PENNSYLVANIA AVE over PRR ANACOSTIA R & PA

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Coordinates:
+38.87779, -76.98001
38°52'40" N, 76°58'48" W

Source: National Bridge Inventory. Information not verified; use at your own risk.

Name:	PENNSYLVANIA AVE over PRR ANACOSTIA R & PA
Structure number:	0054
Location:	PENN AVE OVER ANACOSTIA R
Purpose:	Carries highway and pedestrian walkway over highway, waterway, and railroad
Route classification:	Other Principal Arterial (Urban) `[14]`
Length of largest span:	153.9 ft. `[46.9 m]`
Total length:	1476.1 ft. `[449.9 m]`
Roadway width between curbs:	71.9 ft. `[21.9 m]`
Deck width edge-to-edge:	91.9 ft. `[28.0 m]`
Vertical clearance below bridge:	29.5 ft. `[9.0 m]`
Skew angle:	39°
Owner:	State Highway Agency `[01]`
Year built:	1942
Year reconstructed:	1996
Historic significance:	Bridge is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places `[5]`
Design load:	MS 18 / HS 20 `[5]`
Number of main spans:	9
Main spans material:	Steel continuous `[4]`
Main spans design:	Stringer/Multi-beam or girder `[02]`
Deck type:	Concrete Cast-in-Place `[1]`
Wearing surface:	Monolithic Concrete (concurrently placed with structural deck) `[1]`

Good/Fair/Poor Condition:	Fair
Status:	Open, no restriction `[A]`
Average daily traffic:	89,800 `[as of 2007]`
Truck traffic:	5% of total traffic
Deck condition:	Good `[7 out of 9]`
Superstructure condition:	Good `[7 out of 9]`
Substructure condition:	Satisfactory `[6 out of 9]`
Structural appraisal:	Equal to present minimum criteria `[6]`
Deck geometry appraisal:	Basically intolerable requiring high priority of corrrective action `[3]`
Underclearances appraisal:	Somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is `[5]`
Water adequacy appraisal:	Equal to present desirable criteria `[8]`
Roadway alignment appraisal:	Equal to present desirable criteria `[8]`
Channel protection:	Bank protection is in need of minor repairs. River control devices and embankment protection have a little minor damage. Banks and/or channel have minor amounts of drift. `[7]`
Pier/abutment protection:	In place and functioning `[2]`
Scour condition:	Countermeasures have been installed to mitigate an existing problem with scour. `[7]`
Operating rating:	59.8 tons `[54.4 metric tons]`
Inventory rating:	36.0 tons `[32.7 metric tons]`
Sufficiency rating:	80.0

Date	Suff. Rating	Condition	Deck	Superstructure	Substructure	SD/FO	ADT
June 2016	80.0	Fair	Good	Good	Satisfactory	FO	89800
May 2014	81.0	Fair	Good	Good	Satisfactory	FO	89800
May 2012	81.0	Fair	Satisfactory	Good	Satisfactory	FO	89800
August 2010	81.0	Fair	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	FO	89800
May 2008	66.0	Fair	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	FO	89800
March 2008	66.0	Good	Good	Very Good	Good	FO	81600
March 2006	66.0	Good	Good	Very Good	Good	FO	81600
April 2003	66.0	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Very Good	-	81600
June 1999	66.0	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Very Good	-	81600
December 1996	66.0	Good	Excellent	Excellent	Very Good	-	81600
December 1992	17.0	Poor	Serious	Serious	Poor	SD	81600