Structure 540978 · Athens County, OH

Walnut Street over Sunday Creek

Carries Walnut Street over Sunday Creek, 0.05 Mi. NE Of C.r.13.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Deck8/9 · Very Good
Superstructure8/9 · Very Good
Substructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT88 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 8/9Superstructure 8/9Substructure 5/9 · sets the rating

88 ft end to end. Lengths and the car 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 box-beam bridge.

Built1910rebuilt 2001
Length87.9 ft26.8 m
Daily traffic100counted 1951
Last inspectedJuly 2024every 12 months

Location

StateOhio
CountyAthens
Location0.05 Mi. NE Of C.r.13
CarriesWalnut Street
CrossesSunday Creek
Coordinates39.48199, -82.07672

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignBox Beam - Multiple
Total Length87.9 ft (26.8 m)
Max Span86.9 ft (26.5 m)
Deck Width16.1 ft (4.9 m)
Deck Area131.3 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1910 (reconstructed 2001)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic100 (1951)
Truck Traffic5%
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJuly 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 12 months
OwnerCity/Municipal Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number0540978

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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