Structure 700H02 · Essex County, NJ

Jackson Street over Passaic River

Carries Jackson Street over Passaic River, 1.2 Mi SE I-280&NJ21 Jct.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Channelnot part of overall6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT467 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 5/9 · sets the rating

467 ft end to end, longest span 172 ft: about 6 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 swing bridge (drawn closed).

Built1900rebuilt 1991
Length466.9 ft142.3 m
Daily traffic19,840counted 2022
Last inspectedSeptember 2024every 24 months

Location

StateNew Jersey
CountyEssex
Location1.2 Mi SE I-280&NJ21 Jct
CarriesJackson Street
CrossesPassaic River
Coordinates40.73441, -74.15517

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignMovable - Swing
Total Length466.9 ft (142.3 m)
Max Span171.9 ft (52.4 m)
Deck Width40.4 ft (12.3 m)
Deck Area1750.3 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1900 (reconstructed 1991)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic19,840 (2022)
Truck Traffic3%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical3 — Scour critical
Structure Number0700H02

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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