Structure 4F0001 · Humboldt County, CA

Forest Road over South Fork Eel River

Carries Forest Road over South Fork Eel River, 0.1 Mi W/o Redwood DR.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating5/9 · Fair
Superstructure8/9 · Very Good
Substructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT500 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 8/9Substructure 5/9 · sets the rating

500 ft end to end, longest span 200 ft: about 7 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.

Built196561 years old
Length500.0 ft152.4 m
Daily traffic110counted 2011
Last inspectedJuly 2023every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyHumboldt
Location0.1 Mi W/o Redwood DR
CarriesForest Road
CrossesSouth Fork Eel River
Coordinates40.13971, -123.81514

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length500.0 ft (152.4 m)
Max Span200.1 ft (61 m)
Deck Width29.9 ft (9.1 m)
Deck Area1386.8 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1965

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic110 (2011)
Truck Traffic20%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJuly 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Park/Forest Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical3 — Scour critical
Structure Number04F0001

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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