OLD U.S. 280 over CAHABA RIVER
Map
Coordinates:
+33.43200, -86.7133333°25'55" N, 86°42'48" W
Facts
Source: National Bridge Inventory. Information not verified; use at your own risk.
Name: | OLD U.S. 280 over CAHABA RIVER |
Structure number: | 000311 |
Location: | OLD 280 * CAHABA RIVER |
Purpose: | Carries highway over waterway |
Route classification: | Local (Urban) [19] |
Length of largest span: | 65.9 ft. [20.1 m] |
Total length: | 325.1 ft. [99.1 m] |
Roadway width between curbs: | 24.0 ft. [7.3 m] |
Deck width edge-to-edge: | 26.6 ft. [8.1 m] |
Owner: | City or Municipal Highway Agency [04] |
Year built: | 1925 |
Historic significance: | Bridge is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places [5] |
Design load: | M 13.5 / H 15 [2] |
Number of main spans: | 4 |
Main spans material: | Concrete [1] |
Main spans design: | Tee beam [04] |
Deck type: | Concrete Cast-in-Place [1] |
Wearing surface: | Monolithic Concrete (concurrently placed with structural deck) [1] |
Latest Available Inspection: December 2016
Good/Fair/Poor Condition: | Fair |
Status: | Open, no restriction [A] |
Average daily traffic: | 6,000 [as of 2014] |
Truck traffic: | 1% of total traffic |
Deck condition: | Fair [5 out of 9] |
Superstructure condition: | Fair [5 out of 9] |
Substructure condition: | Satisfactory [6 out of 9] |
Structural appraisal: | Somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is [5] |
Deck geometry appraisal: | Basically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement [2] |
Water adequacy appraisal: | Equal to present minimum criteria [6] |
Roadway alignment appraisal: | Equal to present minimum criteria [6] |
Channel protection: | Bank is beginning to slump. River control devices and embankment protection have widespread minor damage. There is minor stream bed movement evident. Debris is restricting the channel slightly. [6] |
Scour condition: | Bridge foundations determined to be stable for assessed or calculated scour condition. [5] |
Operating rating: | 44.0 tons [40.0 metric tons] |
Inventory rating: | 26.3 tons [23.9 metric tons] |
Sufficiency rating: | 57.9 |
Recommended work: | Bridge rehabilitation because of general structure deterioration or inadequate strength. [35] |
Estimated cost of work: | $2,127,000 |
Previous Inspections
Date | Suff. Rating | Condition | Deck | Superstructure | Substructure | SD/FO | ADT |
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December 2016 | 57.9 | Fair | Fair | Fair | Satisfactory | FO | 6000 |
December 2014 | 69.1 | Fair | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | FO | 6000 |
December 2012 | 69.1 | Fair | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | FO | 6000 |
December 2010 | 69.1 | Fair | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | FO | 6000 |
December 2008 | 69.1 | Fair | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | FO | 6000 |
May 2006 | 44.6 | Fair | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | SD | 5000 |
December 2004 | 33.6 | Fair | Fair | Fair | Satisfactory | SD | 5000 |
September 2002 | 33.6 | Fair | Fair | Fair | Satisfactory | SD | 5000 |
August 2000 | 33.6 | Fair | Fair | Fair | Satisfactory | SD | 5000 |
November 1998 | 23.0 | Poor | Fair | Poor | Satisfactory | SD | 2000 |
September 1996 | 23.0 | Poor | Fair | Serious | Satisfactory | SD | 2000 |
October 1994 | 23.0 | Poor | Fair | Serious | Satisfactory | SD | 2000 |
September 1992 | 23.0 | Poor | Satisfactory | Poor | Satisfactory | SD | 2000 |