Structure 200000BC3203010 · Baltimore County, MD

Perring PKWY Ramp over Herring Run

Carries Perring PKWY Ramp over Herring Run, On Ramp WB Northern PKWY.

Overall conditionPoor

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 3 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck4/9 · Poor
Superstructuresets the rating3/9 · Serious
Substructure5/9 · Fair
Channelnot part of overall5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT203 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 4/9Superstructure 3/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 5/9

203 ft end to end, longest span 66 ft: about 3 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.

Built196561 years old
Length203.1 ft61.9 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedDecember 2024every 12 months

Location

StateMaryland
CountyBaltimore
LocationOn Ramp WB Northern PKWY
CarriesPerring PKWY Ramp
CrossesHerring Run
Coordinates39.36944, -76.57300

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length203.1 ft (61.9 m)
Max Span65.9 ft (20.1 m)
Deck Width28.5 ft (8.7 m)
Deck Area538.5 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1965

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic75,220 (2024)
That is about 75,220 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 Traffic5%
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionDecember 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 12 months
OwnerCity/Municipal Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number200000BC3203010

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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