Structure 7669 · McKinley County, NM

I-40 Ebl over County Road

Carries I-40 Ebl over County Road, 4.6 Mi E Of Jct Us-491.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure at 6 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Substructure7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT175 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 6/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

175 ft end to end, longest span 67 ft: about 2 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.

Built197848 years old
Length174.9 ft53.3 m
Daily traffic24,206counted 2023
Last inspectedApril 2024every 24 months

Location

StateNew Mexico
CountyMcKinley
Location4.6 Mi E Of Jct Us-491
CarriesI-40 Ebl
CrossesCounty Road
Coordinates35.53437, -108.68051

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length174.9 ft (53.3 m)
Max Span66.9 ft (20.4 m)
Deck Width44.9 ft (13.7 m)
Deck Area730.2 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1978

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic24,206 (2023)
Truck Traffic14%
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionApril 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number000000000007669

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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