Structure 75I00240301 · Rutherford County, TN

I24 over Branch

Carries I24 over Branch, Jct I-24 And Waldron Rd..

Overall conditionGood

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

How ratings work
Culvertsets the rating7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT39 FT ACROSS25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Culvert 7/9

A culvert 39 ft across with 3 openings. Lengths and the car 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, so those are drawn as typical for a culvert.

Built196957 years old
Length39.4 ft12 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedJune 2024every 24 months

Location

StateTennessee
CountyRutherford
LocationJct I-24 And Waldron Rd.
CarriesI24
CrossesBranch
Coordinates35.99700, -86.59725

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignCulvert
Total Length39.4 ft (12 m)
Max Span12.1 ft (3.7 m)
Deck Area146.4 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1969

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic145,068 (2021)
That is about 145,068 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 Traffic7%
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJune 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number75I00240301

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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