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BALSAM LANE over SHAWNEEHAW CREEK

Avery County, North Carolina

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Coordinates:
+36.16599, -81.86318
36°09'58" N, 81°51'47" W

Facts

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

Name:	BALSAM LANE over SHAWNEEHAW CREEK
Structure number:	000000000110178
Location:	.01 MI.S.JCT.NC194
Purpose:	Carries highway over waterway
Route classification:	Local (Urban) `[19]`
Length of largest span:	28.9 ft. `[8.8 m]`
Total length:	29.9 ft. `[9.1 m]`
Roadway width between curbs:	22.0 ft. `[6.7 m]`
Deck width edge-to-edge:	23.6 ft. `[7.2 m]`
Owner:	City or Municipal Highway Agency `[04]`
Year built:	1995
Historic significance:	Bridge is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places `[5]`
Design load:	M 18 / H 20 `[4]`
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: June 2018

Good/Fair/Poor Condition:	Good
Status:	Open, no restriction `[A]`
Average daily traffic:	100 `[as of 1998]`
Truck traffic:	7% of total traffic
Deck condition:	Good `[7 out of 9]`
Superstructure condition:	Good `[7 out of 9]`
Substructure condition:	Good `[7 out of 9]`
Structural appraisal:	Better than present minimum criteria `[7]`
Deck geometry appraisal:	Somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is `[5]`
Water adequacy appraisal:	Better than present minimum criteria `[7]`
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:	Navigation protection not required `[1]`
Scour condition:	Bridge with "unknown" foundation that has not been evaluated for scour. `[U]`
Sufficiency rating:	96.0

Previous Inspections

Date	Condition	Deck	Superstructure	Substructure	ADT	Suff. Rating
June 2018	Good	Good	Good	Good	100	96.0
June 2016	Good	Good	Good	Good	100	96.0
May 2014	Good	Good	Good	Good	100	96.0
May 2012	Good	Good	Good	Good	100	96.0
June 2010	Good	Good	Good	Good	100	96.0
June 2008	Good	Good	Good	Good	100	96.0
May 2006	Good	Good	Good	Good	100	96.0
June 2004	Poor	Poor	Good	Good	100	93.0
May 2002	Good	Good	Good	Very Good	100	89.7
June 2000	Good	Good	Good	Very Good	100	89.7
May 1998	Good	Very Good	Good	Very Good	100	96.0

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