Bridge Type
Main Span(s): Steel [3] Movable - Bascule [16]
Approach Span(s): Prestressed concrete [5] Stringer/Multi-beam or girder [02]
Deck: Open Grating [3] with Wearing Surface:
Bridge Dimensions
Length: 111.6 m = 366.2 ft
Main Spans: 1 at 28.4 m = 93.2 ft
Approach Spans: 6
Skew: 0
Width, Roadway: 14 m = 45.9 ft (4 Lanes) and Out-To-Out: 18.4 m = 60.4 ft for a 14 m = 45.9 ft approaching roadway.
Vertical Clearance: 5.7 m = 18.7 ft and Navigational Clearance: 5.4 m = 17.7 ft
Location
Fort Lauderdale [24000]: Broward County [011], Florida [12]
Owned by County Highway Agency [02], DOT District: 4
0.25MI S OF W BROWARD BLV
Condition
Deck: Good [7]
Superstructure: Good [7]
Substructure: Good [7]
Loading
Design: M 18 / H 20 [4]
Operating: 48.4 metric ton = 53.2 tons (Allowable Stress(AS) [2])
Inventory: 34.1 metric ton = 37.5 tons (Allowable Stress(AS) [2])
Appraisal
Structural: Better than present minimum criteria [7]
Deck Geometry: Basically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement [2]
Road Alignment: Better than present minimum criteria [7]
Waterway: Equal to present minimum criteria [6] and Bridge is scour critical; bridge foundations determined to be unstable. [3]
Inspections
Date: June 1999 [699] and Frequency: 24
Future Work
Work Needed:
Bridge Detour: 0.3 km = 0.2 mi
Traffic
ADT: 17600 (2020) and Trucks: 5%
Future ADT: 30536 (In 2042
)