Bridge Type
Main Span(s): Steel [3] Movable - Lift [15]
Approach Span(s): Steel [3] Stringer/Multi-beam or girder [02]
Deck: Open Grating [3] with Wearing Surface:
Bridge Dimensions
Length: 73.2 m = 240.2 ft
Main Spans: 1 at 21.6 m = 70.9 ft
Approach Spans: 6
Skew: 0
Width, Roadway: 7.3 m = 24.0 ft (2 Lanes) and Out-To-Out: 10.9 m = 35.8 ft for a 12.5 m = 41.0 ft approaching roadway.
Vertical Clearance: 5.18 m = 17.0 ft and Navigational Clearance: 17.4 m = 57.1 ft
Location
Raceland [63155]: Lafourche Parish [057], Louisiana [22]
Owned by State Highway Agency [01], DOT District: 2
.01 MI EAST OF LA 1
Condition
Deck: Satisfactory [6]
Superstructure: Fair [5]
Substructure: Satisfactory [6]
Loading
Design: M 13.5 / H 15 [2]
Operating: 38.1 metric ton = 41.9 tons (Allowable Stress(AS) [2])
Inventory: 27.2 metric ton = 29.9 tons (Allowable Stress(AS) [2])
Appraisal
Structural: Somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as is [5]
Deck Geometry: Basically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement [2]
Road Alignment: Equal to present desirable criteria [8]
Waterway: Better than present minimum criteria [7] and Bridge foundations determined to be stable for the assessed or calculated scour condition. [8]
Inspections
Date: December 1999 [1299] and Frequency: 24
Future Work
Work Needed: Replacement of bridge or other structure because of substandard load carrying capacity or substantial bridge roadway geometry. [31]
Bridge Detour: 0.2 km = 0.1 mi
Traffic
ADT: 7800 (2016) and Trucks: 13%
Future ADT: 11700 (In 2036
)