TOWER GROVE AVE over BNSF RR

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Name:	TOWER GROVE AVE over BNSF RR
Structure number:	12819
Location:	S 20 T 45 N R 7 E
Purpose:	Carries highway over railroad
Route classification:	Minor Arterial (Urban) [16]
Length of largest span:	46.9 ft. [14.3 m]
Total length:	127.0 ft. [38.7 m]
Roadway width between curbs:	49.9 ft. [15.2 m]
Deck width edge-to-edge:	79.4 ft. [24.2 m]
Vertical clearance below bridge:	22.0 ft. [6.7 m]
Owner:	City or Municipal Highway Agency [04]
Year built:	1984
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:	3
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]

Latest Available Inspection: April 2015 

Good/Fair/Poor Condition:	Fair
Status:	Posted for load [P]
Average daily traffic:	9,235 [as of 2013]
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]
Roadway alignment appraisal:	Equal to present minimum criteria [6]
Scour condition:	Bridge not over waterway. [N]
Operating rating:	62.4 tons [56.7 metric tons]
Inventory rating:	41.6 tons [37.8 metric tons]
Sufficiency rating:	77.4
Recommended work:	Bridge rehabilitation because of general structure deterioration or inadequate strength. [35]
Estimated cost of work:	$960,000

Previous Inspections 

Date	Suff. Rating	Condition	Deck	Superstructure	Substructure	SD/FO	ADT
April 2015	77.4	Fair	Good	Good	Satisfactory	FO	9235
April 2013	77.4	Fair	Good	Good	Satisfactory	FO	9235
March 2011	77.4	Fair	Good	Good	Satisfactory	FO	9235
April 2009	77.4	Fair	Good	Good	Satisfactory	FO	9235
May 2007	77.4	Fair	Good	Good	Satisfactory	FO	9235
July 2005	80.4	Good	Good	Good	Good	FO	9235
May 2003	80.5	Good	Good	Very Good	Very Good	FO	9179
June 2001	80.4	Good	Good	Very Good	Very Good	FO	9179