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BIG COVE ACCESS RO over RAVEN FORK

Swain County, North Carolina

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Coordinates:
+35.51364, -83.29931
35°30'49" N, 83°17'58" W

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Facts

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

Name:	BIG COVE ACCESS RO over RAVEN FORK
Structure number:	5460105P0000000
Location:	0.5 MILES FROM U.S. ROUTE
Purpose:	Carries highway over waterway
Route classification:	Local (Rural) `[09]`
Length of largest span:	100.1 ft. `[30.5 m]`
Total length:	100.1 ft. `[30.5 m]`
Roadway width between curbs:	17.4 ft. `[5.3 m]`
Deck width edge-to-edge:	18.7 ft. `[5.7 m]`
Owner:	National Park Service `[66]`
Year built:	1921
Historic significance:	Bridge is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places `[5]`
Main span material:	Concrete `[1]`
Main span design:	Arch - Deck `[11]`
Deck type:	Concrete Cast-in-Place `[1]`
Wearing surface:	Bituminous `[6]`

Latest Available Inspection: May 2017

Good/Fair/Poor Condition:	Poor
Status:	Bridge closed to all traffic `[K]`
Average daily traffic:	100 `[as of 2009]`
Truck traffic:	1% of total traffic
Deck condition:	Poor `[4 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 corrrective action `[3]`
Water adequacy appraisal:	Somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is `[5]`
Roadway alignment appraisal:	Equal to present minimum criteria `[6]`
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]`
Scour condition:	Bridge with "unknown" foundation that has not been evaluated for scour. `[U]`
Sufficiency rating:	58.1
Estimated cost of work:	$2,400,000

Previous Inspections

Date	Condition	Deck	Superstructure	Substructure	ADT	Suff. Rating
May 2017	Poor	Poor	Fair	Satisfactory	100	58.1
May 2015	Poor	Poor	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	100	50.6
May 2013	Poor	Poor	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	100	50.6
May 2011	Poor	Poor	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	100	50.6
May 2009	Poor	Poor	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	100	50.6
May 2007	Poor	Poor	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	100	50.4
May 2005	Poor	Poor	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	100	50.6
July 2003	Poor	Poor	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	100	50.4
August 2001	Poor	Poor	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	100	50.4
August 1999	Poor	Poor	Satisfactory	Good	100	50.4

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