ROUTE 17 over WST BR ELIZABETH RIVER @

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Coordinates:
+36.84165, -76.35898
36°50'30" N, 76°21'32" W

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

Name:	ROUTE 17 over WST BR ELIZABETH RIVER @
Structure number:	000000000021199
Location:	0.28WCL-PORT/0524SCL-PORT
Purpose:	Carries highway and pedestrian walkway over waterway
Route classification:	Minor Arterial (Rural) `[06]`
Length of largest span:	109.9 ft. `[33.5 m]`
Total length:	2035.2 ft. `[620.3 m]`
Roadway width between curbs:	24.6 ft. `[7.5 m]`
Deck width edge-to-edge:	66.9 ft. `[20.4 m]`
Vertical clearance below bridge:	39.4 ft. `[12.0 m]`
Owner:	City or Municipal Highway Agency `[04]`
Year built:	1951
Year reconstructed:	1975
Historic significance:	Bridge is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places `[5]`
Design load:	MS 18 / HS 20 `[5]`
Number of main spans:	3
Main spans material:	Steel continuous `[4]`
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]`

Good/Fair/Poor Condition:	Poor
Status:	Open, no restriction `[A]`
Average daily traffic:	11,000 `[as of 2017]`
Truck traffic:	8% of total traffic
Deck condition:	Fair `[5 out of 9]`
Superstructure condition:	Fair `[5 out of 9]`
Substructure condition:	Poor `[4 out of 9]`
Structural appraisal:	Meets minimum tolerable limits to be left in place as is `[4]`
Deck geometry appraisal:	Basically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement `[2]`
Water adequacy appraisal:	Better than present minimum criteria `[7]`
Roadway alignment appraisal:	Equal to present minimum criteria `[6]`
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 foundations determined to be stable for the assessed or calculated scour condition. `[8]`
Sufficiency rating:	47.4
Recommended work:	Replacement of bridge or other structure because of substandard load carrying capacity or substantial bridge roadway geometry. `[31]`
Estimated cost of work:	$18,450,000

Date	Condition	Deck	Superstructure	Substructure	ADT	Suff. Rating
April 2018	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	11000	47.4
April 2017	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	25517	48.2
April 2016	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	25517	48.2
April 2015	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	25517	48.2
April 2014	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	37340	47.9
May 2013	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	37340	47.9
June 2012	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	37340	47.9
June 2011	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	37340	47.9
June 2010	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	37340	47.9
June 2009	Poor	Fair	Fair	Poor	37340	46.9
June 2008	Poor	Poor	Fair	Poor	37340	44.9
November 2007	Poor	Poor	Fair	Poor	37340	30.2
August 2006	Poor	Poor	Fair	Poor	37340	30.2
September 2004	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair	37340	47.2
June 2002	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair	37340	47.2
May 2000	Fair	Fair	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	37340	54.2
April 1998	Fair	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	Good	37340	58.2
June 1996	Fair	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	Good	37340	58.2
April 1994	Fair	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	Good	37340	58.2
November 1991	Fair	Satisfactory	Satisfactory	Good	37340	58.2