Structure 55 0658 · Orange County, CA

State Route 1 over Talbert Channel

Carries State Route 1 over Talbert Channel, 12-ora-001-21.82-hntb.

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 FT176 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

176 ft end to end, longest span 39 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 slab bridge.

Built199135 years old
Length175.9 ft53.6 m
Daily traffic39,000counted 2014
Last inspectedJune 2023every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyOrange
Location12-ora-001-21.82-hntb
CarriesState Route 1
CrossesTalbert Channel
Coordinates33.63305, -117.96020

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignSlab
Total Length175.9 ft (53.6 m)
Max Span39.0 ft (11.9 m)
Deck Width109.9 ft (33.5 m)
Deck Area1795.6 sq m
Main Spans5
Year Built1991

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic39,000 (2014)
Lanes On Bridge6

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJune 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number55 0658

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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