Structure 630596 · Durham County, NC

Us70 Flyover over Us70

Carries Us70 Flyover over Us70, 0.8 Mi. E. Jct. Nc147.

Overall conditionGood

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure and Substructure at 8 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating8/9 · Very Good
Superstructuresets the rating8/9 · Very Good
Substructuresets the rating8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT547 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 8/9Superstructure 8/9Substructure 8/9

547 ft end to end, longest span 163 ft: about 1.5 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.

Built201412 years old
Length546.9 ft166.7 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedApril 2023every 24 months

Location

StateNorth Carolina
CountyDurham
Location0.8 Mi. E. Jct. Nc147
CarriesUs70 Flyover
CrossesUs70
Coordinates35.97608, -78.85454

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length546.9 ft (166.7 m)
Max Span162.7 ft (49.6 m)
Deck Width41.0 ft (12.5 m)
Deck Area2083.8 sq m
Main Spans4
Year Built2014

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic65,700 (2015)
That is about 65,700 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 Traffic12%
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge7

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionApril 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number000000000630596

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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