Structure 224004B · New York County, NY

RTE 25 over 25 X First Avenue

Carries RTE 25 over 25 X First Avenue, Queensboro Br Ovr East Rv.

Overall conditionGood

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure and Substructure at 7 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating7/9 · Good
Substructuresets the rating7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT494 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

494 ft end to end: about 7 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 deck arch.

Built1909rebuilt 1995
Length494.1 ft150.6 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedMarch 2024every 24 months

Location

StateNew York
CountyNew York
LocationQueensboro Br Ovr East Rv
CarriesRTE 25
Crosses25 X First Avenue
Coordinates40.75993, -73.96174

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignArch - Deck
Total Length494.1 ft (150.6 m)
Max Span144.7 ft (44.1 m)
Deck Width29.9 ft (9.1 m)
Deck Area1370.5 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1909 (reconstructed 1995)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic86,098 (2010)
That is about 86,098 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 Bridge7

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMarch 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCity/Municipal Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceHistorical significance is not determined
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number00000000224004B

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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