Structure 33 0051L · Alameda County, CA

Interstate 80 WB over Up Bnsf Amtrak E80-w580

Carries Interstate 80 WB over Up Bnsf Amtrak E80-w580, 04-ala-080-r7.20-alb.

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 FT2,143 FT OVERALL250 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 8/9Substructure 7/9 · sets the rating

2,143 ft end to end, longest span 126 ft: about 6.0 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.

Built1960rebuilt 1998
Length2143.0 ft653.2 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedMarch 2023every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyAlameda
Location04-ala-080-r7.20-alb
CarriesInterstate 80 WB
CrossesUp Bnsf Amtrak E80-w580
Coordinates37.88600, -122.30903

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length2143.0 ft (653.2 m)
Max Span125.7 ft (38.3 m)
Deck Width64.0 ft (19.5 m)
Deck Area12737.4 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1960 (reconstructed 1998)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic271,000 (2019)
That is about 67,750 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 Traffic9%
Lanes On Bridge4
Lanes Under Bridge19

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMarch 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number33 0051L

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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