Structure 1065900 · Queens County, NY

48th Street over RTE I495 RTE I495 Lie

Carries 48th Street over RTE I495 RTE I495 Lie, .3mi SE Jct I278+i495.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 5 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT118 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

118 ft end to end, longest span 62 ft. Lengths and the car 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 rigid-frame bridge.

Built195571 years old
Length118.1 ft36 m
Daily traffic8,887counted 2020
Last inspectedJune 2024every 24 months

Location

StateNew York
CountyQueens
Location.3mi SE Jct I278+i495
Carries48th Street
CrossesRTE I495 RTE I495 Lie
Coordinates40.73227, -73.91907

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete
DesignFrame
Total Length118.1 ft (36 m)
Max Span62.0 ft (18.9 m)
Deck Width80.1 ft (24.4 m)
Deck Area878.4 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1955

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic8,887 (2020)
Truck Traffic21%
Lanes On Bridge6
Lanes Under Bridge12

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJune 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number000000001065900

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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