Structure 314 · Allegan County, MI

Second Street over Kalamazoo River

Carries Second Street over Kalamazoo River, City Of Allegan.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck8/9 · Very Good
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT225 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 8/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

225 ft end to end: 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 through truss.

Built1886rebuilt 2022
Length225.1 ft68.6 m
Daily traffic2,582counted 2006
Last inspectedSeptember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateMichigan
CountyAllegan
LocationCity Of Allegan
CarriesSecond Street
CrossesKalamazoo River
Coordinates42.52600, -85.84836

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignTruss - Thru
Total Length225.1 ft (68.6 m)
Max Span225.1 ft (68.6 m)
Deck Width17.7 ft (5.4 m)
Deck Area370.4 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1886 (reconstructed 2022)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic2,582 (2006)
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCity/Municipal Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is on the National Register of Historic Places
Scour CriticalUnknown
Structure Number000000000000314

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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