Structure 14204 · Vanderburgh County, IN

US 41 SB over Ohio River Access Road

Carries US 41 SB over Ohio River Access Road, 02.66 S I-164.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
5,427 FT OVERALL1,000 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 5/9 · sets the rating

5,427 ft end to end, longest span 600 ft: about 15 football fields, or 1.0 miles. Lengths are drawn to scale; at this length a semi-truck would be a speck. 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 through truss.

Built196561 years old
Length5426.5 ft1,654 m
Daily traffic19,723counted 2019
Last inspectedAugust 2024every 24 months

Location

StateIndiana
CountyVanderburgh
Location02.66 S I-164
CarriesUS 41 SB
CrossesOhio River Access Road
Coordinates37.90444, -87.55139

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignTruss - Thru
Total Length5426.5 ft (1,654 m)
Max Span599.7 ft (182.8 m)
Deck Width36.1 ft (11 m)
Deck Area18,194 sq m
Main Spans7
Year Built1965

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic19,723 (2019)
Truck Traffic11%
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number014204

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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