Structure 860631 · Broward County, FL

Airport Entrance over Us1/rr/ramp/perim RD

Carries Airport Entrance over Us1/rr/ramp/perim RD, Ft. Lauderdale Airport.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Substructure8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT806 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 6/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 8/9

806 ft end to end, longest span 194 ft: about 2.2 football fields. 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 segmental box-girder bridge.

Built200224 years old
Length805.8 ft245.6 m
Daily traffic11,000counted 2022
Last inspectedNovember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateFlorida
CountyBroward
LocationFt. Lauderdale Airport
CarriesAirport Entrance
CrossesUs1/rr/ramp/perim RD
Coordinates26.07215, -80.13453

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete Continuous
DesignSegmental Box Girder
Total Length805.8 ft (245.6 m)
Max Span194.2 ft (59.2 m)
Deck Width101.4 ft (30.9 m)
Deck Area7589.0 sq m
Main Spans5
Year Built2002

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic11,000 (2022)
Truck Traffic4%
Lanes On Bridge6
Lanes Under Bridge14

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionNovember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number860631

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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