Structure 180570106804541 · Dallas County, TX

Direct Conn 5 over Riverfront BLVD

Carries Direct Conn 5 over Riverfront BLVD, 0.4 Mi S Commerce ST.

Overall conditionGood

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Substructure at 7 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating7/9 · Good
Superstructure8/9 · Very Good
Substructuresets the rating7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT978 FT OVERALL200 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 8/9Substructure 7/9 · sets the rating

978 ft end to end, longest span 146 ft: about 2.7 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.

Built201610 years old
Length978.0 ft298.1 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedJune 2023every 48 months

Location

StateTexas
CountyDallas
Location0.4 Mi S Commerce ST
CarriesDirect Conn 5
CrossesRiverfront BLVD
Coordinates32.77082, -96.81156

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length978.0 ft (298.1 m)
Max Span146.0 ft (44.5 m)
Deck Width32.2 ft (9.8 m)
Deck Area2921.4 sq m
Main Spans6
Year Built2016

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic78,345 (2021)
That is about 78,345 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 Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge6

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJune 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 48 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number180570106804541

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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