Structure 48710 · Story County, IA

EB US 30 over US 69 & Bike Path

Carries EB US 30 over US 69 & Bike Path, At Jct. Of US 69.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating5/9 · Fair
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT214 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

214 ft end to end, longest span 64 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.

Built196363 years old
Length213.9 ft65.2 m
Daily traffic9,850counted 2022
Last inspectedMarch 2024every 24 months

Location

StateIowa
CountyStory
LocationAt Jct. Of US 69
CarriesEB US 30
CrossesUS 69 & Bike Path
Coordinates42.00482, -93.61054

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length213.9 ft (65.2 m)
Max Span64.0 ft (19.5 m)
Deck Width48.9 ft (14.9 m)
Deck Area971.5 sq m
Main Spans4
Year Built1963

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic9,850 (2022)
Truck Traffic10%
Lanes On Bridge3
Lanes Under Bridge4

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMarch 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number000000000048710

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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