Structure 32 0034 · Tuolumne County, CA

State Route 120 over Alkali Creek

Carries State Route 120 over Alkali Creek, 10-tuo-120-11.29.

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 overall9/9 · Excellent
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
22 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

22 ft end to end, longest span 10 ft. 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 slab bridge.

Built1914rebuilt 1958
Length22.0 ft6.7 m
Daily traffic16,000counted 2009
Last inspectedSeptember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyTuolumne
Location10-tuo-120-11.29
CarriesState Route 120
CrossesAlkali Creek
Coordinates37.88466, -120.50003

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignSlab
Total Length22.0 ft (6.7 m)
Max Span10.2 ft (3.1 m)
Deck Area93.8 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1914 (reconstructed 1958)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic16,000 (2009)
Truck Traffic10%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalUnknown
Structure Number32 0034

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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