T-397 Big Run Road
Carrying T-397 Big Run Road over Trib to Shaffer Creek
5 MI SW of BREEZEWOOD, Bedford, Pennsylvania
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
T-397 Big Run Road in Bedford, Pennsylvania sits above 59% of rated Pennsylvania bridges on inventory load rating (40 t), while its 2013 build year is earlier than 9% of Bedford's recorded-year cohort (417 bridges).
T-397 Big Run Road in Bedford, Pennsylvania is rated Good in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 2013, it carries 1 rated component on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 7. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Good result describes the weakest reported component rather than the structure as a whole. No NBI category is a closure decision or a live crossing-safety verdict.
NBI record plate
Structure PA:000000000048318
POST-2000 · CONCRETE · SINGLE-SPAN · CULVERT-LED · LOCAL-ADT · STANDARD-LOAD · CAT-GOOD
- POST-2000 2000+
- CONCRETE Concrete
- SINGLE-SPAN Single span
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- LOCAL-ADT Local ADT
- STANDARD-LOAD Standard load
- CAT-GOOD Good
Inspection-sheet codes from this record’s year, material family, spans, controlling component, ADT, inventory load, and NBI category, not a live closure verdict.
Structural health score
A composite of the deck, superstructure, and substructure NBI condition ratings plus the inventory load rating, benchmarked against the full national bridge corpus, distinct from the Good/Fair/Poor category above.
Bridge Snapshot: T-397 Big Run Road
The T-397 Big Run Road bridge in Bedford, Pennsylvania carries T-397 Big Run Road over Trib to Shaffer Creek. It was built in 2013, making it 13 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 1 section, stretching 7.0 meters (23 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 50 vehicles, placing it in the lower-traffic tier of Pennsylvania bridges. It is owned and maintained by Town/Township Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in good condition (see the full component ratings below). None of this bridge's reported major components fall into the Poor condition range.
How T-397 Big Run Road compares
Age against the county: built in 2013, earlier than 36 of Bedford's 417 bridges with a recorded construction year (9%), against a county median build year of 1963. This is one of the newer structures in its county.
Live comparison across Pennsylvania bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (23,297 of 23,299 rated).
T-397 Big Run Road vs every rated Pennsylvania bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
40 Top 41% higher than 59% of 23,297 bridges
rated Pennsylvania bridges, bucketed by value
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Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · August 2026
Condition Ratings
Full 0–9 scale + sufficiency-rating breakdown: how condition ratings work.
Bedford inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 417 bridges in this county. Orthogonal to this structure's component profile above: a county catalog share, not a live crossing-safety verdict.
Structural Details
- Year Built
- 2013
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 1
- Structure Length
- 7.0 m (23 ft)
- Deck Width
- 12.1 m (40 ft)
- Owner
- Town/Township Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 50 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 000000000048318
Location
Data Source
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
FHWA NBI Program ↗How to read this record
This page shows what the last federal inspection recorded, not whether T-397 Big Run Road is safe to cross today. Here is how to use it.
- NBI condition ratings reflect the latest record in this annual dataset, not a live status. Current routine inspection intervals are risk-based.
- Learn how the 0–9 condition scale and Good/Fair/Poor categories are defined. How condition ratings work
- Compare T-397 Big Run Road against other structures in Bedford and across Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania bridges
- Noticed visible damage or a safety concern? Report it to the agency that owns the bridge, or call 911 in an emergency. How to report a bridge
Condition codes come straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory and are not a real-time safety judgment. Only the owning agency, a state DOT, county, or other owner, can post, restrict, or close a bridge.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the condition ratings mean for T-397 Big Run Road?
T-397 Big Run Road in Bedford, Pennsylvania on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is T-397 Big Run Road inspected?
T-397 Big Run Road's responsible agency sets its routine interval under FHWA's risk-based inspection rules; this page does not expose the scheduled interval. It carries about 50 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. T-397 Big Run Road is currently shown as Good condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for T-397 Big Run Road?
T-397 Big Run Road has an NBI inventory load rating of 39.5 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining T-397 Big Run Road?
T-397 Big Run Road is owned and maintained by Town/Township Highway Agency.
How old is T-397 Big Run Road and does age affect safety?
T-397 Big Run Road was built in 2013, making it 13 years old.
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