Structure 3300100 · Mercer County, NJ

Pennington Road over Delaware River

Carries Pennington Road over Delaware River, Pennington Road.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT877 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

877 ft end to end, longest span 143 ft: about 2.4 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 through truss.

Built1904rebuilt 2010
Length877.0 ft267.3 m
Daily traffic7,521counted 2024
Last inspectedMarch 2024every 24 months

Location

StateNew Jersey
CountyMercer
LocationPennington Road
CarriesPennington Road
CrossesDelaware River
Coordinates40.29525, -74.86827

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignTruss - Thru
Total Length877.0 ft (267.3 m)
Max Span143.0 ft (43.6 m)
Deck Width15.7 ft (4.8 m)
Deck Area1283.0 sq m
Main Spans6
Year Built1904 (reconstructed 2010)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic7,521 (2024)
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMarch 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerLocal Toll Authority
Historical SignificanceBridge is eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical7 — Countermeasures installed
Structure Number3300100

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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