Structure 142270011313476 · Travis County, TX

E Riverside E T/a over SH 71 Ml

Carries E Riverside E T/a over SH 71 Ml, 0.5 Mi W Of US 183.

Overall conditionGood

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating7/9 · Good
Superstructure8/9 · Very Good
Substructure8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT212 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 8/9Substructure 8/9

212 ft end to end, longest span 112 ft: about 3 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.

Built201412 years old
Length211.9 ft64.6 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedJuly 2023every 48 months

Location

StateTexas
CountyTravis
Location0.5 Mi W Of US 183
CarriesE Riverside E T/a
CrossesSH 71 Ml
Coordinates30.21882, -97.69081

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length211.9 ft (64.6 m)
Max Span111.9 ft (34.1 m)
Deck Width34.1 ft (10.4 m)
Deck Area671.8 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built2014

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic66,040 (2014)
That is about 66,040 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.
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge10

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJuly 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 48 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number142270011313476

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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