Structure F-17-OY · Douglas County, CO

C470 EB Ramp To 25 over Lrt

Carries C470 EB Ramp To 25 over Lrt, Eb470/sb25 Ramp.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructure8/9 · Very Good
Substructure7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT37 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 8/9Substructure 7/9

37 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 box-beam bridge.

Built200521 years old
Length37.4 ft11.4 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedSeptember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateColorado
CountyDouglas
LocationEb470/sb25 Ramp
CarriesC470 EB Ramp To 25
CrossesLrt
Coordinates39.55280, -104.87094

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignBox Beam - Single/Spread
Total Length37.4 ft (11.4 m)
Max Span33.5 ft (10.2 m)
Deck Width84.3 ft (25.7 m)
Deck Area293.0 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built2005

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic85,500 (2020)
That is about 85,500 vehicles per lane per day — beyond what any U.S. road carries (the busiest freeways run about 25,000–30,000). It is almost certainly a data-entry error in the National Bridge Inventory, so we leave this bridge out of traffic rankings.
Truck Traffic7%
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure NumberF-17-OY

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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