Structure 24504503600408 · St. Charles County, LA

I0310 over I-10/I-310/SWAMP

Carries I0310 over I-10/I-310/SWAMP, 0.4 M South Of I-10.

Overall conditionGood

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating7/9 · Good
Superstructure8/9 · Very Good
Substructure8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
4,815 FT OVERALL1,000 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 8/9Substructure 8/9

4,815 ft end to end, longest span 80 ft: about 13 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built199234 years old
Length4815.0 ft1467.6 m
Daily traffic15,642counted 2021
Last inspectedSeptember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateLouisiana
CountySt. Charles
Location0.4 M South Of I-10
CarriesI0310
CrossesI-10/I-310/SWAMP
Coordinates30.00273, -90.29357

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length4815.0 ft (1467.6 m)
Max Span80.1 ft (24.4 m)
Deck Width36.1 ft (11 m)
Deck Area16143.6 sq m
Main Spans66
Year Built1992

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic15,642 (2021)
Truck Traffic25%
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge5

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number024504503600408

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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