Structure 38530 · Philadelphia County, PA

I-95DOUBLE Decker over Schuylkill River Rr Road

Carries I-95DOUBLE Decker over Schuylkill River Rr Road, Girard Point Brd. 3699j08.

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
Channelnot part of overall5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
5,167 FT OVERALL1,000 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 6/9Substructure 5/9 · sets the rating

5,167 ft end to end, longest span 700 ft: about 14 football fields. Lengths are drawn to scale; at this length a semi-truck would be a speck. 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 through truss.

Built1973rebuilt 2010
Length5167.0 ft1574.9 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedJuly 2023every 21 months

Location

StatePennsylvania
CountyPhiladelphia
LocationGirard Point Brd. 3699j08
CarriesI-95DOUBLE Decker
CrossesSchuylkill River Rr Road
Coordinates39.88789, -75.20363

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignTruss - Thru
Total Length5167.0 ft (1574.9 m)
Max Span700.1 ft (213.4 m)
Deck Width119.1 ft (36.3 m)
Deck Area57168.9 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1973 (reconstructed 2010)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic204,962 (2024)
That is about 68,320 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 Traffic6%
Lanes On Bridge3
Lanes Under Bridge4

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJuly 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 21 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceHistorical significance is not determined
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number000000000038530

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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