Structure 224004H · Queens County, NY

RTE 25 over 25 X 22nd Street 21st

Carries RTE 25 over 25 X 22nd Street 21st, Queensboro Br Ovr East Rv.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Substructure at 5 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructure6/9 · Satisfactory
Substructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT1,716 FT OVERALL250 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 6/9Substructure 5/9 · sets the rating

1,716 ft end to end, longest span 105 ft: about 4.8 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.

Built1929rebuilt 1980
Length1715.9 ft523 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedOctober 2024every 24 months

Location

StateNew York
CountyQueens
LocationQueensboro Br Ovr East Rv
CarriesRTE 25
Crosses25 X 22nd Street 21st
Coordinates40.75174, -73.94299

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length1715.9 ft (523 m)
Max Span105.0 ft (32 m)
Deck Width27.9 ft (8.5 m)
Deck Area4445.5 sq m
Main Spans42
Year Built1929 (reconstructed 1980)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic108,144 (2017)
That is about 54,072 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 Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge10

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionOctober 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCity/Municipal Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number00000000224004H

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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