Structure 3800095 · Essex County, NJ

Hov Rd. Ramp over Hotel Road

Carries Hov Rd. Ramp over Hotel Road, 3.1 Mi From Nj Tpk Toll.

Overall conditionGood

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck at 8 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating8/9 · Very Good
Superstructure9/9 · Excellent
Substructure9/9 · Excellent
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT131 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 8/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 9/9Substructure 9/9

131 ft end to end. 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.

Built20197 years old
Length130.9 ft39.9 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedAugust 2024every 24 months

Location

StateNew Jersey
CountyEssex
Location3.1 Mi From Nj Tpk Toll
CarriesHov Rd. Ramp
CrossesHotel Road
Coordinates40.68994, -74.18396

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length130.9 ft (39.9 m)
Max Span125.0 ft (38.1 m)
Deck Width27.2 ft (8.3 m)
Deck Area331.2 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built2019

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic74,299 (2024)
That is about 74,299 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 Traffic1%
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge3

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Toll Authority
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number3800095

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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