Structure 106531D · Kings County, NY

RTE I278 over Relief

Carries RTE I278 over Relief, 2.3 Mi SW Jct Ny27 & I278.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT435 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

435 ft end to end, longest span 67 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built1963rebuilt 2010
Length435.0 ft132.6 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedAugust 2024every 24 months

Location

StateNew York
CountyKings
Location2.3 Mi SW Jct Ny27 & I278
CarriesRTE I278
CrossesRelief
Coordinates40.63884, -74.02131

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length435.0 ft (132.6 m)
Max Span66.9 ft (20.4 m)
Deck Width24.6 ft (7.5 m)
Deck Area994.5 sq m
Main Spans8
Year Built1963 (reconstructed 2010)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic55,432 (2018)
That is about 55,432 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 Traffic2%
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number00000000106531D

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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