Structure 200000CL0202010 · Carroll County, MD

Baumgardner Road over Piney Creek

Carries Baumgardner Road over Piney Creek, 0.12 Mi N Of Keysville RD.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Channelnot part of overall5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT66 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 5/9 · sets the rating

66 ft end to end, longest span 32 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built1925rebuilt 1991
Length65.9 ft20.1 m
Last inspectedMay 2019every 24 months

Location

StateMaryland
CountyCarroll
Location0.12 Mi N Of Keysville RD
CarriesBaumgardner Road
CrossesPiney Creek
Coordinates39.65534, -77.26501

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length65.9 ft (20.1 m)
Max Span32.2 ft (9.8 m)
Deck Width14.4 ft (4.4 m)
Deck Area88.4 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1925 (reconstructed 1991)

Traffic

Truck Traffic8%
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMay 2019
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical7 — Countermeasures installed
Structure Number200000CL0202010

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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