Structure 44 0166 · Monterey County, CA

Elm AVE over US Highway 101

Carries Elm AVE over US Highway 101, 05-mon-101-53.11-gnfd.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT195 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

195 ft end to end, longest span 61 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 box-beam bridge.

Built196165 years old
Length194.9 ft59.4 m
Daily traffic3,700counted 2010
Last inspectedMay 2024every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyMonterey
Location05-mon-101-53.11-gnfd
CarriesElm AVE
CrossesUS Highway 101
Coordinates36.32040, -121.23614

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignBox Beam - Multiple
Total Length194.9 ft (59.4 m)
Max Span61.0 ft (18.6 m)
Deck Width40.0 ft (12.2 m)
Deck Area724.7 sq m
Main Spans4
Year Built1961

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic3,700 (2010)
Truck Traffic5%
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge4

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMay 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number44 0166

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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