Structure 38617 · Philadelphia County, PA

Interstate 95 over Orthodox-pearce Street

Carries Interstate 95 over Orthodox-pearce Street, Nr.bermuda Street 3481h10.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure at 5 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating5/9 · Fair
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT931 FT OVERALL200 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

931 ft end to end, longest span 142 ft: about 2.6 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.

Built1966rebuilt 1977
Length931.1 ft283.8 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedMay 2023every 24 months

Location

StatePennsylvania
CountyPhiladelphia
LocationNr.bermuda Street 3481h10
CarriesInterstate 95
CrossesOrthodox-pearce Street
Coordinates40.00278, -75.07776

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length931.1 ft (283.8 m)
Max Span142.1 ft (43.3 m)
Deck Width137.5 ft (41.9 m)
Deck Area11891.2 sq m
Main Spans4
Year Built1966 (reconstructed 1977)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic280,088 (2024)
That is about 93,362 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 Traffic5%
Lanes On Bridge3
Lanes Under Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMay 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number000000000038617

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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