Structure 2268517 · Kings County, NY

RTE I278 over RTE I278 Furman Street

Carries RTE I278 over RTE I278 Furman Street, Adjacent To Furman Street.

Overall conditionPoor

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure and Substructure at 4 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating4/9 · Poor
Superstructuresets the rating4/9 · Poor
Substructuresets the rating4/9 · Poor
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT330 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 4/9Superstructure 4/9Substructure 4/9

330 ft end to end, longest span 51 ft: about 5 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 slab bridge.

Built194482 years old
Length330.1 ft100.6 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedJuly 2024every 12 months

Location

StateNew York
CountyKings
LocationAdjacent To Furman Street
CarriesRTE I278
CrossesRTE I278 Furman Street
Coordinates40.70240, -73.99244

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete
DesignSlab
Total Length330.1 ft (100.6 m)
Max Span50.9 ft (15.5 m)
Deck Width37.1 ft (11.3 m)
Deck Area1136.8 sq m
Main Spans7
Year Built1944

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic202,650 (2002)
That is about 67,550 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 Bridge3
Lanes Under Bridge5

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJuly 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 12 months
OwnerCity/Municipal Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceHistorical significance is not determined
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number000000002268517

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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