Structure 530400870WDC155 · Sedgwick County, KS

13th Street (eb) over Wichita Drainage Canal

Carries 13th Street (eb) over Wichita Drainage Canal, 13th ST At I-135.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 6 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT123 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 6/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

123 ft end to end, longest span 48 ft. Lengths and the semi-truck on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a slab bridge.

Built197551 years old
Length123.0 ft37.5 m
Daily traffic8,250counted 2006
Last inspectedNovember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateKansas
CountySedgwick
Location13th ST At I-135
Carries13th Street (eb)
CrossesWichita Drainage Canal
Coordinates37.70798, -97.32001

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignSlab
Total Length123.0 ft (37.5 m)
Max Span47.6 ft (14.5 m)
Deck Width68.2 ft (20.8 m)
Deck Area780 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1975

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic8,250 (2006)
Truck Traffic4%
Lanes On Bridge4

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionNovember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCity/Municipal Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number530400870WDC155

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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