Structure 51C37 000000000 · Multnomah County, OR

NW Wallula AVE over Trimet Light Rail Track

Carries NW Wallula AVE over Trimet Light Rail Track, 010 Mi NW Gresham Cty Hal.

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
CAR · 15 FT112 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

112 ft end to end. 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.

Built199432 years old
Length111.9 ft34.1 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedMarch 2023every 24 months

Location

StateOregon
CountyMultnomah
Location010 Mi NW Gresham Cty Hal
CarriesNW Wallula AVE
CrossesTrimet Light Rail Track
Coordinates45.50941, -122.44483

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length111.9 ft (34.1 m)
Max Span111.9 ft (34.1 m)
Deck Width44.9 ft (13.7 m)
Deck Area467.2 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1994

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic133,422 (2020)
That is about 66,711 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 Traffic10%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMarch 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerOther Local Agencies
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number51C37 000000000

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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