Structure F-16-HS · Jefferson County, CO

I 70 WB Ramp over US 6 Ml

Carries I 70 WB Ramp over US 6 Ml, 0.8mi W Of Indiana ST.

Overall conditionPoor

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 4 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck5/9 · Fair
Superstructuresets the rating4/9 · Poor
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT341 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9Superstructure 4/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

341 ft end to end, longest span 117 ft: about 5 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 box-beam bridge.

Built196957 years old
Length340.6 ft103.8 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedMarch 2024every 24 months

Location

StateColorado
CountyJefferson
Location0.8mi W Of Indiana ST
CarriesI 70 WB Ramp
CrossesUS 6 Ml
Coordinates39.72561, -105.18273

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignBox Beam - Multiple
Total Length340.6 ft (103.8 m)
Max Span117.1 ft (35.7 m)
Deck Width27.9 ft (8.5 m)
Deck Area882.3 sq m
Main Spans4
Year Built1969

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic53,000 (2020)
That is about 53,000 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 Traffic7%
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge4

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMarch 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure NumberF-16-HS

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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