Structure 44 0264 · Monterey County, CA

State Route 68 over El Toro Creek

Carries State Route 68 over El Toro Creek, 05-mon-068-13.30.

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
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT210 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 8/9

210 ft end to end, longest span 70 ft: about 3 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.

Built199729 years old
Length210.0 ft64 m
Daily traffic24,200counted 2006
Last inspectedAugust 2024every 48 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyMonterey
Location05-mon-068-13.30
CarriesState Route 68
CrossesEl Toro Creek
Coordinates36.58112, -121.71825

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete Continuous
DesignSlab
Total Length210.0 ft (64 m)
Max Span69.9 ft (21.3 m)
Deck Width43.6 ft (13.3 m)
Deck Area851.2 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1997

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic24,200 (2006)
Truck Traffic3%
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 Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number44 0264

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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