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Hampton Roads Regional Bridge Study

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DEFICIENT BRIDGES 13<br />

There are a total of 77 bridges in <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong> classified as<br />

structurally deficient as of August 2012. These bridges are<br />

shown in Table 3 on pages 14 and 15 and in Map 1 on page<br />

27. Among the most traveled structurally deficient bridges in<br />

<strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong> are the Churchland <strong>Bridge</strong> (High Street over<br />

the Western Branch of the Elizabeth River), the Denbigh<br />

Boulevard bridge over I-64, the I-264 bridge over Lynnhaven<br />

Parkway, the eastbound and westbound Lesner <strong>Bridge</strong> (Shore<br />

Drive), and one of the eastbound bridges at the <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong><br />

<strong>Bridge</strong>-Tunnel.<br />

Number Percentage Locality VDOT Other<br />

Total Number Structurally Deficient <strong>Bridge</strong>s Maintenance Responsibility<br />

Jurisdiction<br />

of <strong>Bridge</strong>s<br />

3 Virginia Dept. of Transportation, State of the Structures & <strong>Bridge</strong>s Report, July 2011.<br />

CHESAPEAKE 166 7 4.2% 7 - -<br />

GLOUCESTER 24 7 29.2% - 7 -<br />

HAMPTON 83 3 3.6% 1 1 1<br />

ISLE OF WIGHT 85 9 10.6% - 9 -<br />

JAMES CITY 62 2 3.2% - 2 -<br />

NEWPORT NEWS 87 2 2.3% 1 1 -<br />

NORFOLK 188 3 1.6% 1 2 -<br />

POQUOSON 0 0 - - - -<br />

PORTSMOUTH 41 2 4.9% 2 - -<br />

SOUTHAMPTON/FRANKLIN 138 16 11.6% - 15 1<br />

Table 2 shows structurally deficient bridges in <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong><br />

SUFFOLK 135 18 13.3% 18 - -<br />

by jurisdiction and maintenance responsibility. Suffolk (18<br />

SURRY 32 2 6.3% - 2 -<br />

VIRGINIA BEACH 118 5 4.2% 4 1 -<br />

bridges) and Southampton County (16 bridges) have the highest<br />

WILLIAMSBURG 12 0 0.0% - - -<br />

number of structurally deficient bridges; nearly half of all YORK 52 1 1.9% - - 1<br />

structurally deficient bridges in the region are located in these HAMPTON ROADS 1,223 77 6.3% 34 (8.4%) 40 (5.2%) 3 (6.0%)<br />

two localities.<br />

TABLE 2 – STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT BRIDGES IN HAMPTON ROADS BY JURISDICTION AND<br />

MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY<br />

The 77 bridges that are classified as structurally deficient Source: HRTPO analysis of VDOT and FHWA data. Data for <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong> bridges as of August 2012.<br />

comprise 6.3% of the 1,223 bridges in <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong>. This is<br />

lower than the 8.9% of NBI bridges throughout Virginia that are 30.0%<br />

structurally deficient as of August 2012 and the 8% statewide<br />

goal that VDOT has established 3 . This percentage is also lower 25.0%<br />

than the percentage seen in other metropolitan areas<br />

throughout the country. Among the 35 metropolitan areas with 20.0%<br />

populations between one and three million people, <strong>Hampton</strong><br />

<strong>Roads</strong> has the 25th highest percentage of bridges that are 15.0%<br />

classified as structurally deficient (Figure 8).<br />

10.0%<br />

The number of structurally deficient bridges in <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong><br />

has increased since the previous <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Bridge</strong> <strong>Study</strong>. In<br />

5.0%<br />

August 2007, 54 bridges were classified as structurally<br />

deficient, comprising 4.4% of all bridges in <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong>.<br />

0.0%<br />

Of these 54 bridges, 28 were still classified as structurally<br />

deficient in August 2012.<br />

HAMPTON James City/Williamsburg/York ROADS REGIONAL Transportation BRIDGE STUDY <strong>Study</strong><br />

Percent <strong>Bridge</strong>s Classified as Structurally Deficient<br />

FIGURE 8 – STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT BRIDGES IN COMPARABLE METROPOLITAN AREAS<br />

Source: HRTPO analysis of VDOT and FHWA data. Data for <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong> bridges as of August 2012, other areas as of 2011.

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