Total bridges
151
Public highway bridges in Clallam County
County profile · official public datasets
Clallam County, WA
151 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 56.3% rated Good, 37.7% Fair, 6% Poor.
- 151
- Public bridges
- 56.3%
- Good condition
- 6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Clallam County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 22nd
- of 39 on Poor share
- 6%
- Poor-condition share
- 151
- public highway bridges
- 1979
- 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.
Clallam County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Clallam County ranks #22 of 39 Washington counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6%). Clallam County, Washington contains 151 public highway bridges. Roughly 56.3% are rated “Good,” 37.7% “Fair,” and 6% “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
56.3%
85 of 151 rated 7-9
Fair condition
37.7%
57 of 151 rated 5-6
Poor condition
6%
9 of 151 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#22 of 39
Among Washington counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 151 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 56.3% (85)
Fair 37.7% (57)
Poor 6% (9)
Clallam County's Poor-condition bridges carry 15,404 vehicle crossings a day
That is 4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,712 crossings a day against 2,775 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 151 of 151 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
47% of Clallam County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
71 of the 151 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 56.3% 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 28.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US 101 over ELWHA RIVER, built 1926, carries 4,372 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 15,404 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Clallam County's bridges were built
151 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 3
1920–1929
3 bridges
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
22 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
24 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
15 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
16 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
24 bridges
- 2000s 9
2000–2009
9 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
18 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 24 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Washington average (1975).
How Clallam County compares with Washington's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Washington counties nearest Clallam County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 6 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 38 Washington counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton County | 167 | 58.7% | 35.9% | 5.4% | 1977 |
| Okanogan County | 161 | 46.6% | 45.3% | 8.1% | 1972 |
| Cowlitz County | 160 | 46.3% | 50% | 3.8% | 1974 |
| Clallam County (this page) | 151 | 56.3% | 37.7% | 6% | 1979 |
| Chelan County | 149 | 57.7% | 34.2% | 8.1% | 1974 |
| Franklin County | 134 | 56% | 39.6% | 4.5% | 1970 |
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 Clallam 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 Clallam County, both outside Washington so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside WA (151 bridges here).
- Randolph County, AR · 151 bridges
- Pasco County, FL · 151 bridges
- St. Lucie County, FL · 151 bridges
- Hall County, GA · 151 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside WA (1979 here).
- Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
- Jefferson County, KY · avg 1979 · 662 bridges
- Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
- McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (151)
NO DATA ENTERED
FairOver: CAMP CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Clallam, WA
Built 1984 Load: 14.3 t ADT: 50
TUMWATER STREET
FairOver: THIRD STREET
0.7 W DOWNTOWN, Clallam, WA
Built 1980 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 4,300
MINA SMITH ROAD
FairOver: COLBY CREEK
00.70 NJCT CRN11200, Clallam, WA
Built 1980 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 247
QUILLAYUTE ROAD
FairOver: SOL DUC RIVER
3.4 W JCT SR101, Clallam, WA
Built 1962 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 452
US 101
FairOver: LAKE CRESCENT
25.7 N JCT SR 113, Clallam, WA
Built 1949 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 2,898
HURRICANE RIDGE RO
FairOver: RAVINE
9.65 MI. S. OF JCT. HWY., Clallam, WA
Built 1955 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 603
SR 112
FairOver: HOKO RIVER
11.8 E MAKAH RES, Clallam, WA
Built 1950 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 1,012
US 101
FairOver: SOL DUC RIVER
10.0 N JCT SR 110, Clallam, WA
Built 1941 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 3,352
EAST ANDERSON RD.
