Structure C001410505P · Cedar County, NE

554th AVE over Beaver Creek Trib

Carries 554th AVE over Beaver Creek Trib, 9.5w Of Saint Helena.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructure9/9 · Excellent
Substructure8/9 · Very Good
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT70 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 9/9Substructure 8/9

70 ft end to end. 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built199828 years old
Length69.9 ft21.3 m
Daily traffic25counted 2003
Last inspectedJuly 2023every 24 months

Location

StateNebraska
CountyCedar
Location9.5w Of Saint Helena
Carries554th AVE
CrossesBeaver Creek Trib
Coordinates42.80260, -97.43600

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length69.9 ft (21.3 m)
Max Span68.9 ft (21 m)
Deck Width30.2 ft (9.2 m)
Deck Area196.0 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1998

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic25 (2003)
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJuly 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure NumberC001410505P

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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