Structure 49C0454 · San Luis Obispo County, CA

Willow Road over Nipomo Creek

Carries Willow Road over Nipomo Creek, 0.2 Mi East Of US 101.

Overall conditionGood

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating7/9 · Good
Substructure8/9 · Very Good
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT189 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 8/9

189 ft end to end, longest span 46 ft: about 3 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 slab bridge.

Built201214 years old
Length188.6 ft57.5 m
Daily traffic1,000counted 2014
Last inspectedSeptember 2024every 48 months

Location

StateCalifornia
CountySan Luis Obispo
Location0.2 Mi East Of US 101
CarriesWillow Road
CrossesNipomo Creek
Coordinates35.05608, -120.49993

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignSlab
Total Length188.6 ft (57.5 m)
Max Span45.9 ft (14 m)
Deck Width43.0 ft (13.1 m)
Deck Area753.2 sq m
Main Spans5
Year Built2012

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic1,000 (2014)
Truck Traffic3%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 48 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number49C0454

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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