Structure 27821 · San Juan Municipio County, PR

Ramp Pr18 0.02 Km over Pr 18 NB Pr 22 WB Km 2

Carries Ramp Pr18 0.02 Km over Pr 18 NB Pr 22 WB Km 2, Int. Of Pr-18 With Pr-22.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructure7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT1,543 FT OVERALL250 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

1,543 ft end to end, longest span 121 ft: about 4.3 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.

Built200719 years old
Length1543.3 ft470.4 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedJune 2024every 24 months

Location

StatePuerto Rico
CountySan Juan Municipio
LocationInt. Of Pr-18 With Pr-22
CarriesRamp Pr18 0.02 Km
CrossesPr 18 NB Pr 22 WB Km 2
Coordinates18.42861, -66.07444

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length1543.3 ft (470.4 m)
Max Span121.4 ft (37 m)
Deck Width31.2 ft (9.5 m)
Deck Area4468.8 sq m
Main Spans16
Year Built2007

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic239,000 (2017)
That is about 239,000 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 Traffic4%
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge11

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJune 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number027821

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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