Structure 1018153 · Hunterdon County, NJ

I-78 EB over US 22 WB

Carries I-78 EB over US 22 WB, 0.96 Mile Of Jct 78 & 31.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Substructure at 6 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructuresets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT71 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 7/9Substructure 6/9 · sets the rating

71 ft end to end. Lengths and the car 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.

Built1968rebuilt 1985
Length70.9 ft21.6 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedMarch 2023every 24 months

Location

StateNew Jersey
CountyHunterdon
Location0.96 Mile Of Jct 78 & 31
CarriesI-78 EB
CrossesUS 22 WB
Coordinates40.64228, -74.87050

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length70.9 ft (21.6 m)
Max Span64.0 ft (19.5 m)
Deck Width56.4 ft (17.2 m)
Deck Area371.5 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1968 (reconstructed 1985)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic661,439 (2023)
That is about 220,479 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 Traffic9%
Lanes On Bridge3
Lanes Under Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMarch 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceHistorical significance is not determined
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number1018153

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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