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OUTER DRIVE over I-96

Map 

Coordinates:
+42.38538, -83.25641
42°23'07" N, 83°15'23" W
Source: National Bridge Inventory (1992, 2000, 2010 editions)
Information not verified. Use at your own risk.

Facts 

Name:OUTER DRIVE over I-96
Structure number:82182122000S210
Location:IN DETROIT
Purpose:Carries highway and pedestrian walkway over highway
Route classification:Minor Arterial (Urban) [16]
Length of largest span:114.8 ft. [35.0 m]
Total length:231.0 ft. [70.4 m]
Roadway width between curbs:166.0 ft. [50.6 m]
Deck width edge-to-edge:170.0 ft. [51.8 m]
Vertical clearance below bridge:14.4 ft. [4.4 m]
Skew angle:
Owner:State Highway Agency [01]
Year built:1970
Year reconstructed:2003
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:2
Main spans material:Steel [3]
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]

2010 Inspection 

Status:Open, no restriction [A]
Average daily traffic:42,000 [as of 1988]
Truck traffic:3% of total traffic
Deck condition:Good [7 out of 9]
Superstructure condition:Satisfactory [6 out of 9]
Substructure condition:Good [7 out of 9]
Scour condition:Bridge not over waterway. [N]
Inventory rating:50.1 tons [45.5 metric tons]
Sufficiency rating:89.8

2000 Inspection 

Status:Open, no restriction [A]
Average daily traffic:42,000 [as of 1988]
Truck traffic:3% of total traffic
Deck condition:Fair [5 out of 9]
Superstructure condition:Fair [5 out of 9]
Substructure condition:Fair [5 out of 9]
Pier/abutment protection:Navigation protection not required [1]
Scour condition:Bridge not over waterway. [N]
Inventory rating:50.1 tons [45.5 metric tons]
Evaluation:Functionally obsolete [2]
Sufficiency rating:76.7
Recommended work:Bridge deck replacement with only incidental widening. [37]

1992 Inspection 

Status:Open, no restriction [A]
Average daily traffic:38,000 [as of 1977]
Deck condition:Satisfactory [6 out of 9]
Superstructure condition:Satisfactory [6 out of 9]
Substructure condition:Satisfactory [6 out of 9]
Pier/abutment protection:Navigation protection not required [1]
Scour condition:Bridge not over waterway. [N]
Inventory rating:49.5 tons [45.0 metric tons]
Evaluation:Functionally obsolete [2]
Sufficiency rating:90.0
Recommended work:Bridge deck replacement with only incidental widening. [37]
Estimated cost of work:$565,000