Structure 624804501305151 · St. John the Baptist County, LA

I0010 over Reserve Relief Canal

Carries I0010 over Reserve Relief Canal, I 10.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
18,731 FT OVERALL2,500 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

18,731 ft end to end, longest span 85 ft: about 52 football fields, or 3.5 miles. 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built197452 years old
Length18731.0 ft5709.2 m
Daily traffic44,074counted 2021
Last inspectedJune 2023every 24 months

Location

StateLouisiana
CountySt. John the Baptist
LocationI 10
CarriesI0010
CrossesReserve Relief Canal
Coordinates30.11266, -90.56422

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length18731.0 ft (5709.2 m)
Max Span85.0 ft (25.9 m)
Deck Width40.0 ft (12.2 m)
Deck Area69652.2 sq m
Main Spans263
Year Built1974

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic44,074 (2021)
Truck Traffic25%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJune 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number624804501305151

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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