Total bridges
149
Public highway bridges in Chelan County
County profile · official public datasets
Chelan County, WA
149 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 57.7% rated Good, 34.2% Fair, 8.1% Poor.
- 149
- Public bridges
- 57.7%
- Good condition
- 8.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Chelan County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 28th
- of 39 on Poor share
- 8.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 149
- public highway bridges
- 1974
- 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.
Chelan County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Chelan County ranks #28 of 39 Washington counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.1%). Chelan County, Washington contains 149 public highway bridges. Roughly 57.7% are rated “Good,” 34.2% “Fair,” and 8.1% “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
57.7%
86 of 149 rated 7-9
Fair condition
34.2%
51 of 149 rated 5-6
Poor condition
8.1%
12 of 149 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#28 of 39
Among Washington counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 149 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 57.7% (86)
Fair 34.2% (51)
Poor 8.1% (12)
Chelan County's Poor-condition bridges carry 71,315 vehicle crossings a day
That is 14.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 5,943 crossings a day against 2,618 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 149 of 149 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
50.3% of Chelan County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
75 of the 149 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 57.7% 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 36% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US 2 over COLUMBIA RIVER, built 1975, carries 25,688 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 12-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 71,315 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Chelan County's bridges were built
149 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s 10
1930–1939
10 bridges
- 1940s 9
1940–1949
9 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
24 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
16 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
26 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
16 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
11 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
17 bridges
- 2010s 8
2010–2019
8 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Washington average (1975).
How Chelan County compares with Washington's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Washington counties nearest Chelan County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 38 Washington counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okanogan County | 161 | 46.6% | 45.3% | 8.1% | 1972 |
| Cowlitz County | 160 | 46.3% | 50% | 3.8% | 1974 |
| Clallam County | 151 | 56.3% | 37.7% | 6% | 1979 |
| Chelan County (this page) | 149 | 57.7% | 34.2% | 8.1% | 1974 |
| Franklin County | 134 | 56% | 39.6% | 4.5% | 1970 |
| Mason County | 133 | 53.4% | 42.1% | 4.5% | 1975 |
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 Chelan 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 Chelan County, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside WA (149 bridges here).
- Tallapoosa County, AL · 149 bridges
- Drew County, AR · 149 bridges
- Madison County, AR · 149 bridges
- Walker County, GA · 149 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside WA (1974 here).
- Knox County, TN · avg 1974 · 588 bridges
- Summit County, OH · avg 1974 · 563 bridges
- Onondaga County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
- Orange County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (149)
OLD MONITOR ROAD
FairOver: WENATCHEE RIVER
00.2S JCT S9 97, Chelan, WA
Built 1907 Load: 6.8 t ADT: 363
US 2
FairOver: ICICLE DITCH SPILLWAY
16.3 E JCT SR 207, Chelan, WA
Built 1940 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 12,506
US 97ALT
FairOver: ENTIAT RIVER
14.3 N JCT US 2, Chelan, WA
Built 1959 Load: 15.9 t ADT: 7,342
ROAD
FairOver: MISSION CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Chelan, WA
Built 1949 Load: 17.3 t ADT: 10
US 2
FairOver: PESHASTIN CREEK
0.3 E JCT US 97, Chelan, WA
Built 1940 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 7,134
CO RD 30170
FairOver: PESHASTIN CR
09.0SW DRYDEN, Chelan, WA
Built 1923 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 440
CHUMSTICK HWY
FairOver: CHUMSTICK CR
4.2 N JCT SR 2, Chelan, WA
Built 1952 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 2,886
OLD WEST MALAGA RD
FairOver: STEMILT CREEK
300 FROM STEMILT CRK RD, Chelan, WA
Built 1936 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 2
SERVICE ROAD
FairOver: ICICLE CREEK
1.3 MI SSW OF THE OFFICE, Chelan, WA
Built 1939 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 2
MALAGA-ALCOA HWY
FairOver: STEMILT CR.
2.7 from S. WENATCHEE AV, Chelan, WA
Built 1951 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 5,578
RAINY CREEK
FairOver: LITTLE WENATCHEE RIVER
ALT. RT. TO STAMPEDE PASS, Chelan, WA
Built 1949 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 50
ENTIAT RIVER ROAD
FairOver: ENTIAT RIVER
02.76W JCT SR 97, Chelan, WA
Built 1941 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 1,583
WOODIN AVE
FairOver: CHELAN RIVER
34.8 N JCT US 2, Chelan, WA
Built 1927 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 3,024
STEHEKIN VALLEY RO
FairOver: STEHEKIN RIVER
11.3 Miles NW of Stehekin, Chelan, WA
Built 1974 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 20
SERVICE ROAD
FairOver: ICICLE CANAL
0.1 MI ESE OF OFFICE, Chelan, WA
Built 1939 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 10
STEHEKIN VALLEY RO
FairOver: RAINBOW CREEK
Approximately 3 miles fro, Chelan, WA
Built 1973 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 50
PIONEER AVENUE
FairOver: MISSION CREEK
0.1 MI W DIVISION, Chelan, WA
Built 1936 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 3,900
OLD MONITOR ROAD
FairOver: WENATCHEE RIVER
00.07W SR 97, Chelan, WA
Built 1930 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 1,857
LABYRINTH MTN. RD.
