Structure 142270001601435 · Travis County, TX

Sh45se Wb/ Ih35 NB over IH 35 Nbfr & FM 1327

Carries Sh45se Wb/ Ih35 NB over IH 35 Nbfr & FM 1327, At Sh45se & Ih35 Interch..

Overall conditionGood

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating7/9 · Good
Superstructure8/9 · Very Good
Substructuresets the rating7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT3,029 FT OVERALL500 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 8/9Substructure 7/9 · sets the rating

3,029 ft end to end, longest span 116 ft: about 8.4 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.

Built200917 years old
Length3028.9 ft923.2 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedOctober 2023every 48 months

Location

StateTexas
CountyTravis
LocationAt Sh45se & Ih35 Interch.
CarriesSh45se Wb/ Ih35 NB
CrossesIH 35 Nbfr & FM 1327
Coordinates30.11233, -97.80212

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length3028.9 ft (923.2 m)
Max Span116.1 ft (35.4 m)
Deck Width40.0 ft (12.2 m)
Deck Area11263.0 sq m
Main Spans28
Year Built2009

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic114,000 (2010)
That is about 114,000 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.
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge5

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionOctober 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 48 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number142270001601435

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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