Structure 11211 · Loudoun County, VA

Sycolin Road over Goose Creek

Carries Sycolin Road over Goose Creek, 00.91fr.648/00.75to659.

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 overall6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT365 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

365 ft end to end, longest span 74 ft: about 5 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built196957 years old
Length365.2 ft111.3 m
Daily traffic11,403counted 2022
Last inspectedSeptember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateVirginia
CountyLoudoun
Location00.91fr.648/00.75to659
CarriesSycolin Road
CrossesGoose Creek
Coordinates39.03959, -77.53481

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length365.2 ft (111.3 m)
Max Span74.1 ft (22.6 m)
Deck Width28.9 ft (8.8 m)
Deck Area979.4 sq m
Main Spans5
Year Built1969

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic11,403 (2022)
Truck Traffic2%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number000000000011211

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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