SOUTHWEST FREEWAY over SOUTH CAPITOL STREET

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Coordinates:
+38.88139, -77.00889
38°52'53" N, 77°00'32" W

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

Name:	SOUTHWEST FREEWAY over SOUTH CAPITOL STREET
Structure number:	1104
Location:	S.CAPITOL ST &SW FREE
Purpose:	Carries highway over highway
Route classification:	Principal Arterial - Interstate (Urban) `[11]`
Length of largest span:	200.1 ft. `[61.0 m]`
Total length:	550.9 ft. `[167.9 m]`
Roadway width between curbs:	89.9 ft. `[27.4 m]`
Deck width edge-to-edge:	93.5 ft. `[28.5 m]`
Vertical clearance below bridge:	13.1 ft. `[4.0 m]`
Skew angle:	20°
Owner:	State Highway Agency `[01]`
Year built:	1965
Year reconstructed:	1991
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:	4
Main spans material:	Steel `[3]`
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:	95,800 `[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:	Fair `[5 out of 9]`
Structural appraisal:	Somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is `[5]`
Deck geometry appraisal:	Meets minimum tolerable limits to be left in place as is `[4]`
Underclearances appraisal:	Basically intolerable requiring high priority of corrrective action `[3]`
Roadway alignment appraisal:	Equal to present desirable criteria `[8]`
Scour condition:	Bridge not over waterway. `[N]`
Sufficiency rating:	69.8

Date	Condition	Deck	Superstructure	Substructure	ADT	Suff. Rating
April 2017	Fair	Good	Good	Fair	95800	69.8
April 2015	Fair	Good	Good	Satisfactory	95800	82.3
February 2013	Fair	Good	Good	Satisfactory	95800	82.3
February 2011	Fair	Good	Satisfactory	Fair	95800	69.8
August 2008	Fair	Good	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	95800	82.3
August 2006	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	120000	79.9
August 2004	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	120000	79.9
July 2002	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	120000	79.9
May 2000	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	120000	79.9
November 1997	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	120000	79.9
September 1997	Good	Very Good	Very Good	Good	120000	79.9
September 1995	Good	Very Good	Good	Good	120000	79.9
August 1992	Good	Excellent	Very Good	Very Good	120000	84.6
May 1989	Good	Excellent	Very Good	Very Good	120000	84.6

Source: National Bridge Elements dataset, 2019 edition. This feature is experimental.

Element	Units	Quantity	1-Good	2-Fair	3-Poor	4-Serious
Superstructure
Steel Girder/Beam	linear ft.	8,488	8,284	162	42	0
Steel Protective Coating	sq. ft.	84,880	59,416	12,732	8,488	4,244
Deck
Reinforced Concrete Deck	sq. ft.	51,473	48,877	2,596	0	0
Superstructure
Steel Pin or Pin & Hangar Assembly	each	28	13	15	0	0
Steel Protective Coating	sq. ft.	280	196	42	28	14
Substructure
Reinforced Concrete Column	each	23	19	1	3	0
Reinforced Concrete Pier Cap	linear ft.	498	415	30	53	0
Concrete Protective Coating	sq. ft.	6,475	4,982	746	498	249
Joints
Compression Joint	linear ft.	590	98	290	187	15
Bearings
Movable Bearing	each	28	14	14	0	0
Steel Protective Coating	sq. ft.	61	31	0	9	21
Fixed Bearing	each	56	14	42	0	0
Steel Protective Coating	sq. ft.	114	45	23	22	24
Bridge Rail
Reinforced Concrete Bridge Rail	linear ft.	1,657	1,654	1	2	0
Concrete Protective Coating	sq. ft.	13,256	5,302	3,977	2,651	1,326