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Trujillo Alto County, PR

12 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 16.7% rated Good, 50% Fair, 33.3% Poor.

12
Public bridges
16.7%
Good condition
33.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Trujillo Alto County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

72nd
of 74 on Poor share
33.3%
Poor-condition share
12
public highway bridges
1980
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.

Trujillo Alto County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Trujillo Alto County ranks #72 of 74 Puerto Rico counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 33.3%). Trujillo Alto County, Puerto Rico contains 12 public highway bridges. Roughly 16.7% are rated “Good,” 50% “Fair,” and 33.3% “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

12

Public highway bridges in Trujillo Alto County

Good condition

16.7%

2 of 12 rated 7-9

Fair condition

50%

6 of 12 rated 5-6

Poor condition

33.3%

4 of 12 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#72 of 74

Among Puerto Rico counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 12 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
16.7% (2)
Fair
50% (6)
Poor
33.3% (4)

Trujillo Alto County's Poor-condition bridges carry 52,200 vehicle crossings a day

That is 46.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 33.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 13,050 crossings a day against 13,000 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 12 of 12 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

33.3% of Trujillo Alto County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

4 of the 12 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 16.7% 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 81.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

PR 181 over GRANDE DE LOIZA RIVER, built 1985, carries 42,600 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 52,200 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Trujillo Alto County's bridges were built

12 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 4 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 33.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1980, 6 years newer than the Puerto Rico average of 1974.

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

How Trujillo Alto County compares with Puerto Rico's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Puerto Rico counties nearest Trujillo Alto County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 33.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1969 is 11 years newer.

Showing the 5 closest of 73 Puerto Rico counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Trujillo Alto County and the 5 Puerto Rico counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Aguadilla County 13 30.8%
Aguas Buenas County 13 0%
Arroyo County 13 15.4%
Las Marías County 13 7.7%
Santa Isabel County 12 25%
Trujillo Alto County (this page) 12 33.3%

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 Trujillo Alto 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 Trujillo Alto County, both outside Puerto Rico so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside PR (12 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside PR (1980 here).

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

All 12 Good 2 Fair 6 Poor 4

All bridges (12)

PR 851

Fair

Over: INFIERNO CREEK

6 KM SOUTH TRUJILLO ALTO, Trujillo Alto, PR

Built 1965 Load: 19.2 t ADT: 2,100

PR 181

Fair

Over: INFIERNO CREEK

3 KM S E OF TRUJILLO ALTO, Trujillo Alto, PR

Built 1925 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 13,400

PR 852

Fair

Over: DOS BOCAS CREEK

4 KM S E OF TRUJILLO ALTO, Trujillo Alto, PR

Built 1980 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 10,400

OFF PR 853 KM 4.2

Fair

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

8KM SE OF TRUJILLO ALTO, Trujillo Alto, PR

Built 2003 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 100

CAM LOS NUñEZ

Fair

Over: STREAM

250M FROM PR-852 KM 3.2, Trujillo Alto, PR

Built 1990 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 500

PR 175

Fair

Over: CARRAIZO CREEK

6.5 KM S OF TRUJILLO ALTO, Trujillo Alto, PR

Built 1953 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 6,600

OFF PR 852

Good

Over: UNKNOWN CREEK

8KM SE OF TRUJILLO ALTO, Trujillo Alto, PR

Built 2003 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 100

PR 8860

Good

Over: CREEK

6 KM S W OF CAROLINA, Trujillo Alto, PR

Built 1993 Load: 61.1 t ADT: 25,900

OFF PR852@K4.2

Poor

Over: UNKNOWN CREEK

8 Km SE Trujillo Alto, Trujillo Alto, PR

Built 2003 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 100

PR 181

Poor

Over: GRANDE DE LOIZA RIVER

1 KM NORTH TRUJILLO ALTO, Trujillo Alto, PR

Built 1985 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 42,600

PR 175

Poor

Over: CREEK

2 KM S W OF TRUJILLO ALTO, Trujillo Alto, PR

Built 1950 Load: 73.3 t ADT: 6,800

CONN. PR181 TO 175

Poor

Over: RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA

.42 KM. SE. OF TRUJILLO A, Trujillo Alto, PR

Built 2007 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,700

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