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SH 97 over ESPERANZA CREEK

McMullen County, Texas

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Coordinates:
+28.54046, -98.79466
28°32'26" N, 98°47'41" W

Facts

Source: National Bridge Inventory. Information not verified; use at your own risk.
Name:SH 97 over ESPERANZA CREEK
Structure number:151620032807039
Location:3.00 MI N OF SH 72
Purpose:Carries highway over waterway
Route classification:Minor Arterial (Rural) [06]
Length of largest span:29.9 ft. [9.1 m]
Total length:121.1 ft. [36.9 m]
Roadway width between curbs:40.0 ft. [12.2 m]
Deck width edge-to-edge:42.3 ft. [12.9 m]
Owner:State Highway Agency [01]
Year built:1955
Year reconstructed:1970
Historic significance:Bridge is possibly eligible for the National Register of Historic Places [3]
Design load:M 18 / H 20 [4]
Number of main spans:4
Main spans material:Concrete [1]
Main spans 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: July 2018

Good/Fair/Poor Condition:Fair
Status:Open, no restriction [A]
Average daily traffic:5,010 [as of 2013]
Truck traffic:31% of total traffic
Deck condition:Satisfactory [6 out of 9]
Superstructure condition:Satisfactory [6 out of 9]
Substructure condition:Satisfactory [6 out of 9]
Structural appraisal:Equal to present minimum criteria [6]
Deck geometry appraisal:Somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is [5]
Water adequacy appraisal:Equal to present minimum criteria [6]
Roadway alignment appraisal:Equal to present desirable criteria [8]
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 foundations determined to be stable for the assessed or calculated scour condition. [8]
Sufficiency rating:82.7

Previous Inspections

DateConditionDeckSuperstructureSubstructureADTSuff. Rating
July 2018FairSatisfactorySatisfactorySatisfactory501082.7
July 2016FairSatisfactorySatisfactorySatisfactory501080.7
January 2015FairSatisfactorySatisfactorySatisfactory230088.2
January 2013FairSatisfactoryGoodGood230080.9
January 2011FairSatisfactoryGoodGood59087.1
February 2009FairSatisfactoryGoodGood48088.5
February 2007FairSatisfactoryGoodGood62093.4
January 2005FairSatisfactoryVery GoodFair57083.1
November 2002FairSatisfactoryGoodFair47083.5
September 2000FairSatisfactoryGoodFair50083.4
December 1998GoodGoodVery GoodGood28095.5
July 1996GoodGoodVery GoodGood38095.1
April 1994GoodGoodGoodGood37095.2
September 1991GoodGoodGoodGood35095.4