Total bridges
15
Public highway bridges in Yakutat City and County
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Yakutat City and County, AK
15 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46.7% rated Good, 40% Fair, 13.3% Poor.
- 15
- Public bridges
- 46.7%
- Good condition
- 13.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Yakutat City and County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 24th
- of 27 on Poor share
- 13.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 15
- public highway bridges
- 1978
- 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.
Yakutat City and County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Yakutat City and County ranks #24 of 27 Alaska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 13.3%). Yakutat City and County, Alaska contains 15 public highway bridges. Roughly 46.7% are rated “Good,” 40% “Fair,” and 13.3% “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
46.7%
7 of 15 rated 7-9
Fair condition
40%
6 of 15 rated 5-6
Poor condition
13.3%
2 of 15 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#24 of 27
Among Alaska counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 15 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 46.7% (7)
Fair 40% (6)
Poor 13.3% (2)
Yakutat City and County's Poor-condition bridges carry 457 vehicle crossings a day
That is 16.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 457 crossings a day against 224 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 12 of 15 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
26.7% of Yakutat City and County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
4 of the 15 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 46.7% 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.
One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
IRR:OCEAN CAPE RD over ANKAU SLOUGH, built 1961, carries 457 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 457 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Yakutat City and County's bridges were built
15 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1960s 2
1960–1969
2 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
7 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
5 bridges
- 1990s 1
1990–1999
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 7 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 46.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1978, 11 years older than the Alaska average of 1989.
How Yakutat City and County compares with Alaska's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alaska counties nearest Yakutat City and County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 13.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1995 is 17 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 26 Alaska counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haines County | 20 | 45% | 50% | 5% | 1994 |
| Aleutians East County | 16 | 31.3% | 62.5% | 6.3% | 2000 |
| North Slope County | 16 | 62.5% | 31.3% | 6.3% | 1996 |
| Yakutat City and County (this page) | 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 |
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 Yakutat City and County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Yakutat City and County, both outside Alaska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AK (15 bridges here).
- Antrim County, MI · 15 bridges
- Kalkaska County, MI · 15 bridges
- Oscoda County, MI · 15 bridges
- Aibonito County, PR · 15 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AK (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (6)
IRR:LOST RIVER RD
FairOver: LOST RIVER
MILE POINT 5.9, Yakutat City and, AK
Built 1985 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
DANGEROUS RIVER RD
FairOver: DANGEROUS RIVER
MILE POINT 29.4, Yakutat City and, AK
Built 1976 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 40
DANGEROUS RIVER RD
FairOver: AHRNKLIN RIVER
MILE POINT 24.8, Yakutat City and, AK
Built 1974 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 40
SANDY BEACH ROAD
FairOver: YAKUTAT CITY DOCK
YAKUTAT, Yakutat City and, AK
Built 1981 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 926
DANGEROUS RIVER RD
FairOver: SOCKEYE CREEK
MILE POINT 22.2, Yakutat City and, AK
Built 1976 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 40
DANGEROUS RIVER RD
FairOver: OLD SITUK RIVER
MILE POINT 10.9, Yakutat City and, AK
Built 1976 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 40
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