Structure 42C0078 · Fresno County, CA

Lost Hills AVE over Jacalitos Creek

Carries Lost Hills AVE over Jacalitos Creek, Jacalitos Creek RD.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT97 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

97 ft end to end, longest span 19 ft. Lengths and the car 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.

Built1940rebuilt 1970
Length97.1 ft29.6 m
Daily traffic290counted 2009
Last inspectedOctober 2023every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyFresno
LocationJacalitos Creek RD
CarriesLost Hills AVE
CrossesJacalitos Creek
Coordinates36.10203, -120.31096

Physical Characteristics

MaterialWood or Timber
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length97.1 ft (29.6 m)
Max Span19.0 ft (5.8 m)
Deck Width27.9 ft (8.5 m)
Deck Area251.6 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1940 (reconstructed 1970)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic290 (2009)
Truck Traffic10%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionOctober 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical3 — Scour critical
Structure Number42C0078

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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