Structure 6 0011 · Shasta County, CA

State Route 273 over Oregon Gulch

Carries State Route 273 over Oregon Gulch, 02-sha-273-13.88-rdg.

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
CAR · 15 FT87 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

87 ft end to end, longest span 21 ft. Lengths and the car 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.

Built1942rebuilt 1994
Length86.9 ft26.5 m
Daily traffic23,000counted 2020
Last inspectedApril 2023every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyShasta
Location02-sha-273-13.88-rdg
CarriesState Route 273
CrossesOregon Gulch
Coordinates40.54625, -122.38643

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignSlab
Total Length86.9 ft (26.5 m)
Max Span21.3 ft (6.5 m)
Deck Width92.8 ft (28.3 m)
Deck Area750.0 sq m
Main Spans4
Year Built1942 (reconstructed 1994)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic23,000 (2020)
Truck Traffic4%
Lanes On Bridge4

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionApril 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number06 0011

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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