Structure 52 0317F · Ventura County, CA

SB 23 - SB 101 over U.s. Highway 101

Carries SB 23 - SB 101 over U.s. Highway 101, 07-ven-023-r3.34-thok.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating5/9 · Fair
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructure7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT1,042 FT OVERALL200 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

1,042 ft end to end, longest span 133 ft: about 2.9 football fields. 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 box-beam bridge.

Built197056 years old
Length1041.7 ft317.5 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedMay 2023every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyVentura
Location07-ven-023-r3.34-thok
CarriesSB 23 - SB 101
CrossesU.s. Highway 101
Coordinates34.17541, -118.85842

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignBox Beam - Multiple
Total Length1041.7 ft (317.5 m)
Max Span132.5 ft (40.4 m)
Deck Width41.0 ft (12.5 m)
Deck Area3968.8 sq m
Main Spans10
Year Built1970

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic155,000 (2015)
That is about 77,500 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 Traffic5%
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge15

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMay 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number52 0317F

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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