Structure 30961 · San Juan Municipio County, PR

Pr-18 over Pr-52 Ramp Pr-18

Carries Pr-18 over Pr-52 Ramp Pr-18, Pr-18.

Overall conditionGood

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck at 7 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating7/9 · Good
Superstructure8/9 · Very Good
Substructure8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT560 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 8/9Substructure 8/9

560 ft end to end, longest span 111 ft: about 1.6 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built20206 years old
Length560.0 ft170.7 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedSeptember 2023every 24 months

Location

StatePuerto Rico
CountySan Juan Municipio
LocationPr-18
CarriesPr-18
CrossesPr-52 Ramp Pr-18
Coordinates18.37733, -66.07126

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length560.0 ft (170.7 m)
Max Span110.9 ft (33.8 m)
Deck Width28.5 ft (8.7 m)
Deck Area1485.1 sq m
Main Spans6
Year Built2020

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic169,100 (2017)
That is about 169,100 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 Traffic7%
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge6

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number030961

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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