Structure 2100001P0000000 · Loudoun County, VA

Saarinen Circle over Toll Plaza

Carries Saarinen Circle over Toll Plaza, 0.2 Miles From Dulles Air.

Overall conditionFair

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

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

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT229 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

229 ft end to end, longest span 31 ft: about 3 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.

Built196165 years old
Length229.3 ft69.9 m
Daily traffic10,000counted 2024
Last inspectedFebruary 2024every 24 months

Location

StateVirginia
CountyLoudoun
Location0.2 Miles From Dulles Air
CarriesSaarinen Circle
CrossesToll Plaza
Coordinates38.95525, -77.44450

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignSlab
Total Length229.3 ft (69.9 m)
Max Span31.5 ft (9.6 m)
Deck Width23.0 ft (7 m)
Deck Area489.3 sq m
Main Spans10
Year Built1961

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic10,000 (2024)
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge7

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionFebruary 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCode 76
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number2100001P0000000

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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