EAST OF I-505, Yolo, CA

Built 1930 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 650

C.R. #25

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK WILLOW SLOUGH

0.29 E OF C.R.93, Yolo, CA

Built 1930 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 345

COUNTY ROAD #11

Good

Over: BRETONA CREEK

0.50 MI E OF C.R. #91B, Yolo, CA

Built 1940 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 75

CR 86A

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK WILLOW SLOUGH

1/2 MI S OF SR 16, Yolo, CA

Built 1923 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 175

COUNTY ROAD 85

Good

Over: GOODNOW SLOUGH

AT INTERSECTION ROAD 15B, Yolo, CA

Built 1925 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 461

C.R. #29

Good

Over: WINTERS CANAL

0.13 MI E OF C.R. #88, Yolo, CA

Built 1920 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 450

COUNTY ROAD 19

Good

Over: SLOUGH S3

0.12 MI WEST OF CR 91B, Yolo, CA

Built 1940 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 650

COUNTY ROAD 99W

Good

Over: BIRD CREEK

0.65 MI SE OF CR 8, Yolo, CA

Built 1919 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,196

US 50-RAMP G15-WB

Good

Over: DREVER STREET

03-YOL-050-2.65-WSAC, Yolo, CA

Built 1966 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 8,400

C.R. 90

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK WILLOW SLOUGH

0.37 MI S OF S.H. 16, Yolo, CA

Built 1959 Load: 20.1 t ADT: 234

BUCKEYE ROAD

Good

Over: CHICKAHOMINY SLOUGH

0.51 MI N OF C.R. #31, Yolo, CA

Built 1957 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 22

OLD DAVIS RD

Good

Over: PUTAH CREEK

100 FT S HUTCHISON DR, Yolo, CA

Built 1965 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 5,330

MRAK HALL DR

Good

Over: PUTAH CREEK

30 FT N ARBORENTUM DR, Yolo, CA

Built 1965 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 1,690

COUNTY ROAD 93A

Good

Over: CHICKAHOMINY SLOUGH

SOUTH OF C.R. #31, Yolo, CA

Built 1968 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 4,248

US 50-RAMP G06-EB

Good

Over: N/A

03-YOL-050-2.60-WSAC, Yolo, CA

Built 1966 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 9,000

CO RD 93A

Good

Over: DRY SLOUGH

N OF C.R. # 92 F, Yolo, CA

Built 1968 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 4,248

COUNTY ROAD 99W

Good

Over: BRETONA CREEK

03-YOL-005-R20.75, Yolo, CA

Built 1920 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 22,400

COUNTY ROAD 99W

Good

Over: OVERFLOW DITCH

0.53 MI SE OF CR 4, Yolo, CA

Built 1920 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 1,256

COUNTY ROAD 99W

Good

Over: SLOUGH S7

0.37 MI SE OF CR 96, Yolo, CA

Built 1921 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 1,500

C.R. 20A

Good

Over: WINTERS CANAL

0.32 MI E OF C.R. 85B, Yolo, CA

Built 1939 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 374

COUNTY ROAD 94

Good

Over: WILLOW SPRING CREEK

0.01 MI SOUTH OF CR 13, Yolo, CA

Built 1970 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 700

INTERSTATE 80

Good

Over: COUNTY ROAD 32

03-YOL-080-5.78, Yolo, CA

Built 1962 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 135,000

COUNTY ROAD 102

Good

Over: WILLOW SLOUGH BYPASS

JUST NORTH OF CR #29, Yolo, CA

Built 1997 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 8,046

STATE ROUTE 113 NB

Good

Over: INTERSTATE 5

03-YOL-113-R10.67-WD, Yolo, CA

Built 1973 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 3,250

STATE ROUTE 16

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK WILLOW SLOUGH

03-YOL-016-31.82, Yolo, CA

Built 1980 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 10,600

STATE ROUTE 113

Good

Over: CACHE CREEK

03-YOL-113-13.10, Yolo, CA

Built 1960 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 3,700

COUNTY ROAD 31

Good

Over: DRY SLOUGH

0.2 MI WEST OF C.R. #96, Yolo, CA

Built 1959 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 5,083

C.R. #86A

Good

Over: WINTERS CANAL

0.64 MI S C.R. #23, Yolo, CA

Built 1950 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 146

C.R. 90

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD SLOUGH

0.15 MI N OF C.R. 24, Yolo, CA

Built 1959 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 234

INTERSTATE 5

Good

Over: OAT CREEK

03-YOL-005-R21.84, Yolo, CA

Built 1968 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 11,200

STATE ROUTE 16

Good

Over: CAPAY CANAL

03-YOL-016-25.15, Yolo, CA

Built 1991 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 11,200

STATE ROUTE 113

Good

Over: KNIGHTS LANDING RDGE CUT

03-YOL-113-M21.26, Yolo, CA

Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 8,300

INTERSTATE 505

Good

Over: OAT CREEK

03-YOL-505-20.79, Yolo, CA

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,000

STATE ROUTE 113 SB

Good

Over: CFNR

03-YOL-113-R6.81, Yolo, CA

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 10,750

STATE ROUTE 113 NB

Good

Over: CFNR

03-YOL-113-R6.81, Yolo, CA

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 10,750

RICHARDS BLVD

Good

Over: INTERSTATE 80

03-YOL-080-0.24-DVS, Yolo, CA

Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 16,500
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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