Total bridges
13
Public highway bridges in Moca County
County profile · official public datasets
Moca County, PR
13 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 15.4% rated Good, 61.5% Fair, 23.1% Poor.
- 13
- Public bridges
- 15.4%
- Good condition
- 23.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Moca County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 66th
- of 74 on Poor share
- 23.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 13
- public highway bridges
- 1969
- 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.
Moca County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Moca County ranks #66 of 74 Puerto Rico counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 23.1%). Moca County, Puerto Rico contains 13 public highway bridges. Roughly 15.4% are rated “Good,” 61.5% “Fair,” and 23.1% “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.
Good condition
15.4%
2 of 13 rated 7-9
Fair condition
61.5%
8 of 13 rated 5-6
Poor condition
23.1%
3 of 13 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#66 of 74
Among Puerto Rico counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 13 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 15.4% (2)
Fair 61.5% (8)
Poor 23.1% (3)
Moca County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,400 vehicle crossings a day
That is 11.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 23.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,467 crossings a day against 8,850 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 13 of 13 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
53.8% of Moca County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
7 of the 13 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 15.4% 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 81.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
PR 110R over PR 111, built 1970, carries 3,600 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 4,400 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Moca County's bridges were built
13 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1920s
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
2 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
2 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
2 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
2 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
1 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
1 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 2 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1969, 5 years older than the Puerto Rico average of 1974.
How Moca County compares with Puerto Rico's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Puerto Rico counties nearest Moca County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 23.1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1966 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 73 Puerto Rico counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguadilla County | 13 | 15.4% | 53.8% | 30.8% | 1963 |
| Aguas Buenas County | 13 | 15.4% | 84.6% | 0% | 1966 |
| Arroyo County | 13 | 23.1% | 61.5% | 15.4% | 1988 |
| Las Marías County | 13 | 15.4% | 76.9% | 7.7% | 1959 |
| Maricao County | 13 | 7.7% | 69.2% | 23.1% | 1952 |
| Moca County (this page) | 13 | 15.4% | 61.5% | 23.1% | 1969 |
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 Moca 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 Moca County, both outside Puerto Rico so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside PR (13 bridges here).
- Bethel County, AK · 13 bridges
- San Juan County, CO · 13 bridges
- Perkins County, NE · 13 bridges
- Wheeler County, NE · 13 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside PR (1969 here).
- Cook County, IL · avg 1969 · 1,721 bridges
- Fresno County, CA · avg 1969 · 916 bridges
- Cuyahoga County, OH · avg 1969 · 871 bridges
- Ventura County, CA · avg 1969 · 501 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (8)
OFF PR 404 AT 4.3
FairOver: LOS MORONES CREEK
3.14 MILES S.E. OF MOCA, Moca, PR
Built 2012 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 100
PR 420
FairOver: CULEBRINAS RIVER
3 KM SOUTH OF PR 111, Moca, PR
Built 1978 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 500
PR 110
FairOver: CULEBRINAS RIVER
2.6 KM SOUTH WEST OF MOCA, Moca, PR
Built 1955 Load: 27.8 t ADT: 7,600
PR 125
FairOver: GRANDE CREEK
1.7 KM SOUTH EAST OF MOCA, Moca, PR
Built 1921 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 4,800
PR 404
FairOver: YAGRUMA CREEK
4.5 KM SOUTH EAST OF MOCA, Moca, PR
Built 1981 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 100
CITY STREET
FairOver: WATERWAY
OFF PR 110 @ 10.0, Moca, PR
Built 2009 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 200
PR 423
FairOver: GRANDE CREEK
5.34 KM S OF INT PR 111, Moca, PR
Built 1986 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 1,800
OFF PR 110
FairOver: UNKNOWN CREEK
OFF PR 110 AT KM. 10.60, Moca, PR
Built 1996 Load: 66.0 t ADT: 600
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