Structure 800511 · Brown County, OH

US 50 over E Fork Little Miami Rive

Carries US 50 over E Fork Little Miami Rive, .05 Mi W Of Fayetteville.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT264 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

264 ft end to end, longest span 95 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 girder bridge.

Built1940rebuilt 1985
Length264.1 ft80.5 m
Daily traffic4,644counted 2019
Last inspectedAugust 2024every 12 months

Location

StateOhio
CountyBrown
Location.05 Mi W Of Fayetteville
CarriesUS 50
CrossesE Fork Little Miami Rive
Coordinates39.18585, -83.93825

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignGirder and Floorbeam
Total Length264.1 ft (80.5 m)
Max Span95.1 ft (29 m)
Deck Width30.8 ft (9.4 m)
Deck Area756.7 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1940 (reconstructed 1985)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic4,644 (2019)
Truck Traffic4%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 12 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number0800511

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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