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Taylor Highway over Columbia Creek

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Taylor Highway over Columbia Creek in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 34 of the 64 inventoried bridges in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area rated fair (53.1%); 7 (10.9%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 60 ft
Location	Mile Point 122.9
NBI structure number	0322
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Alaska department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Richardson Highway over Tanana River Big Delta	1966	1,990	Fair
Richardson Highway over Jarvis Creek	2015	1,880	Good
Delta-nistler Road over Jarvis Creek Overflow #1	1996	1,250	Good
Delta-nistler Road over Jarvis Creek Overflow #2	1996	1,250	Good
Delta-nistler Road over Jarvis Creek Overflow #3	1996	1,250	Good
Richardson Highway over Shaw Creek	2011	1,000	Good