Structure 224004E · Queens County, NY

RTE 25 over 25 X Jackson Avenue Am

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

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructuresets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT3,623 FT OVERALL500 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 7/9Substructure 6/9 · sets the rating

3,623 ft end to end, longest span 104 ft: about 10 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 girder bridge.

Built1957rebuilt 1990
Length3623.0 ft1104.3 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedDecember 2024every 24 months

Location

StateNew York
CountyQueens
LocationQueensboro Br Ovr East Rv
CarriesRTE 25
Crosses25 X Jackson Avenue Am
Coordinates40.75252, -73.94436

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignGirder and Floorbeam
Total Length3623.0 ft (1104.3 m)
Max Span103.7 ft (31.6 m)
Deck Width28.9 ft (8.8 m)
Deck Area9717.8 sq m
Main Spans94
Year Built1957 (reconstructed 1990)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic108,144 (2019)
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 Traffic5%
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge14

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionDecember 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCity/Municipal Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceHistorical significance is not determined
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number00000000224004E

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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