[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR650.409]

[Page 236]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 650_BRIDGES, STRUCTURES, AND HYDRAULICS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart D_Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program
 
Sec. 650.409  Evaluation of bridge inventory.

    (a) Sufficiency rating of bridges. Upon receipt and evaluation of 
the bridge inventory, a sufficiency rating will be assigned to each 
bridge by the Secretary in accordance with the approved AASHTO \1\ 
sufficiency rating formula. The sufficiency rating will be used as a 
basis for establishing eligibility and priority for replacement or 
rehabilitation of bridges; in general the lower the rating, the higher 
the priority.
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    \1\ American Association of State Highway and Transporation 
Officials, Suite 225, 444 North Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20001.
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    (b) Selection of bridges for inclusion in State program. After 
evaluation of the inventory and assignment of sufficiency ratings, the 
Secretary will provide the State with a selection list of bridges within 
the State that are eligible for the bridge program. From that list or 
from previously furnished selection lists, the State may select bridge 
projects.