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HamptonHampton RRoadsoads RRegionalegional BridgeBridge StudStudyy 20122012 UpdUpdaatete the heartbeat of H MPTON RO DS T P O November 2012 T12-14 HAMPTON ROADS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION Dwight L. Farmer Executive Director/Secretary VOTING MEMBERS: CHESAPEAKE JAMES CITY COUNTY PORTSMOUTH Alan P. Krasnoff Mary K. Jones Kenneth I. Wright GLOUCESTER COUNTY NEWPORT NEWS SUFFOLK Christopher A. Hutson McKinley Price Linda T. Johnson HAMPTON NORFOLK VIRGINIA BEACH Molly J. Ward Paul D. Fraim William D. Sessoms, Jr. ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY POQUOSON WILLIAMSBURG Delores Dee-Dee Darden W. Eugene Hunt, Jr. Clyde Haulman YORK COUNTY Thomas G. Shepperd, Jr. MEMBERS OF THE VIRGINIA SENATE The Honorable Thomas K. Norment, Jr. The Honorable Frank W. Wagner MEMBERS OF THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES The Honorable John A. Cosgrove The Honorable Christopher P. Stolle TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT COMMISSION OF HAMPTON ROADS William E. Harrell, President/Chief Executive Officer WILLIAMSBURG AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY Kevan Danker, Executive Director VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Dennis W. Heuer, District Administrator – Hampton Roads District VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Thelma Drake, Director VIRGINIA PORT AUTHORITY Vacant HAMPTON ROADS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION NON-VOTING MEMBERS: CHESAPEAKE ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY NORFOLK SUFFOLK WILLIAMSBURG Amar Dwarkanath W. Douglas Caskey Marcus Jones Selena Cuffee-Glenn Jackson C. Tuttle GLOUCESTER COUNTY JAMES CITY COUNTY POQUOSON VIRGINIA BEACH YORK COUNTY Brenda G. Garton Robert C. Middaugh J. Randall Wheeler James K. Spore James O. McReynolds HAMPTON NEWPORT NEWS PORTSMOUTH Mary Bunting Neil A. Morgan Brannon Godfrey FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION Irene Rico, Division Administrator, Virginia Division Brigid Hynes-Cherin, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 3 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION Jeffrey W. Breeden, Airport Planner, Washington Airports Office District Randall P. Burdette, Director PENINSULA AIRPORT COMMISSION NORFOLK AIRPORT AUTHORITY Ken Spirito, Executive Director Wayne E. Shank, Executive Director CITIZEN TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE William W. Harrison, Jr., Chair William Bell, Co-Chair (Nonvoting Board Member) Robert Barclay, Co-Chair (Alternate Voting Board Member) MILITARY LIAISONS David A. Culler, Captain, U.S. Navy John Little, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Korvin D. Auch, Colonel, Langley Thomas R. Wetherington, Colonel, Langley INVITED PARTICIPANTS HRTPO PROJECT STAFF Hollis D. Ellis, Commonwealth Transportation Board Camelia Ravanbakht, Ph.D. Deputy Executive Director, HRTPO Aubrey L. Layne, Jr., Commonwealth Transportation Board Robert B. Case, P.E. Principal Transportation Engineer W. Shepperd Miller, III, Commonwealth Transportation Board Keith Nichols, P.E. Senior Transportation Engineer Kathlene Grauberger Administrative Assistant II Mike Long General Services Manager Christopher Vaigneur Assistant General Services Manager HAMPTON ROADS REGIONAL BRIDGE STUDY 2012 UPDATE PREPARED BY: NOVEMBER 2012 T12-14 REPORT DOCUMENTATION ii TITLE: REPORT DATE: Hampton Roads Regional Bridge Study – 2012 Update November 2012 AUTHORS: ORGANIZATION CONTACT INFORMATION Keith M. Nichols, P.E. Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization Robert B. Case, P.E., P.T.O.E. 723 Woodlake Drive Chesapeake, Virginia 23320 (757) 420-8300 PROJECT MANAGER: www.hrtpo.org Robert B. Case, P.E., P.T.O.E. ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Bridges are a prominent part of the Hampton Roads landscape. Because This document was prepared by the Hampton Roads Transportation of the importance of bridges to the regional transportation system and Planning Organization (HRTPO) in cooperation with the U.S. concerns about the condition and funding of bridges, the Hampton Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration Roads Transportation Planning Organization in 2007 began analyzing (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Virginia Department of regional bridges. The 2007 Hampton Roads Regional Bridge Study for Transportation (VDOT), Virginia Department of Rail and Public the first time provided a regional analysis of bridge topics such as bridge Transportation (DRPT), and the local jurisdictions and transit agencies inspections and ratings, deficient bridges, bridge funding and projects, within the Hampton Roads metropolitan planning area. The contents of and the impacts that the closure of major bridges would have on this report reflect