RTE I278 over City Streets, EAST RIVER

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Coordinates:
+40.79884, -73.91919
40°47'56" N, 73°55'09" W

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

Name:	RTE I278 over City Streets, EAST RIVER
Structure number:	000000005521889
Location:	I278 OVER HELLGATE
Purpose:	Carries highway and pedestrian walkway over highway and waterway
Route classification:	Principal Arterial - Interstate (Urban) `[11]`
Tolls:	Yes `[1]`
Length of largest span:	1380.0 ft. `[420.6 m]`
Total length:	13110.5 ft. `[3995.9 m]`
Roadway width between curbs:	90.6 ft. `[27.6 m]`
Deck width edge-to-edge:	98.1 ft. `[29.9 m]`
Vertical clearance above deck:	14.4 ft. `[4.4 m]`
Vertical clearance below bridge:	140.8 ft. `[42.9 m]`
Owner:	Local Toll Authority `[32]`
Year built:	1936
Year reconstructed:	2008
Historic significance:	Historical significance is not determinable at this time `[4]`
Design load:	MS 18 / HS 20 `[5]`
Number of main spans:	3
Main spans material:	Steel `[3]`
Main spans design:	Suspension `[13]`
Deck type:	Other `[9]`
Wearing surface:	Integral Concrete (separate non-modified layer of concrete added to structural deck) `[2]`

Good/Fair/Poor Condition:	Fair
Status:	Open, no restriction `[A]`
Average daily traffic:	99,475 `[as of 2011]`
Truck traffic:	9% of total traffic
Deck condition:	Satisfactory `[6 out of 9]`
Superstructure condition:	Fair `[5 out of 9]`
Substructure condition:	Satisfactory `[6 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]`
Underclearances appraisal:	Basically intolerable requiring high priority of corrrective action `[3]`
Water adequacy appraisal:	Meets minimum tolerable limits to be left in place as is `[4]`
Roadway alignment appraisal:	Better than present minimum criteria `[7]`
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:	45.9 tons `[41.7 metric tons]`
Inventory rating:	27.9 tons `[25.4 metric tons]`
Sufficiency rating:	41.0
Recommended work:	Widening of existing bridge with deck rehabilitation or replacement. `[34]`
Estimated cost of work:	$792,800,000

Date	Suff. Rating	Condition	Deck	Superstructure	Substructure	SD/FO	ADT
October 2016	41.0	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Satisfactory	-	99475
October 2014	40.8	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Satisfactory	-	154826
October 2012	40.8	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Satisfactory	-	154800
October 2010	40.8	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Satisfactory	FO	116200
November 2008	40.8	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Fair	FO	165633
October 2006	42.0	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Satisfactory	FO	164400
October 2004	42.1	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair	FO	116200
October 2002	25.1	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	SD	116200
October 2000	25.1	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	SD	116200
November 1998	28.1	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	SD	116200
October 1996	2.0	Poor	Serious	Poor	Serious	SD	116200
October 1994	2.0	Poor	Serious	Serious	Serious	SD	117200
November 1992	0.0	Poor	Serious	Serious	Serious	SD	130836
November 1990	0.0	Poor	Serious	Serious	Serious	SD	130836