Structure VHA7 · Multnomah County, OR

SW US Veterans Hos over Hospital Access Road

Carries SW US Veterans Hos over Hospital Access Road, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospi.

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
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT62 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 6/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

62 ft end to end, longest span 40 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 box-beam bridge.

Built198739 years old
Length62.0 ft18.9 m
Daily traffic480counted 2021
Last inspectedSeptember 2021every 24 months

Location

StateOregon
CountyMultnomah
Location3710 SW US Veterans Hospi
CarriesSW US Veterans Hos
CrossesHospital Access Road
Coordinates45.49739, -122.68294

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete
DesignBox Beam - Single/Spread
Total Length62.0 ft (18.9 m)
Max Span40.0 ft (12.2 m)
Deck Width50.2 ft (15.3 m)
Deck Area289.2 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1987

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic480 (2021)
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2021
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCode 56
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure NumberVHA7

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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