Structure 180570000911366 · Dallas County, TX

US WB Conn. B-1 over IH 30

Carries US WB Conn. B-1 over IH 30, 0.4 Mi E Of Loop 12.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure and Substructure at 6 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Substructuresets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT700 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 6/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9 · sets the rating

700 ft end to end, longest span 125 ft: about 1.9 football fields. 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.

Built197947 years old
Length700.1 ft213.4 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedNovember 2023every 24 months

Location

StateTexas
CountyDallas
Location0.4 Mi E Of Loop 12
CarriesUS WB Conn. B-1
CrossesIH 30
Coordinates32.79986, -96.67706

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length700.1 ft (213.4 m)
Max Span125.0 ft (38.1 m)
Deck Width32.2 ft (9.8 m)
Deck Area2091.3 sq m
Main Spans5
Year Built1979

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic61,517 (2020)
That is about 61,517 vehicles per lane per day — beyond what any U.S. road carries (the busiest freeways run about 25,000–30,000). It is almost certainly a data-entry error in the National Bridge Inventory, so we leave this bridge out of traffic rankings.
Truck Traffic11%
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge8

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionNovember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number180570000911366

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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