Structure 15 0020 · Colusa County, CA

State Route 20 over Colusa Trough

Carries State Route 20 over Colusa Trough, 03-col-020-27.83.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating5/9 · Fair
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT800 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

800 ft end to end, longest span 40 ft: about 2.2 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built196264 years old
Length799.9 ft243.8 m
Daily traffic6,400counted 2015
Last inspectedAugust 2023every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyColusa
Location03-col-020-27.83
CarriesState Route 20
CrossesColusa Trough
Coordinates39.19556, -122.06239

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length799.9 ft (243.8 m)
Max Span40.0 ft (12.2 m)
Deck Width34.1 ft (10.4 m)
Deck Area2535.5 sq m
Main Spans20
Year Built1962

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic6,400 (2015)
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number15 0020

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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