Structure 515450460000020 · Johnson County, KS

College Boulevard over Tomahawk Creek

Carries College Boulevard over Tomahawk Creek, College Bvd. And Mission.

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 FT694 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

694 ft end to end, longest span 80 ft: about 1.9 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 slab bridge.

Built199630 years old
Length693.9 ft211.5 m
Daily traffic9,900counted 2010
Last inspectedJune 2024every 24 months

Location

StateKansas
CountyJohnson
LocationCollege Bvd. And Mission
CarriesCollege Boulevard
CrossesTomahawk Creek
Coordinates38.92771, -94.62318

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignSlab
Total Length693.9 ft (211.5 m)
Max Span80.1 ft (24.4 m)
Deck Width67.3 ft (20.5 m)
Deck Area4335.8 sq m
Main Spans9
Year Built1996

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic9,900 (2010)
Truck Traffic3%
Lanes On Bridge4

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJune 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCity/Municipal Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number515450460000020

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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