Structure 300000BCY136010 · Baltimore County, MD

I-895 Ramp B over Lombard Street

Carries I-895 Ramp B over Lombard Street, Milepost M12.51.

Overall conditionGood

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Substructure at 7 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating7/9 · Good
Superstructure8/9 · Very Good
Substructuresets the rating7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT162 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 8/9Substructure 7/9 · sets the rating

162 ft end to end, longest span 86 ft: about 2 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.

Built199432 years old
Length162.1 ft49.4 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedDecember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateMaryland
CountyBaltimore
LocationMilepost M12.51
CarriesI-895 Ramp B
CrossesLombard Street
Coordinates39.29169, -76.55395

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length162.1 ft (49.4 m)
Max Span86.0 ft (26.2 m)
Deck Width30.8 ft (9.4 m)
Deck Area464.4 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1994

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic66,347 (2019)
That is about 66,347 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 InspectionDecember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Toll Authority
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number300000BCY136010

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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