Structure 2514850 · Franklin County, OH

Ramp To 270nb over Ir 70

Carries Ramp To 270nb over Ir 70, 0.20 Mi E Of I-270.

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 FT599 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

599 ft end to end, longest span 107 ft: about 1.7 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.

Built197155 years old
Length598.8 ft182.5 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedAugust 2024every 12 months

Location

StateOhio
CountyFranklin
Location0.20 Mi E Of I-270
CarriesRamp To 270nb
CrossesIr 70
Coordinates39.93386, -82.84912

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length598.8 ft (182.5 m)
Max Span107.0 ft (32.6 m)
Deck Width43.0 ft (13.1 m)
Deck Area2390.8 sq m
Main Spans6
Year Built1971

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic122,640 (2010)
That is about 61,320 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 Traffic9%
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge4

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 12 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number2514850

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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