Structure 200000BC1118010 · Baltimore County, MD

I-83 Ramp H over Hillen Street

Carries I-83 Ramp H over Hillen Street, I-83 Over Hillen Street.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Substructure at 5 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructure6/9 · Satisfactory
Substructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT212 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 6/9Substructure 5/9 · sets the rating

212 ft end to end, longest span 79 ft: about 3 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.

Built197551 years old
Length211.9 ft64.6 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedJune 2024every 24 months

Location

StateMaryland
CountyBaltimore
LocationI-83 Over Hillen Street
CarriesI-83 Ramp H
CrossesHillen Street
Coordinates39.49387, -77.01717

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length211.9 ft (64.6 m)
Max Span79.1 ft (24.1 m)
Deck Width22.6 ft (6.9 m)
Deck Area445.7 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1975

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic82,593 (2022)
That is about 82,593 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 Traffic8%
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge3

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJune 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCity/Municipal Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number200000BC1118010

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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