Structure 1910099 · Wayne County, NC

Best Street over Long Branch

Carries Best Street over Long Branch, 0.1mi.s.jct.harris Street.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck8/9 · Very Good
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
25 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 8/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

25 ft end to end. Lengths are drawn to scale; at this length a semi-truck would be a speck. 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 channel-beam bridge.

Built196066 years old
Length24.9 ft7.6 m
Daily traffic1,200counted 2022
Last inspectedMarch 2024every 24 months

Location

StateNorth Carolina
CountyWayne
Location0.1mi.s.jct.harris Street
CarriesBest Street
CrossesLong Branch
Coordinates35.36128, -77.97706

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignChannel Beam
Total Length24.9 ft (7.6 m)
Max Span24.0 ft (7.3 m)
Deck Width33.1 ft (10.1 m)
Deck Area76.8 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1960

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic1,200 (2022)
Truck Traffic7%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMarch 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCity/Municipal Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalUnknown
Structure Number000000001910099

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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