FairOver: DUNGENESS RIVER
04.5 N JCT SR101, Clallam, WA
Built 1964 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 958
LYRE RIVER ROAD
FairOver: LYRE RIVER
4.1 MI NW OF JCT HWY 101, Clallam, WA
Built 1984 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 637
HURRICANE RIDGE RO
FairOver: RAVINE
10.02 MI. S. OF JCT. HWY., Clallam, WA
Built 1955 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 603
SR 112
FairOver: W TWIN RIVER
15.8 E JCT SR 113, Clallam, WA
Built 1954 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 820
US 101
FairOver: CALAWAH RIVER
7.8 N JEFFERSON CO, Clallam, WA
Built 1938 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 5,905
NO DATA ENTERED
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Clallam, WA
Built 1963 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 50
SOL DUC HOT SPRING
FairOver: SOL DUC RIVER
12.5 MI. SE OF JCT. HWY., Clallam, WA
Built 1974 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 100
US 101
FairOver: LAKE CREEK
5.4 N JCT SR 110, Clallam, WA
Built 1946 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 3,890
SR 117 NB
FairOver: US 101
JCT US 101, Clallam, WA
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,196
NO DATA ENTERED
FairOver: NORTH FORK CALAWAH
NO DATA ENTERED, Clallam, WA
Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 35
SOL DUC VALLEY ROA
FairOver: NORTH FORK SOL DUC RIVER
5.5 MI. SE OF JCT. HWY. 1, Clallam, WA
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 496
US 101
FairOver: INDIAN CR
30.8 N JCT SR 113, Clallam, WA
Built 1927 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 3,272
IRR BIA RTE 1
FairOver: SOOES RIVER
8 KM S.W. OF NEAH BAY, Clallam, WA
Built 1961 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 300
US 101
FairOver: SOL DUC RIVER
7.7 N JCT SR 113, Clallam, WA
Built 1948 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,945
US 101
FairOver: SOL DUC RIVER
8.6 N JCT SR 113, Clallam, WA
Built 1948 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,945
EDGEWOOD DRIVE
FairOver: DRY CREEK
01.90 E JCT SR112, Clallam, WA
Built 1957 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 1,748
US 101
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
2.2 N JCT SR 113, Clallam, WA
Built 1930 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,945
SR 112
FairOver: FALLS CREEK
14.9 E MAKAH RES, Clallam, WA
Built 1957 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,687
HOKO OZETTE ROAD
FairOver: BIG RIVER
12.75, Clallam, WA
Built 1971 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 190
SR 112
FairOver: GREEN CREEK
0.5 E JCT SR 113, Clallam, WA
Built 1959 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 814
SR 112
FairOver: GREEN CREEK
22.5 E MAKAH RES, Clallam, WA
Built 1961 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,752
HOKO OZETTE ROAD
FairOver: HOKO RIVER
7.03 JCT SR112, Clallam, WA
Built 1957 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 324
SR 112
FairOver: LYRE RIVER
23.5 E JCT SR 113, Clallam, WA
Built 1959 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 825
NO DATA ENTERED
FairOver: GREY WOLF RIVER
NO DATA ENTERED, Clallam, WA
Built 1966 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 25
NO DATA ENTERED
FairOver: SOLEDUCK RIVER
NO DATA ENTERED, Clallam, WA
Built 1963 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 50
WOODCOCK ROAD
FairOver: DUNGENESS RIVER
02.15 W CRN95250, Clallam, WA
Built 1977 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 4,147
SR 112
FairOver: PYSHT RIVER
3.3 E JCT SR 113, Clallam, WA
Built 1944 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 814
HOKO-OZETTE ROAD
FairOver: COAL CREEK
21 MI. SW OF JCT. STATE R, Clallam, WA
Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 75
SR 113
FairOver: PYSHT RIVER
9.6 N JCT US 101, Clallam, WA
Built 1936 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,389
NO DATA ENTERED
FairOver: SITKUM RIVER
NO DATA ENTERED, Clallam, WA
Built 1961 Load: 30.9 t ADT: 50
NO DATA ENTERED
FairOver: DUNGENESS RIVER
NO DATA ENTERED, Clallam, WA
Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50
NO DATA ENTERED
FairOver: SOUTH FK CALAWAH RIVER
NO DATA ENTERED, Clallam, WA
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50
8th Street
FairOver: Valley St & Valley Crk
0.4 W Lincoln St (US101), Clallam, WA
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,584
8th Street
FairOver: Tumwater Crk & SR117
0.8 W Lincoln St (US1010, Clallam, WA
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,212
CHARLEY CREEK ROAD
FairOver: CHARLEY CREEK
01.09 S JCT SR112, Clallam, WA
Built 1948 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 20
NO DATA ENTERED
FairOver: RAINBOW CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Clallam, WA
Built 1977 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 50
US 101
FairOver: BOGACHIEL RIVER
1.0 N JEFFERSON CO, Clallam, WA
Built 1985 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,744
US 101
FairOver: SOL DUC RIVER
1.2 N JCT SR 110, Clallam, WA
Built 1958 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,108
LAKE CRESCENT ROAD
FairOver: BARNES CREEK
19.4 mi W of Port Angeles, Clallam, WA
Built 1945 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 50
LAURIDSEN BLVD
FairOver: PEABODY CREEK
0.8 E JCT SR 101, Clallam, WA
Built 2013 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 7,306
SR 112
FairOver: CLALLAM RIVER
17.9 E MAKAH RES, Clallam, WA
Built 1971 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 1,752
Marine Drive
FairOver: Log Channel
0.4 mi N of W Hill St., Clallam, WA
Built 1961 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 3,608
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