Structure B7412 · Saline County, AR

I-30 over Saline River Relief

Carries I-30 over Saline River Relief, 2.7 Mi SW Of SH 5 @ Bento.

Overall conditionGood

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating8/9 · Very Good
Superstructure9/9 · Excellent
Substructuresets the rating8/9 · Very Good
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT533 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 8/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 9/9Substructure 8/9 · sets the rating

533 ft end to end, longest span 73 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.

Built20233 years old
Length533.1 ft162.5 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedFebruary 2024every 24 months

Location

StateArkansas
CountySaline
Location2.7 Mi SW Of SH 5 @ Bento
CarriesI-30
CrossesSaline River Relief
Coordinates34.54753, -92.62727

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length533.1 ft (162.5 m)
Max Span73.2 ft (22.3 m)
Deck Width73.2 ft (22.3 m)
Deck Area3623.8 sq m
Main Spans8
Year Built2023

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic82,000 (2022)
That is about 82,000 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 Traffic24%
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionFebruary 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number0000000000B7412

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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