Structure 300000BCW531010 · Baltimore County, MD

I-95 NB Cd over Csx Rr & Bernard DR

Carries I-95 NB Cd over Csx Rr & Bernard DR, 0.71 Mi N Of Caton Ave..

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure at 6 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Substructure7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT1,717 FT OVERALL250 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 6/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

1,717 ft end to end, longest span 216 ft: about 4.8 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.

Built198046 years old
Length1716.9 ft523.3 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedOctober 2023every 24 months

Location

StateMaryland
CountyBaltimore
Location0.71 Mi N Of Caton Ave.
CarriesI-95 NB Cd
CrossesCsx Rr & Bernard DR
Coordinates39.26972, -76.65664

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length1716.9 ft (523.3 m)
Max Span215.9 ft (65.8 m)
Deck Width28.5 ft (8.7 m)
Deck Area4552.7 sq m
Main Spans12
Year Built1980

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic108,194 (2019)
That is about 108,194 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 Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionOctober 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Toll Authority
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number300000BCW531010

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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