Total Bridges
909
Public highway bridges in Alaska
State profile · Above median Poor share
Alaska bridge safety
Condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition data for every public highway bridge in Alaska, based on the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.
- 909
- Public bridges
- 42.0%
- Good condition
- 10.1%
- Poor condition
Data updated May 2026
Good Condition
42.0%
382 bridges rated 7-9
-8.0pp vs 50% benchmark
Poor Condition
10.1%
92 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4
3.1pp vs national avg 7.0%
Alaska vs national bridge condition
Alaska - Good condition share 42.0%
National avg
Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).
Alaska - Poor-condition share 33.7%
National avg
Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.
Condition Distribution
Counties (30)
Aleutians East 3 Aleutians West 1 Anchorage 35 Bethel 9 Bristol Bay 1 Chugach 18 Copper River 23 Denali 11 Dillingham 0 Fairbanks North Star 42 Haines 13 Hoonah-Angoon 115 Juneau City and 17 Kenai Peninsula 45 Ketchikan Gateway 56 Kodiak Island 8 Kusilvak 0 Lake and Peninsula 1 Matanuska-Susitna 26 Nome 18 North Slope 2 Northwest Arctic 3 Petersburg 115 Prince of Wales-Hyder 185 Sitka City and 32 Skagway 3 Southeast Fairbanks 32 Wrangell City and 55 Yakutat City and 6 Yukon-Koyukuk 34
Alaska vs nearby ranks
Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)
States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Alaska on the same metric.
MO
Missouri
8.53% top marginal rate
MI
Michigan
8.92% top marginal rate
AK
Alaska
10.12% top marginal rate
PA
Pennsylvania
10.50% top marginal rate
ND
North Dakota
10.84% top marginal rate
Bridges Needing Most Attention in Alaska
Six lowest-condition bridges in Alaska, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.
SECTION LINE RD
PoorOver: LITTLE CHENA RIVER
MILE POINT 10.2, Fairbanks North Star, AK
Built 1980 Load: 1.6 t ADT: 20
NO DATA ENTERED
PoorOver: PALMER CREEK
PALMER CREEK ROAD, Kenai Peninsula, AK
Built 1957 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 10
IRR BIA RTE 26
PoorOver: UNNAMED STREAM
10.7KM PAST TOTEM WAY, Prince of Wales-Hyder, AK
Built 1980 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 20
FDR 6540
PoorOver: STREAM - HAMILTON 60R36
ETOLIN ISLAND, Wrangell City and, AK
Built 1982 Load: 2.7 t
IRR BIA RTE 8PGH
PoorOver: UNNAMED CREEK
14.2 Mi SE of Port Graham, Kenai Peninsula, AK
Built 1997 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 5
IRR BIA RTE 461
PoorOver: UNNAMED CREEK
5.6 MILES EAST OF HYDABUR, Prince of Wales-Hyder, AK
Built 1980 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 10
All Bridges in Alaska
IRR BIA RTE 22
FairOver: UNNAMED STREAM
6.8KM PAST TOTEM WAY, Prince of Wales-Hyder, AK
Built 1980 Load: 28.3 t ADT: 20
COPPER RIVER HWY
FairOver: SCOTT GLACIER NO 9
MILE POINT 10.4, Chugach, AK
Built 1966 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 520
COPPER RIVER HWY
FairOver: SCOTT GLACIER NO 10
MILE POINT 10.8, Chugach, AK
Built 1966 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 520
COPPER RIVER HWY
FairOver: SCOTT GLACIER NO 11
MILE POINT 11.0, Chugach, AK
Built 1966 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 520
CHENA HOT SPR RD
FairOver: NORTH FORK CHENA RIVER
MILE POINT 44.0, Fairbanks North Star, AK
Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 530
STERLING HIGHWAY
FairOver: NINILCHIK RIVER
MILE POINT 95.7, Kenai Peninsula, AK
Built 1965 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,420
WINTER TRAIL ROAD
FairOver: NORTH RIVER
INTERSECTION OF DIKE ROAD, Nome, AK
Built 2011 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 50
PARKS HIGHWAY
FairOver: CARLO CREEK
MILE POINT 188.4, Denali, AK
Built 1973 Load: 29.1 t ADT: 1,090
CHENA HOT SPR RD
FairOver: WEST FORK CHENA RIVER
MILE POINT 52.4, Fairbanks North Star, AK
Built 1967 Load: 29.1 t ADT: 530
IRR:NOME-TELLER RD
FairOver: GOLD RUN CREEK
MILE POINT 52.8, Nome, AK
Built 1967 Load: 29.1 t ADT: 20
IRR:NOME-TELLER RD
FairOver: BLUESTONE RIVER
MILE POINT 56.9, Nome, AK
Built 1967 Load: 29.1 t ADT: 20
MITKOF HIGHWAY
FairOver: FALLS CREEK
MILE POINT 9.7, Petersburg, AK
Built 1967 Load: 29.1 t ADT: 180
IRR BIA RTE 27
FairOver: GUNNUK CREEK
5.7KM NORTH OF LANDFILL, Prince of Wales-Hyder, AK
Built 1980 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 6
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY
FairOver: TAZLINA RIVER
MILE POINT 113.4, Copper River, AK
Built 1973 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 640
STERLING HIGHWAY
FairOver: DEEP CREEK
MILE POINT 97.4, Kenai Peninsula, AK
Built 1965 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 3,380
KLONDIKE HIGHWAY
FairOver: SKAGWAY RIVER
