Structure D050478FVDOTNBI · Norfolk County, MA

I 95 Nb/st128 NB over Rr Amtrak/mbta

Carries I 95 Nb/st128 NB over Rr Amtrak/mbta, At Rr Station.

Overall conditionGood

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

How ratings work
Deck8/9 · Very 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 FT236 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 8/9Superstructure 8/9Substructure 7/9 · sets the rating

236 ft end to end, longest span 65 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.

Built200818 years old
Length235.6 ft71.8 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedOctober 2021every 24 months

Location

StateMassachusetts
CountyNorfolk
LocationAt Rr Station
CarriesI 95 Nb/st128 NB
CrossesRr Amtrak/mbta
Coordinates42.21137, -71.14666

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length235.6 ft (71.8 m)
Max Span65.0 ft (19.8 m)
Deck Width84.6 ft (25.8 m)
Deck Area1852.4 sq m
Main Spans4
Year Built2008

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic205,138 (2018)
That is about 51,284 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 Traffic11%
Lanes On Bridge4

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionOctober 2021
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceHistorical significance is not determined
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure NumberD050478FVDOTNBI

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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