Structure 121020038913344 · Harris County, TX

Sp330e To SH 146 C over SH 146

Carries Sp330e To SH 146 C over SH 146, At Int SH 146 & Spur 330.

Overall conditionGood

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

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

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
4,334 FT OVERALL500 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

4,334 ft end to end: about 12 football fields. Lengths are drawn to scale; at this length a semi-truck would be a speck. 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.

Built2010rebuilt 2014
Length4334.0 ft1,321 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedDecember 2022every 48 months

Location

StateTexas
CountyHarris
LocationAt Int SH 146 & Spur 330
CarriesSp330e To SH 146 C
CrossesSH 146
Coordinates29.75286, -94.99062

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length4334.0 ft (1,321 m)
Max Span145.0 ft (44.2 m)
Deck Width28.9 ft (8.8 m)
Deck Area11624.8 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built2010 (reconstructed 2014)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic51,900 (2013)
That is about 51,900 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 Bridge13

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionDecember 2022
Inspection FrequencyEvery 48 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number121020038913344

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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