MILE POINT 1.8, Skagway, AK
Built 1974 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 1,200
PARKS HIGHWAY
FairOver: FISH CREEK
MILE POINT 261.1, Yukon-Koyukuk, AK
Built 1965 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 1,410
CHENA HOT SPR RD
FairOver: NORTH FORK CHENA RIVER
MILE POINT 37.8, Fairbanks North Star, AK
Built 1967 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 530
PARKS HIGHWAY
FairOver: EAST FORK CHULITNA RIVER
MILE POINT 150.8, Matanuska-Susitna, AK
Built 1967 Load: 29.6 t ADT: 900
IRR BIA RTE 26
FairOver: UNNAMED STREAM
17.3KM NORTH OF KAKE, Prince of Wales-Hyder, AK
Built 1980 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 5
ARCTIC BLVD
FairOver: CAMPBELL CREEK, ARCTIC
MILE POINT 4.6, Anchorage, AK
Built 1979 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 6,470
MARINE HWY ROUTE
FairOver: HAINES FERRY TERMINAL
HAINES, Haines, AK
Built 1984 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 43
TIDAL OP STL SPAN
FairOver: KETCHIKAN BERTH II
KETCHIKAN, Ketchikan Gateway, AK
Built 1986 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 250
STEESE HIGHWAY
FairOver: MCKAY CREEK
MILE POINT 41.0, Fairbanks North Star, AK
Built 1967 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 120
ROAD
FairOver: NO DATA ENTERED
FRESHWATER, Hoonah-Angoon, AK
Built 1982 Load: 30.1 t
3015231-0.570
FairOver: NO DATA ENTERED
THORNE BAY, Prince of Wales-Hyder, AK
Built 1993 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 5
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY
FairOver: MOOSE CREEK EAST BOUND
MILE POINT 345.9, Fairbanks North Star, AK
Built 1971 Load: 30.2 t ADT: 2,500
WILLOW/FISHHOOK RD
FairOver: DECEPTION CREEK
MILE POINT 30.4, Matanuska-Susitna, AK
Built 1972 Load: 30.2 t ADT: 580
BRADLEY ROAD
FairOver: TRAPPER CREEK
MILE POINT 0.8, Matanuska-Susitna, AK
Built 1992 Load: 30.3 t ADT: 110
IRR:NOME-TELLER RD
FairOver: ELDORADO CREEK
MILE POINT 46.3, Nome, AK
Built 1967 Load: 30.3 t ADT: 20
TED STEVENS WAY
FairOver: SWAN LAKE
MILE POINT 0.3, Northwest Arctic, AK
Built 1985 Load: 30.3 t ADT: 320
N SUSHANA ST
FairOver: LITTLE SUSITNA RIVER
WASILLA, Matanuska-Susitna, AK
Built 1984 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 10
IRR:NOME-COUNCIL
FairOver: NOME RIVER
MILE POINT 2.6, Nome, AK
Built 1967 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 430
LOG HAUL COLLECTOR
FairOver: NO DATA ENTERED
SHAHEEN, Prince of Wales-Hyder, AK
Built 1993 Load: 30.5 t
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY
FairOver: SHEEP CREEK
MILE POINT 22.5, Chugach, AK
Built 1961 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 810
PARKS HIGHWAY
FairOver: LITTLE WILLOW CREEK
MILE POINT 39.8, Matanuska-Susitna, AK
Built 1962 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 3,000
OLD GLENN, PALMER
FairOver: KNIK RIVER
MILE POINT 8.7, Matanuska-Susitna, AK
Built 1975 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 1,380
NORTH 'C'
FairOver: SHIP CREEK
MILE POINT 0.1, Anchorage, AK
Built 1992 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 2,340
HEALY SPUR ROAD
FairOver: NENANA RIVER AT HEALY
MILE POINT 3.2, Denali, AK
Built 1971 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 720
DANGEROUS RIVER RD
FairOver: AHRNKLIN RIVER
MILE POINT 24.8, Yakutat City and, AK
Built 1974 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 40
IRR BIA RTE 8PGH
FairOver: UNNAMED STREAM
4.0KM DOWN 8PGH, Kenai Peninsula, AK
Built 1995 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 10
DIMND-MINN ON-RAMP
FairOver: CAMPBELL CREEK, NB RAMP
MILE POINT 0.0, Anchorage, AK
Built 1981 Load: 31.2 t ADT: 4,690
STERLING HIGHWAY
FairOver: KENAI RIVER (COOPER LND)
MILE POINT 11.0, Kenai Peninsula, AK
Built 1965 Load: 31.2 t ADT: 2,830
TAYLOR HIGHWAY
FairOver: SOUTH FORK 40 MILE RIVER
MILE POINT 73.7, Southeast Fairbanks, AK
Built 1977 Load: 31.2 t ADT: 130
TOK CUTOFF
FairOver: BARTELL CREEK
MILE POINT 82.1, Copper River, AK
Built 1980 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 280
HARBOR DRIVE
FairOver: SITKA HARBOR
MILE POINT 0.5, Sitka City and, AK
Built 1971 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 3,600
DYEA ROAD
FairOver: TAIYA RIVER
MILE POINT 7.1, Skagway, AK
Built 1948 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 238
COPPER RIVER HWY
FairOver: ALAGANIK SLOUGH
MILE POINT 22.3, Chugach, AK
Built 1987 Load: 31.6 t ADT: 40
ELLIOTT HIGHWAY
FairOver: TOLOVANA RIVER
MILE POINT 54.6, Yukon-Koyukuk, AK
Built 1969 Load: 31.6 t ADT: 270
UNNAMED ROAD
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
18.6 MILES EAST OF HYDABU, Prince of Wales-Hyder, AK
Built 1995 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 20
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