Structure 106666G · Bronx County, NY

RTE I278 over Relief

Carries RTE I278 over Relief, 1 Mi NE Jct I278 & I87.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating5/9 · Fair
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT485 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9Superstructure 5/9Substructure 5/9

485 ft end to end, longest span 75 ft: 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built196264 years old
Length484.9 ft147.8 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedSeptember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateNew York
CountyBronx
Location1 Mi NE Jct I278 & I87
CarriesRTE I278
CrossesRelief
Coordinates40.82095, -73.88917

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length484.9 ft (147.8 m)
Max Span74.8 ft (22.8 m)
Deck Width34.1 ft (10.4 m)
Deck Area1537.1 sq m
Main Spans7
Year Built1962

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic143,338 (2019)
That is about 71,669 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 Traffic8%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number00000000106666G

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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