RTE I278 over BRONX RIVER

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Name:	RTE I278 over BRONX RIVER
Structure number:	000000002066671
Location:	.1MI E I278+I878
Purpose:	Carries highway and pedestrian walkway over waterway
Route classification:	Principal Arterial - Interstate (Urban) [11]
Length of largest span:	95.8 ft. [29.2 m]
Total length:	174.9 ft. [53.3 m]
Roadway width between curbs:	50.2 ft. [15.3 m]
Deck width edge-to-edge:	69.9 ft. [21.3 m]
Vertical clearance below bridge:	34.8 ft. [10.6 m]
Owner:	State Highway Agency [01]
Year built:	1952
Year reconstructed:	1995
Historic significance:	Bridge is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places [5]
Main span material:	Steel [3]
Main span design:	Movable - Bascule [16]
Deck type:	Closed Grating [4]
Wearing surface:	Other [9]

Latest Available Inspection: October 2015 

Good/Fair/Poor Condition:	Fair
Status:	Open, no restriction [A]
Average daily traffic:	55,675 [as of 2010]
Truck traffic:	11% of total traffic
Deck condition:	Good [7 out of 9]
Superstructure condition:	Satisfactory [6 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 replacement [2]
Water adequacy appraisal:	Somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is [5]
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:	None present but re-evaluation suggested [5]
Scour condition:	Bridge with "unknown" foundation that has not been evaluated for scour. [U]
Operating rating:	66.6 tons [60.5 metric tons]
Inventory rating:	26.0 tons [23.6 metric tons]
Sufficiency rating:	62.5
Recommended work:	Widening of existing bridge with deck rehabilitation or replacement. [34]
Estimated cost of work:	$1,019,000

Previous Inspections 

Date	Suff. Rating	Condition	Deck	Superstructure	Substructure	SD/FO	ADT
October 2015	62.5	Fair	Good	Satisfactory	Good	FO	55675
October 2013	72.0	Fair	Good	Satisfactory	Good	FO	98400
October 2011	72.0	Fair	Very Good	Satisfactory	Good	FO	98400
November 2009	72.0	Fair	Very Good	Satisfactory	Good	FO	104698
July 2007	72.0	Fair	Very Good	Satisfactory	Good	FO	131206
July 2005	72.0	Fair	Very Good	Satisfactory	Good	FO	98400
June 2003	72.0	Fair	Excellent	Satisfactory	Good	FO	98400
July 2001	68.1	Fair	Excellent	Satisfactory	Good	FO	99774
July 1999	45.0	Fair	Excellent	Fair	Good	FO	104888
November 1997	68.1	Fair	Good	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	FO	65323
July 1995	56.9	Fair	Very Good	Fair	Fair	FO	64350
August 1993	55.9	Fair	Very Good	Fair	Fair	FO	41575
November 1991	28.0	Poor	Fair	Poor	Fair	SD	63663