Structure 5471 · Toa Alta Municipio County, PR

Pr 824 over Cruz Creek

Carries Pr 824 over Cruz Creek, 4 Km South Of Toa Alta.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating5/9 · Fair
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
20 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

20 ft end to end. Lengths are drawn to scale; at this length a semi-truck would be a speck. 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 slab bridge.

Built194284 years old
Length20.0 ft6.1 m
Daily traffic6,500counted 2017
Last inspectedJuly 2023every 24 months

Location

StatePuerto Rico
CountyToa Alta Municipio
Location4 Km South Of Toa Alta
CarriesPr 824
CrossesCruz Creek
Coordinates18.35053, -66.24704

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete
DesignSlab
Total Length20.0 ft (6.1 m)
Max Span20.0 ft (6.1 m)
Deck Width20.3 ft (6.2 m)
Deck Area37.8 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1942

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic6,500 (2017)
Truck Traffic4%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJuly 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical3 — Scour critical
Structure Number005471

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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