Asset Management Plan - Newcastle City Council

Bridges and Other Highway Structures Cycle Plan• Bridges – structures with a span of 1.5 metres or above. This category includessubways, culverts, footbridges, tunnels and underpasses.• Retaining Walls – all retaining walls associated with the highway, 1.5 metres orabove, are included provided their dominant function is to act as a retainingstructure• Sign/Signal Gantries – a structure spanning or adjacent to the highway, theprimary function of which is to support traffic signs and signalling equipment.• Other Structure Types - structure types associated with the highway that arenot covered by the aforementioned categories.17.3.1 Current ConditionTable 17.3.3 shows the current condition ratings BSCI av & BsCI crit for NewcastleCity Council measured against the road hierarchy e.g. Principal, Primary,Classified and unclassified.Table 17.3.3 Current Bridge Stock Condition RatingsStructure TypePrincipal BSCI av (90) BSCI critBridges 82 79Retaining Walls N/A** N/A**Sign/Signal96 85GantriesOther Structure N/A***N/A***TypesPrimary BSCI av (90) BSCI critBridges 81 72Retaining Walls N/A** N/A**Sign/Signal96 85GantriesOther Structure N/A***N/A***TypesClassified BSCI av (80) BSCI critBridges 77 67Retaining Walls N/A** N/A**Other Structure N/AN/ATypesUnclassified BSCI av (70) BSCI critBridges 68 68Retaining Walls N/A** N/A**Other Structure N/A***N/A***Types*Desired minimum given in brackets.**Figures for retaining walls are not yet available158