Structure 38621 · Philadelphia County, PA

Interstate 95 over Tacony St.and Bridge St.

Carries Interstate 95 over Tacony St.and Bridge St., Nr.wakelin ST 3481j09.

Overall conditionPoor

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 4 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating4/9 · Poor
Substructure5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT987 FT OVERALL200 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 4/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 5/9

987 ft end to end, longest span 100 ft: about 2.7 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.

Built196759 years old
Length986.9 ft300.8 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedDecember 2023every 24 months

Location

StatePennsylvania
CountyPhiladelphia
LocationNr.wakelin ST 3481j09
CarriesInterstate 95
CrossesTacony St.and Bridge St.
Coordinates40.00769, -75.07180

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length986.9 ft (300.8 m)
Max Span100.1 ft (30.5 m)
Deck Width97.4 ft (29.7 m)
Deck Area8933.8 sq m
Main Spans8
Year Built1967

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 Bridge9

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionDecember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number000000000038621

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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