FairOver: RAINY CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Chelan, WA
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50
US 2
FairOver: WENATCHEE RIVER
2.6 E JCT US 97, Chelan, WA
Built 1959 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 8,342
SERVICE ROAD
FairOver: ICICLE CREEK
0.2 MI E OF OFFICE, Chelan, WA
Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2
US 97
FairOver: PESHASTIN CREEK
9.4 N KITTITAS CO, Chelan, WA
Built 1958 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,791
US 97
FairOver: PESHASTIN CREEK
9.5 N KITTITAS CO, Chelan, WA
Built 1958 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,791
US 97
FairOver: PESHASTIN CREEK
12.1 N KITTITAS CO, Chelan, WA
Built 1958 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,791
US 97
FairOver: PESHASTIN CREEK
12.5 N KITTITAS CO, Chelan, WA
Built 1958 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,791
CHIWAWA ROAD
FairOver: ROCK CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Chelan, WA
Built 1961 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
SR 285
FairOver: WENATCHEE RIVER & BNSF
1.5 N JCT SR 285COWENTCH, Chelan, WA
Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 19,498
STEHEKIN VALLEY RO
FairOver: STEHEKIN RIVER
12.5 Miles NW of Stehekin, Chelan, WA
Built 1971 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10
CASCADE ORCHARD RD
FairOver: WENATCHEE RIVER
00.83S SR 2, Chelan, WA
Built 1965 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 3,349
Old Blewett Road
FairOver: Peshastin Creek
0.99 Mi W. of SR 97, Chelan, WA
Built 1977 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 26
CHELAN FALLS ROAD
FairOver: CHELAN RIVER
00.20N CHELAN FALLS, Chelan, WA
Built 1976 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 1,089
ROAD
FairOver: MILL CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Chelan, WA
Built 1984 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 25
SR 285
FairOver: S WENATCHEE AVE
0.2 N DOUGLAS CO, Chelan, WA
Built 1973 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 47,049
US 2
FairOver: US 2 RAMP
14.4 E JCT US 97, Chelan, WA
Built 1952 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 13,195
ROAD
FairOver: PESHASTIN CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Chelan, WA
Built 1963 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 5
BEAVER VALLEY ROAD
FairOver: WENATCHEE R
14.4 N JCT SR 2, Chelan, WA
Built 1966 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 2,018
ROAD
FairOver: ICICLE CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Chelan, WA
Built 1966 Load: 29.1 t ADT: 300
FRENCH CORRAL
FairOver: MAD RIVER
NO DATA ENTERED, Chelan, WA
Built 1957 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 100
LITTLE WENATCHE RD
FairOver: WHITE RIVER
01.26W END OF SR207, Chelan, WA
Built 1962 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 241
US 2
FairOver: WENATCHEE R
1.3 E JCT US 97, Chelan, WA
Built 1962 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 8,342
US 2
FairOver: WENATCHEE RIVER
1.7 E JCT US 97, Chelan, WA
Built 1962 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 8,342
Ingalls Creek Road
FairOver: Ingalls Creek
MP 1.4 Ingalls Creek Road, Chelan, WA
Built 1968 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 4
MOE RIDGE ROAD
FairOver: MAD RIVER
544 SO. OF MAD RIVER RD., Chelan, WA
Built 2001 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 65
ACCESS RD
FairOver: PESHASTIN CREEK
18.0 N KITTITAS CO, Chelan, WA
Built 1979 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 100
ENTIAT VALLEY
FairOver: NORTH FORK ENTIAT RIVER
NO DATA ENTERED, Chelan, WA
Built 1948 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 100
E LEAVENWORTH ROAD
FairOver: ICICLE CREEK
03.05 LEAVENWORTH, Chelan, WA
Built 1947 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 3,349
COTTAGE AVENUE
FairOver: WENATCHEE RIVER
0.14W JCT US2 & 97, Chelan, WA
Built 1983 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 8,366
ROAD
FairOver: DOCTOR CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Chelan, WA
Built 2006 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 5
DRYDEN MAIN STREET
FairOver: WENATCHEE RIVER
00.0 DRYDEN MAIN ST, Chelan, WA
Built 1980 Load: 48.3 t ADT: 833
US 2
FairOver: WENATCHEE RIVER
1.7 E JCT US 97, Chelan, WA
Built 1947 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 8,342
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