Structure 1190619 · Mecklenburg County, NC

Briar Creek Road over Us74 & Edwards Branch

Carries Briar Creek Road over Us74 & Edwards Branch, 0.4 Mi. N. Jct. Sr3300.

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
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT569 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

569 ft end to end, longest span 184 ft: about 1.6 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built199234 years old
Length568.9 ft173.4 m
Daily traffic11,000counted 2022
Last inspectedAugust 2024every 24 months

Location

StateNorth Carolina
CountyMecklenburg
Location0.4 Mi. N. Jct. Sr3300
CarriesBriar Creek Road
CrossesUs74 & Edwards Branch
Coordinates35.20678, -80.79644

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length568.9 ft (173.4 m)
Max Span183.7 ft (56 m)
Deck Width69.6 ft (21.2 m)
Deck Area3676.1 sq m
Main Spans6
Year Built1992

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic11,000 (2022)
Truck Traffic7%
Lanes On Bridge4
Lanes Under Bridge10

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number000000001190619

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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