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44TH STREET N.E. over WATTS BRANCH

Washington, District of Columbia
Source: National Bridge Inventory
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Facts

Name:44TH STREET N.E. over WATTS BRANCH
Structure number:0129
Location:44TH ST OVER WATTS BRANCH
Purpose:Carries highway and pedestrian walkway over waterway
Route classification:Collector (Urban) [17]
Length of largest span:42.0 ft. [12.8 m]
Total length:44.9 ft. [13.7 m]
Roadway width between curbs:30.5 ft. [9.3 m]
Deck width edge-to-edge:45.9 ft. [14.0 m]
Owner:State Highway Agency [01]
Year built:1956
Historic significance:Bridge is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places [5]
Design load:MS 18 / HS 20 [5]
Main span material:Steel [3]
Main span design:Stringer/Multi-beam or girder [02]
Deck type:Concrete Cast-in-Place [1]
Wearing surface:Monolithic Concrete (concurrently placed with structural deck) [1]

Latest Available Inspection: February 2017

Good/Fair/Poor Condition:Good
Status:Open, no restriction [A]
Average daily traffic:8,600 [as of 2007]
Truck traffic:1% of total traffic
Deck condition:Very Good [8 out of 9]
Superstructure condition:Good [7 out of 9]
Substructure condition:Good [7 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 corrrective action [3]
Water adequacy appraisal:Better than present minimum criteria [7]
Roadway alignment appraisal:Equal to present desirable criteria [8]
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]
Pier/abutment protection:Navigation protection not required [1]
Scour condition:Bridge foundations determined to be stable for assessed or calculated scour condition. [5]
Operating rating:42.9 tons [39.0 metric tons]
Inventory rating:25.0 tons [22.7 metric tons]
Sufficiency rating:73.2
Recommended work:Other structural work, including hydraulic replacements. [38]
Estimated cost of work:$1,500,000

Previous Inspections

DateSuff. RatingConditionDeckSuperstructureSubstructureSD/FOADT
February 201773.2GoodVery GoodGoodGoodFO8600
February 201573.2GoodGoodGoodGoodFO8600
June 201255.2PoorSeriousFairPoorSD8600
July 201054.2PoorSeriousFairPoorSD8600
April 200856.2PoorPoorFairPoorSD8600
August 200682.0FairFairFairFair-4000
August 200496.0FairSatisfactoryVery GoodVery Good-4000
September 200284.0FairFairFairFair-4000
January 200185.0FairSatisfactorySatisfactoryFair-4000
September 199885.0FairSatisfactorySatisfactoryFair-4000
October 199685.0FairSatisfactorySatisfactoryFair-4000
September 199496.0FairSatisfactorySatisfactorySatisfactory-4000
March 199395.0FairFairSatisfactorySatisfactory-4000
September 199095.0FairFairSatisfactorySatisfactory-4000