Structure 121020027114683 · Harris County, TX

IH 610 Nwt Conn over Old Katy RD & Transt Ctr

Carries IH 610 Nwt Conn over Old Katy RD & Transt Ctr, 1.3 Mi S Of US 290.

Overall conditionGood

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

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

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT1,409 FT OVERALL250 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 8/9Substructure 7/9 · sets the rating

1,409 ft end to end, longest span 125 ft: about 3.9 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.

Built1988rebuilt 2013
Length1409.1 ft429.5 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedAugust 2024every 24 months

Location

StateTexas
CountyHarris
Location1.3 Mi S Of US 290
CarriesIH 610 Nwt Conn
CrossesOld Katy RD & Transt Ctr
Coordinates29.78406, -95.45267

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length1409.1 ft (429.5 m)
Max Span125.0 ft (38.1 m)
Deck Width40.4 ft (12.3 m)
Deck Area5282.9 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1988 (reconstructed 2013)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic70,000 (2013)
That is about 70,000 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 Traffic1%
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge10

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number121020027114683

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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