Structure 55 0614 · Orange County, CA

State Route 1 over N Arm Newport Bay

Carries State Route 1 over N Arm Newport Bay, 12-ora-001-r18.22-nptb.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Channelnot part of overall9/9 · Excellent
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT840 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 7/9Substructure 5/9 · sets the rating

840 ft end to end, longest span 120 ft: about 2.3 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 box-beam bridge.

Built198145 years old
Length839.9 ft256 m
Daily traffic51,000counted 2014
Last inspectedJune 2023every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyOrange
Location12-ora-001-r18.22-nptb
CarriesState Route 1
CrossesN Arm Newport Bay
Coordinates33.61679, -117.90335

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete Continuous
DesignBox Beam - Multiple
Total Length839.9 ft (256 m)
Max Span120.1 ft (36.6 m)
Deck Width116.1 ft (35.4 m)
Deck Area9062.4 sq m
Main Spans8
Year Built1981

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic51,000 (2014)
Lanes On Bridge7

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJune 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number55 0614

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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