Structure 110001002300000 · Hancock County, MS

I 10 over East Pearl River

Carries I 10 over East Pearl River, Miss/la State Line.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
4,988 FT OVERALL1,000 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

4,988 ft end to end: about 14 football fields. Lengths are drawn to scale; at this length a semi-truck would be a speck. 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 girder bridge.

Built196660 years old
Length4987.9 ft1520.3 m
Daily traffic47,000counted 2023
Last inspectedSeptember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateMississippi
CountyHancock
LocationMiss/la State Line
CarriesI 10
CrossesEast Pearl River
Coordinates30.30155, -89.64953

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignGirder and Floorbeam
Total Length4987.9 ft (1520.3 m)
Max Span165.0 ft (50.3 m)
Deck Width65.9 ft (20.1 m)
Deck Area30558.0 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1966

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic47,000 (2023)
Truck Traffic23%
Lanes On Bridge4

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical4 — Foundations need monitoring
Structure Number110001002300000

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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