Structure 9000 001 30468 · Multnomah County, OR

Ainsworth ST over HWY 001 (i-5)

Carries Ainsworth ST over HWY 001 (i-5), 3.2 Mi N Of Burnside Br.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructure6/9 · Satisfactory
Substructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT209 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 6/9Substructure 5/9 · sets the rating

209 ft end to end, longest span 59 ft: about 3 semi-trucks nose to tail. 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 box-beam bridge.

Built196462 years old
Length209.0 ft63.7 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedDecember 2024every 24 months

Location

StateOregon
CountyMultnomah
Location3.2 Mi N Of Burnside Br
CarriesAinsworth ST
CrossesHWY 001 (i-5)
Coordinates45.56638, -122.67862

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignBox Beam - Multiple
Total Length209.0 ft (63.7 m)
Max Span59.4 ft (18.1 m)
Deck Width60.0 ft (18.3 m)
Deck Area1165.7 sq m
Main Spans4
Year Built1964

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic114,153 (2020)
That is about 57,076 vehicles per lane per day — beyond what any U.S. road carries (the busiest freeways run about 25,000–30,000). It is almost certainly a data-entry error in the National Bridge Inventory, so we leave this bridge out of traffic rankings.
Truck Traffic15%
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge6

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionDecember 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number09000 001 30468

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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