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Reed's Island bridge

Hawaii County, Hawaii

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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
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)
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Categories 

19th Century (8,071)
Beam (16,414)
Built 1899 (412)
Built during 1890s (3,108)
Hawaii (255)
Hawaii County, Hawaii (98)
Hilo, Hawaii (12)
One-lane traffic (7,710)
 Open (40,427)
Owned by county (21,381)
Span length under 25 feet (6,986)
Structurally deficient (13,263)
Timber stringer (4,210)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,076)
Wooden deck (6,121)

Update Log 

  • January 16, 2013: Updated by Fmiser: Corrected location, build date. changed name

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Reed Island bridge
Posted January 16, 2013, by Fmiser (fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com)

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...