Structure 6080A0000000 · King County, WA

I-5 over Lake Wash Ship Canal

Carries I-5 over Lake Wash Ship Canal, 0.7 N Jct SR 520.

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
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
4,429 FT OVERALL500 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 6/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

4,429 ft end to end, longest span 552 ft: about 12 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 deck truss.

Built196264 years old
Length4429.1 ft1,350 m
Daily traffic90,986counted 2023
Last inspectedJuly 2023every 24 months

Location

StateWashington
CountyKing
Location0.7 N Jct SR 520
CarriesI-5
CrossesLake Wash Ship Canal
Coordinates47.64630, -122.32246

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignTruss - Deck
Total Length4429.1 ft (1,350 m)
Max Span551.8 ft (168.2 m)
Deck Width182.1 ft (55.5 m)
Deck Area74,925 sq m
Main Spans6
Year Built1962

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic90,986 (2023)
Truck Traffic5%
Lanes On Bridge12
Lanes Under Bridge14

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJuly 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number0006080A0000000

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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