Structure 4C0030 · Humboldt County, CA

Sprowel Creek Road over Sprowel Creek

Carries Sprowel Creek Road over Sprowel Creek, 3 Mi Sw/o Kimtu RD.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating5/9 · Fair
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT151 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

151 ft end to end, longest span 62 ft: about 2 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built195967 years old
Length150.9 ft46 m
Daily traffic163counted 2011
Last inspectedJuly 2023every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyHumboldt
Location3 Mi Sw/o Kimtu RD
CarriesSprowel Creek Road
CrossesSprowel Creek
Coordinates40.06825, -123.82999

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length150.9 ft (46 m)
Max Span62.0 ft (18.9 m)
Deck Width28.9 ft (8.8 m)
Deck Area404.8 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1959

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic163 (2011)
Truck Traffic2%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJuly 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number04C0030

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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