Structure 100000020159010 · Anne Arundel County, MD

Is 595 Ramp 3 over Is 595

Carries Is 595 Ramp 3 over Is 595, 1.77 Mi W Of Md 450.

Overall conditionGood

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

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

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT320 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

320 ft end to end, longest span 174 ft: about 4 semi-trucks nose to tail. 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.

Built199432 years old
Length319.9 ft97.5 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedApril 2023every 24 months

Location

StateMaryland
CountyAnne Arundel
Location1.77 Mi W Of Md 450
CarriesIs 595 Ramp 3
CrossesIs 595
Coordinates38.98423, -76.57878

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length319.9 ft (97.5 m)
Max Span173.9 ft (53 m)
Deck Width34.1 ft (10.4 m)
Deck Area1,014 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1994

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic101,670 (2009)
That is about 101,670 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 Traffic8%
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge6

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionApril 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number100000020159010

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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