Structure 5782 · Providence County, RI

I-95 SB over US 6 Woon Rvr Amtrak

Carries I-95 SB over US 6 Woon Rvr Amtrak, 0.25 Mi N Atwells Av.

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
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT1,296 FT OVERALL250 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 7/9Substructure 6/9 · sets the rating

1,296 ft end to end, longest span 211 ft: about 3.6 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.

Built201610 years old
Length1295.9 ft395 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedSeptember 2023every 12 months

Location

StateRhode Island
CountyProvidence
Location0.25 Mi N Atwells Av
CarriesI-95 SB
CrossesUS 6 Woon Rvr Amtrak
Coordinates41.82630, -71.41910

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length1295.9 ft (395 m)
Max Span210.6 ft (64.2 m)
Deck Width61.7 ft (18.8 m)
Deck Area7,426 sq m
Main Spans7
Year Built2016

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic236,230 (2016)
That is about 118,115 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 Traffic10%
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge13

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 12 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number000000000005782

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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