Structure CEPMRKKS0000004 · Pottawatomie County, KS

State Rte. 13 over Tuttle Creek Lake

Carries State Rte. 13 over Tuttle Creek Lake, Manhattan Ks..

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck9/9 · Excellent
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT846 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 9/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

846 ft end to end, longest span 42 ft: about 2.3 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 girder bridge.

Built1960rebuilt 2019
Length845.8 ft257.8 m
Daily traffic3,690counted 2021
Last inspectedApril 2023every 24 months

Location

StateKansas
CountyPottawatomie
LocationManhattan Ks.
CarriesState Rte. 13
CrossesTuttle Creek Lake
Coordinates39.26349, -96.57779

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignGirder and Floorbeam
Total Length845.8 ft (257.8 m)
Max Span42.0 ft (12.8 m)
Deck Width35.4 ft (10.8 m)
Deck Area2784.2 sq m
Main Spans18
Year Built1960 (reconstructed 2019)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic3,690 (2021)
Truck Traffic4%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionApril 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCorps of Engineers
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure NumberCEPMRKKS0000004

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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