the views of the HRTPO. The HRTPO staff is Hampton Roads travel patterns. responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the This 2012 update of the Hampton Roads Regional Bridge Study builds on FHWA, FTA, VDOT or DRPT. This report does not constitute a standard, the previous study. Sections regarding bridge definitions, regional specification, or regulation. FHWA, FTA, VDOT or DRPT acceptance of summaries, bridge inspections and ratings, deficient bridges, fracture and this report as evidence of fulfillment of the objectives of this program scour critical bridges, sufficiency ratings, health indices, bridge funding, does not constitute endorsement/approval of the need for any and bridge projects are included in this update. In many sections of this recommended improvements nor does it constitute approval of their report, comparisons are made between the condition of bridges in location and design or a commitment to fund any such improvements. Hampton Roads and those in other large metropolitan areas throughout Additional project level environmental impact assessments and/or studies the country. Included for the first time in this study is an analysis of the of alternatives may be necessary. anticipated cost of sustaining bridge connections in Hampton Roads through the year 2040. NON-DISCRIMINATION The HRTPO assures that no person shall, on the ground of race, color, national origin, handicap, sex, age, or income status as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent authorities, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subject to discrimination under any program or activity. The HRTPO Title VI Plan provides this assurance, information about HRTPO responsibilities, and a Discrimination Complaint Form. HAMPTON James City/Williamsburg/York ROADS REGIONAL Transportation BRIDGE STUDY Study TABLE OF CONTENTS iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ...................................................................................... 1 Bridge Funding ............................................................................... 37 Federal Bridge Funding .......................................................... 37 Bridge Definitions ............................................................................. 3 State Bridge Funding .............................................................. 39 Bridge Types ............................................................................. 3 Regional/Local Bridge Funding .............................................. 41 Tolls ....................................................................................... 42 Regional Bridge Summary ................................................................ 5 Bridge Projects ............................................................................... 43 Total Bridges ............................................................................ 5 Bridges by Ownership .............................................................. 6 Bridges by Type of Service ........................................................ 6 Cost of Sustaining Bridge Connections through 2040 ..................... 47 Bridges by Length/Area ............................................................. 7 Similar Work by Others.......................................................... 47 Bridges by Age ......................................................................... 7 Method of Forecasting Bridge Costs ....................................... 47 Calculating Historical Allocation Rates .................................. 50 Bridge Inspections and Ratings ......................................................... 9 Future Allocations .................................................................. 52 Conclusions ................................................................................... 54 Deficient Bridges ............................................................................ 11 Structurally Deficient Bridges ................................................. 12 Appendix A – Glossary of Bridge Terms ......................................... 55 Functionally Obsolete Bridges ................................................ 16 Appendix B – Bridge Component Rating Basics ............................. 57 Deficient Bridges .................................................................... 26 Appendix C – Sufficiency Rating Formula ...................................... 65 Weight-Posted Bridges ............................................................ 28 Appendix D – Regional Bridge Inventory ....................................... 71 Appendix E – Closed Bridges in Hampton Roads ......................... 113 Fracture and Scour Critical Bridges ................................................. 30 Sufficiency Rating ..........................................................................