Structure 150150007308347 · Bexar County, TX

Us281sb Conn 410wb over Jones Maltsberger Etc

Carries Us281sb Conn 410wb over Jones Maltsberger Etc, Us281 @ Ih410 Interchange.

Overall conditionGood

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Substructure at 7 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating7/9 · Good
Superstructure8/9 · Very Good
Substructuresets the rating7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
5,072 FT OVERALL1,000 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 8/9Substructure 7/9 · sets the rating

5,072 ft end to end, longest span 130 ft: about 14 football fields. 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built200818 years old
Length5071.9 ft1545.9 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedAugust 2022every 48 months

Location

StateTexas
CountyBexar
LocationUs281 @ Ih410 Interchange
CarriesUs281sb Conn 410wb
CrossesJones Maltsberger Etc
Coordinates29.52824, -98.48410

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length5071.9 ft (1545.9 m)
Max Span129.9 ft (39.6 m)
Deck Width40.0 ft (12.2 m)
Deck Area18860.0 sq m
Main Spans39
Year Built2008

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic101,000 (2010)
That is about 50,500 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.
Lanes On Bridge2
Lanes Under Bridge21

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionAugust 2022
Inspection FrequencyEvery 48 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number150150007308347

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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