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CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 Bridge Program Function and Performance Measures 5 Bridge Conditions 6 Investment in Our Bridge Infrastructure 13 2015/16 Bridge Project Summary 15 Western Hills Viaduct Replacement 17 City (DOTE) Bridges 6-Year Plan 20 County Bridges 6-Year Plan 22 Appendices Appendix A Explanation of Rating System Appendix B 2015 Individual Inspection Reports City (DOTE) Bridges County Bridges Fort Washington Way Bridges City (Skywalk) Bridges City (Other) Bridges Railroad Bridges Private Bridges Return to Contents 2 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Bridges are an essential part of Cincinnati’s transportation major maintenance responsibility for these 224 bridges, network, linking roadways and communities. Timely they are not included in this report. maintenance is critically important for the safety and welfare of the traveling public. The Department of The objectives of DOTE’s Bridge Inspection Program Transportation and Engineering (DOTE) is the city agency are to: primarily responsible for inspecting, maintaining, and 1. Provide a current information base on the condition of improving the transportation system within the City bridges within Cincinnati so that maintenance, repair, of Cincinnati. The Bridge Program is the specific program and replacement projects can be programmed within DOTE charged with the responsibility of maintaining efficiently. the bridges within this transportation system. This report is 2. Ensure that the structures continue to satisfy present the annual update to City Council informing Council of the service and safety requirements. condition of the bridges in Cincinnati and DOTE's efforts to 3. Determine the need for establishing or revisiting maintain Cincinnati’s bridge infrastructure. weight restrictions on bridges. 4. Determine and locate the extent of any structural In conformance with state law, every bridge in weakness or damage so that appropriate corrective Cincinnati is inspected on an annual basis. The ODOT actions can be taken to ensure public safety. Bridge Inspection Manual defines a bridge as “Any 5. Satisfy state and federal regulations. structure, including supports, of 10 feet or more clear span or 10 feet or more in diameter on, above, or below a Following the completion of each annual bridge inspection highway.” Within the City limits there are 450 structures cycle, this report is issued by DOTE to inform City Council which meet this criteria and are therefore classified as of the condition of the bridges in Cincinnati which are bridges. Of these 450 bridges, 226 are inspected by specifically inspected by DOTE personnel. This report also DOTE Bridge Program personnel. These inspections are functions as an annual update to inform City Council on performed in accordance with the guidelines specified in how the funds appropriated to the Bridge Program are the ODOT Bridge Inspection Manual. The remaining 224 being utilized. bridges which are part of the Interstate and State Highway systems and are inspected by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). As the City has no inspection or Return to Contents 3 INTRODUCTION Based upon maintenance responsibility, these 6. Railroad Bridges • 50 bridges: Railroad bridges that 226 bridges are divided into the following seven cross over or under public roadways. CSXT, GWRR, categories: Norfolk-Southern, and SORTA own and maintain these bridges. 1. City (DOTE) Bridges • 65 bridges: Vehicular and 7. Private Bridges • 52 bridges: Privately owned, pedestrian bridges owned by the City and maintained mostly pedestrian and utility bridges that cross over by DOTE, 17 of which are pedestrian only structures. public roadways. The applicable private owners 2. County Bridges • 26 bridges: Vehicular bridges maintain these bridges. within City limits that support improved roads which are of general and public utility running into or through Starting July 1st, 2014 an ODOT sponsored 3 year Cincinnati. By contractual agreement with Hamilton inspection program, went into effect. Through this County, DOTE maintains these bridges. Hamilton program, ODOT hired a consultant to perform inspections County funds the work performed on these bridges and load ratings for bridges carrying highway traffic that with the Municipal Road Fund. would normally be inspected by the local municipality. The 3. Fort Washington Way Bridges • 5 bridges: Bridges City of Cincinnati opted to participate in this program at no over Ft. Washington Way constructed with the Ft. direct cost to the City. As a result, in the 2015 inspection Washington Way reconstruction project. DOTE shares season (which began in January 2015 and was concluded maintenance responsibility for these bridges with in December 2015), forty-five out of the 226 bridges that ODOT. are typically inspected by DOTE personnel were inspected 4. City (Skywalk) Bridges • 16 bridges: Central by the ODOT selected consultant, HDR. This program will Business District pedestrian bridges on the skywalk continue in 2016. system owned by the City. The Department of Public Services and property owners adjacent to the bridges Throughout the remainder of this report, most of the maintain these structures. Generally, DOTE is discussion will be focused on the 65 City (DOTE) bridges responsible for the major rehabilitation of these and the 26 County bridges as the DOTE Bridge Program is bridges. responsible for maintaining these 91 bridges. 