Structure 180610035309528 · Denton County, TX

Sh114 Off-ramp over Uprr

Carries Sh114 Off-ramp over Uprr, 3.14 Mi E. Of I35w.

Overall conditionGood

Set by its lowest-rated component: Substructure at 7 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck8/9 · Very Good
Superstructure8/9 · Very Good
Substructuresets the rating7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT985 FT OVERALL200 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 8/9Superstructure 8/9Substructure 7/9 · sets the rating

985 ft end to end, longest span 244 ft: about 2.7 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built20233 years old
Length984.9 ft300.2 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedAugust 2023every 24 months

Location

StateTexas
CountyDenton
Location3.14 Mi E. Of I35w
CarriesSh114 Off-ramp
CrossesUprr
Coordinates33.01355, -97.22322

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length984.9 ft (300.2 m)
Max Span244.4 ft (74.5 m)
Deck Width27.9 ft (8.5 m)
Deck Area2551.7 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built2023

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic55,700 (2018)
That is about 55,700 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 Traffic14%
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number180610035309528

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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