Structure 12502 · San Juan Municipio County, PR

Pr 52 Northbound over Pr 177

Carries Pr 52 Northbound over Pr 177, 2.1 Mi S W Of Rio Piedras.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Substructure at 6 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructuresets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT205 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9Substructure 6/9 · sets the rating

205 ft end to end, longest span 97 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.

Built197947 years old
Length204.7 ft62.4 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedAugust 2024every 24 months

Location

StatePuerto Rico
CountySan Juan Municipio
Location2.1 Mi S W Of Rio Piedras
CarriesPr 52 Northbound
CrossesPr 177
Coordinates18.37086, -66.06997

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length204.7 ft (62.4 m)
Max Span96.8 ft (29.5 m)
Deck Width58.4 ft (17.8 m)
Deck Area1110.7 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1979

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic153,300 (2017)
That is about 51,100 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 Traffic5%
Lanes On Bridge3
Lanes Under Bridge6

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Toll Authority
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number012502

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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