Structure 33 0628F · Alameda County, CA

S680-e580 Conn Sep over I-680 I-580 Dublin Bl

Carries S680-e580 Conn Sep over I-680 I-580 Dublin Bl, 04-ala-680-r20.72-ple.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructure7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
4,396 FT OVERALL500 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

4,396 ft end to end, longest span 290 ft: about 12 football fields. Lengths are drawn to scale; at this length a semi-truck would be a speck. 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 box-beam bridge.

Built200125 years old
Length4396.3 ft1,340 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedApril 2024every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyAlameda
Location04-ala-680-r20.72-ple
CarriesS680-e580 Conn Sep
CrossesI-680 I-580 Dublin Bl
Coordinates37.70160, -121.91715

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete Continuous
DesignBox Beam - Multiple
Total Length4396.3 ft (1,340 m)
Max Span290.0 ft (88.4 m)
Deck Width42.7 ft (13 m)
Deck Area17,420 sq m
Main Spans20
Year Built2001

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic125,000 (2010)
That is about 62,500 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 Traffic10%
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge18

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionApril 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number33 0628F

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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