Total bridges
7
Public highway bridges in Northwest Arctic County
County profile · official public datasets
Northwest Arctic County, AK
7 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 28.6% rated Good, 71.4% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 7
- Public bridges
- 28.6%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Northwest Arctic County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 7%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 7
- public highway bridges
- 2000
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Northwest Arctic County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Northwest Arctic County ranks #2 of 27 Alaska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Northwest Arctic County, Alaska contains 7 public highway bridges. Roughly 28.6% are rated “Good,” 71.4% “Fair,” and 0% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
28.6%
2 of 7 rated 7-9
Fair condition
71.4%
5 of 7 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 7 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#2 of 27
Among Alaska counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 7 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 28.6% (2)
Fair 71.4% (5)
Poor 0% (0)
0% of Northwest Arctic County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
0 of the 7 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 28.6% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Northwest Arctic County's bridges were built
7 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1970s 1
1970–1979
1 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
2 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
3 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 3 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 42.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 2000, 11 years newer than the Alaska average of 1989.
How Northwest Arctic County compares with Alaska's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alaska counties nearest Northwest Arctic County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 2000 against a peer-group mean of 1990 is 10 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 26 Alaska counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yakutat City and County | 15 | 46.7% | 40% | 13.3% | 1978 |
| Bethel County | 13 | 53.8% | 38.5% | 7.7% | 1997 |
| Lake and Peninsula County | 10 | 50% | 40% | 10% | 1988 |
| Aleutians West County | 8 | 75% | 25% | 0% | 2003 |
| Northwest Arctic County (this page) | 7 | 28.6% | 71.4% | 0% | 2000 |
| Skagway County | 6 | 0% | 83.3% | 16.7% | 1985 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Northwest Arctic County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Fair-condition bridges (5)
TED STEVENS WAY
FairOver: JUNE CREEK CULVERT
MILE POINT 4.7, Northwest Arctic, AK
Built 2010 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 100
TED STEVENS WAY
FairOver: SWAN LAKE
MILE POINT 0.3, Northwest Arctic, AK
Built 1985 Load: 30.3 t ADT: 320
IRR:DEERING ROAD
FairOver: SMITH CREEK
MILE POINT 25.7, Northwest Arctic, AK
Built 1979 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 18
TED STEVENS WAY
FairOver: KOTZEBUE SLOUGH
MILE POINT 0.6, Northwest Arctic, AK
Built 1985 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 320
TED STEVENS WAY
FairOver: JUNE CREEK CULVERTS
MILE POINT 3.7, Northwest Arctic, AK
Built 2010 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 100
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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