US17 BUS. over PERQUIMANS RIVER

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Coordinates:
+36.19411, -76.46643
36°11'39" N, 76°27'59" W

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

Name:	US17 BUS. over PERQUIMANS RIVER
Structure number:	000000001430008
Old structure number:	000000000143008 `(from 1992 edition)`
Location:	0.2 MI.N.JCT SR1110
Purpose:	Carries highway and pedestrian walkway over waterway
Route classification:	Major Collector (Rural) `[07]`
Length of largest span:	158.1 ft. `[48.2 m]`
Total length:	640.1 ft. `[195.1 m]`
Roadway width between curbs:	20.0 ft. `[6.1 m]`
Deck width edge-to-edge:	23.3 ft. `[7.1 m]`
Vertical clearance above deck:	15.1 ft. `[4.6 m]`
Vertical clearance below bridge:	62.3 ft. `[19.0 m]`
Owner:	State Highway Agency `[01]`
Year built:	1929
Historic significance:	Bridge is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places `[5]`
Design load:	M 9 / H 10 `[1]`
Main span material:	Steel `[3]`
Main span design:	Movable - Swing `[17]`
Deck type:	Corrugated Steel `[6]`
Wearing surface:	Bituminous `[6]`

Good/Fair/Poor Condition:	Poor
Status:	Posted for load `[P]`
Average daily traffic:	5,500 `[as of 2012]`
Truck traffic:	7% of total traffic
Deck condition:	Poor `[4 out of 9]`
Superstructure condition:	Poor `[4 out of 9]`
Substructure condition:	Poor `[4 out of 9]`
Structural appraisal:	Basically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement `[2]`
Deck geometry appraisal:	Basically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement `[2]`
Water adequacy appraisal:	Better than present minimum criteria `[7]`
Roadway alignment appraisal:	Somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is `[5]`
Channel protection:	Bank protection is being eroded. River control devices and/or embankment have major damage. Trees and rush restrict the channel. `[5]`
Pier/abutment protection:	In place and functioning `[2]`
Scour condition:	Bridge is scour critical; bridge foundations determined to be unstable. `[3]`
Sufficiency rating:	3.0
Recommended work:	Replacement of bridge or other structure because of substandard load carrying capacity or substantial bridge roadway geometry. `[31]`

Date	Condition	Deck	Superstructure	Substructure	ADT	Suff. Rating
December 2017	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	5500	3.0
December 2015	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor	5500	6.0
December 2013	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor	5500	6.0
December 2011	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor	4400	5.0
December 2009	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor	5200	6.0
December 2007	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor	5900	6.0
October 2006	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor	4900	6.0
May 2004	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor	4900	6.0
April 2002	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	4700	28.5
April 2000	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	2500	12.7
April 1998	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	2500	12.7
July 1996	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	4700	6.0
March 1994	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	4700	28.7
May 1992	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair	4000	29.2
February 1990	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	3800	8.9