Structure 9253 061 00172 · Multnomah County, OR

Columbia ST over HWY 61

Carries Columbia ST over HWY 61, 0.1 Mi N Of Market ST.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating5/9 · Fair
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructure7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT263 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

263 ft end to end, longest span 134 ft: about 4 semi-trucks nose to tail. 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.

Built196759 years old
Length263.1 ft80.2 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedJuly 2023every 24 months

Location

StateOregon
CountyMultnomah
Location0.1 Mi N Of Market ST
CarriesColumbia ST
CrossesHWY 61
Coordinates45.51632, -122.68825

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length263.1 ft (80.2 m)
Max Span133.9 ft (40.8 m)
Deck Width60.0 ft (18.3 m)
Deck Area1467.7 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1967

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic114,800 (2018)
That is about 57,400 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 Traffic8%
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge9

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJuly 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number09253 061 00172

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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