Structure 4 0292 · Humboldt County, CA

State Route 254 over Hillside

Carries State Route 254 over Hillside, 01-hum-254-11.83.

Overall conditionGood

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure at 7 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating7/9 · Good
Substructure8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT379 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 8/9

379 ft end to end, longest span 36 ft: about 5 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.

Built198937 years old
Length378.9 ft115.5 m
Daily traffic565counted 2009
Last inspectedAugust 2024every 48 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyHumboldt
Location01-hum-254-11.83
CarriesState Route 254
CrossesHillside
Coordinates40.27115, -123.86511

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignSlab
Total Length378.9 ft (115.5 m)
Max Span36.1 ft (11 m)
Deck Width18.0 ft (5.5 m)
Deck Area635.2 sq m
Main Spans11
Year Built1989

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic565 (2009)
Truck Traffic6%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 48 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number04 0292

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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