Structure 40603000001161 · Custer County, ID

Beaver-loon Road over Nelson Creek

Carries Beaver-loon Road over Nelson Creek, 19 Miles North Of Sunbeam.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT31 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

31 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.

Built1967rebuilt 1999
Length30.5 ft9.3 m
Daily traffic10counted 1994
Last inspectedOctober 2023every 24 months

Location

StateIdaho
CountyCuster
Location19 Miles North Of Sunbeam
CarriesBeaver-loon Road
CrossesNelson Creek
Coordinates44.53956, -114.80418

Physical Characteristics

MaterialWood or Timber
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length30.5 ft (9.3 m)
Max Span28.9 ft (8.8 m)
Deck Width16.1 ft (4.9 m)
Deck Area45.6 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1967 (reconstructed 1999)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic10 (1994)
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionOctober 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerU.S. Forest Service
Historical SignificanceHistorical significance is not determined
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number040603000001161

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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