Structure 15 0023 · Colusa County, CA

State Route 45 over High Ditch

Carries State Route 45 over High Ditch, 03-col-045-4.05.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure at 6 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT69 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 6/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

69 ft end to end, longest span 26 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.

Built198046 years old
Length68.9 ft21 m
Daily traffic1,000counted 2013
Last inspectedJanuary 2025every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyColusa
Location03-col-045-4.05
CarriesState Route 45
CrossesHigh Ditch
Coordinates38.96878, -121.86178

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignSlab
Total Length68.9 ft (21 m)
Max Span25.9 ft (7.9 m)
Deck Width35.4 ft (10.8 m)
Deck Area226.8 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1980

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic1,000 (2013)
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJanuary 2025
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceHistorical significance is not determined
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number15 0023

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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