Structure 8166 · Santa Cruz County, AZ

River Road over Santa Cruz River

Carries River Road over Santa Cruz River, 0.1 Mi W Jct SR 82.

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
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT460 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

460 ft end to end, longest span 65 ft: about 6 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 tee-beam bridge.

Built1916110 years old
Length460.0 ft140.2 m
Daily traffic840counted 2024
Last inspectedAugust 2024every 24 months

Location

StateArizona
CountySanta Cruz
Location0.1 Mi W Jct SR 82
CarriesRiver Road
CrossesSanta Cruz River
Coordinates31.38890, -110.87480

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete
DesignTee Beam
Total Length460.0 ft (140.2 m)
Max Span65.0 ft (19.8 m)
Deck Width20.3 ft (6.2 m)
Deck Area869.2 sq m
Main Spans11
Year Built1916

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic840 (2024)
Truck Traffic1%
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is on the National Register of Historic Places
Scour Critical3 — Scour critical
Structure Number08166

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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