Structure 31048 · Fairfax County, VA

I-66 Ramp Hecd-e over I-66 Ebl Gp & Exp

Carries I-66 Ramp Hecd-e over I-66 Ebl Gp & Exp, 0.10 To 645/1.48 Fr 28.

Overall conditionGood

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating9/9 · Excellent
Superstructuresets the rating9/9 · Excellent
Substructuresets the rating9/9 · Excellent
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT758 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 9/9Superstructure 9/9Substructure 9/9

758 ft end to end, longest span 190 ft: about 2.1 football fields. 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.

Built20224 years old
Length758.2 ft231.1 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedMarch 2023every 24 months

Location

StateVirginia
CountyFairfax
Location0.10 To 645/1.48 Fr 28
CarriesI-66 Ramp Hecd-e
CrossesI-66 Ebl Gp & Exp
Coordinates38.85104, -77.40711

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length758.2 ft (231.1 m)
Max Span190.0 ft (57.9 m)
Deck Width35.4 ft (10.8 m)
Deck Area2495.9 sq m
Main Spans5
Year Built2022

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic77,000 (2021)
That is about 77,000 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 Traffic3%
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge5

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMarch 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number000000000031048

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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