Structure 35 0026 · San Mateo County, CA

Third Avenue over US Highway 101

Carries Third Avenue over US Highway 101, 04-sm-101-13.46-sm.

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
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT310 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

310 ft end to end, longest span 67 ft: about 4 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 tee-beam bridge.

Built1953rebuilt 1996
Length310.0 ft94.5 m
Daily traffic4,590counted 1998
Last inspectedAugust 2023every 24 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountySan Mateo
Location04-sm-101-13.46-sm
CarriesThird Avenue
CrossesUS Highway 101
Coordinates37.57043, -122.31424

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignTee Beam
Total Length310.0 ft (94.5 m)
Max Span66.9 ft (20.4 m)
Deck Width103.0 ft (31.4 m)
Deck Area2967.3 sq m
Main Spans6
Year Built1953 (reconstructed 1996)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic4,590 (1998)
Truck Traffic7%
Lanes On Bridge6
Lanes Under Bridge11

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number35 0026

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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