5. City (Other) Bridges • 12 bridges: Unique City owned structures located on, over, or under a roadway The individual bridge inspection reports for all 226 bridges that technically qualify as bridges. Various City under the City’s inspection responsibility are included in agencies including Parking Facilities, Storm water Appendix B of this annual report. The bridge inspection Management Utility and the Park Board maintain these reports are grouped in the order listed above (#1 through bridges. #7). Within each group, the individual bridge inspection reports are arranged alphabetically by bridge name. (-*.Ï,#!-31(, »#.3%31&%16 »#.35 »#.3Ï,#!-65 »#.3 #(.#(91 ,#0.52 Maintained by DOTE (.",-21 »#.3 #(.#(91 County uy Maintained Others ttw #&,)50 »#.3.",12 Return to Contents 4 FUNCTION AND PERFORMANCE BRIDGE PROGRAM FUNCTION AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES The goal of the Bridge Program is to preserve the 3. Performance Measure: structural integrity of all bridges that DOTE maintains so Bridge Program personnel will develop plans, request that they remain safe for the traveling public. DOTE funding, schedule, and manage bridge maintenance, established the following performance measures to track repair, and replacement work so that no less than 95% its progress in accomplishing this objective. of City (DOTE) bridges are open with no load restrictions. 1. Performance Measure: Progress: As identified in this report, 100% of all City Bridge Program personnel will annually inspect or will (DOTE) bridges are open with no load restrictions. cause to be inspected by a consultant all bridges on, over, or under public roadways within the City of Cincinnati (excluding bridges inspected by ODOT and ODOT assigned consultants) and submit this annual bridge condition report, in compliance with the Ohio Revised Code, Section 723.54. Progress: During the 2015 bridge inspection cycle, all such 226 bridges were inspected. The results of those inspections are compiled in this report. 2. Performance Measure: Bridge Program personnel will develop plans, request funding, schedule, and manage bridge maintenance, repair, and replacement work so as to maintain a Weighted Average Bridge Rating of 6 or better for bridges maintained by DOTE. A bridge General Appraisal rating of 6 represents a “Satisfactory” condition, which indicates that all primary structural elements are sound but may show some minor deterioration. Progress: As identified in this report, the present Weighted Average Bridge Rating for City (DOTE) bridges is 6.98. Return to Contents 5 BRIDGE CONDITIONS BRIDGE CONDITIONS The individual bridge ratings for all 65 City (DOTE) bridges bridges and County bridges from 1987 to 2015 is shown in and all 26 County bridges are shown on pages 8 and 10. graphical form at the bottom of page 10. At the writing of A summary of the bridge ratings for all 226 inspected this report, 100% of all City (DOTE) bridges were open bridges is shown in tabular form on page 11. The with no load restrictions. Weighted Average Bridge Rating for both City (DOTE) EXPLANATION OF RATING SYSTEM Rating Description 9 • Excellent 8 • Very Good No problems noted. 7 • Good Some minor problems. 6 • Satisfactory Structural elements show some minor deterioration. 5 • Fair All primary members are sound, but have minor section loss, etc. 4 • Poor Advance section loss, etc. 3 • Serious Loss of section has seriously affected primary members, local failures possible. 2 • Critical Advance deterioration of primary members. Unless closely monitored, bridge closure possible. 1 • Imminent Major deterioration, bridge is closed. Failure 0 • Failed Out of service, beyond corrective action. As indicated on the graph at the bottom of page 10, the The current Weighted Average Bridge Rating for City condition of both City (DOTE) bridges and County bridges (DOTE) bridges is 6.98. The current Weighted Average have shown general improvement over the past twenty- Bridge Rating for County bridges within the City limits is eight years. 6.34. Return to Contents 6 BRIDGE CONDITIONS WEIGHTED AVERAGE BRIDGE RATING DOTE uses a Weighted Average Bridge Rating to monitor the performance and communicate the effectiveness of the Bridge Program. The Weighted Average Bridge Rating is an adjusted average of all bridge condition ratings that accounts for the importance of the bridge as determined by its size. The weighted average is calculated using a size multiplication factor (SMF) between 1 and 5 as shown below. Size Factor Multiplier SMF Deck Area (ft2) 1 Under 5,000 2 5,000–10,000 3 10,001–20,000 4 20,001–40,000 5 Over 40,000 DOTE has been using the Weighted Average Bridge Rating for over a quarter century and has found it to be an effective tool to stress the importance of larger viaducts while not ignoring the conditions of smaller structures.