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Reed's Island bridge
Description
Data I can find says this bridge was built in 1899 opening Reed's Island for development. NBI lists it as 1940. Technically, Reed's Island is no longer an island, with a land bridge at the south western end. The current Wailuku channel flows on the north side and Waikapu stream flows along the south side in an old Wailuku channel. Waikapu stream flows under the bridge just before joining Wailuku river at the north east end of the "island".
Facts
- Overview
- Wooden bridge over Wailuku River on Kaiulani Street in Hilo
- Location
- Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- Scheduled for upgrades, autumn 2012. Weight limit will increase from 6 to 20 tons.
- History
- Built 1940; rehabilitated 1977
- Design
- Timber stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 23.0 ft.
Total length: 174.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
- Also called
- Kaiulani Street bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +19.72472, -155.09272 (decimal degrees)
19°43'29" N, 155°05'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 5/280674/2182371 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Hilo
- Average daily traffic (as of 1986)
- 130
- Inventory number
- BH 12689 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of March 2018)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 77.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- January 16, 2013: Updated by Fmiser: Corrected location, build date. changed name
Looks like seismic upgrades are the excuse for modernizing this old span.
"The wooden deck will be replaced with steel beams and a steel grating deck. Concrete rock anchors and micro-pilings, as well as lateral structural steel bracing members, will be installed to strengthen the deck and bring it up to speed with earthquake code requirements."
-- Big Island Now, July 27th, 2012
http://bigislandnow.com/2012/07/27/work-set-for-reeds-island...