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Elliott Highway over Washington Creek

Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Elliott Highway over Washington Creek in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2007, making it 18 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 390 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 55 of the 112 inventoried bridges in Fairbanks North Star Borough rated good (49.1%); 6 (5.4%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 146 ft
Location	Mile Point 17.2
NBI structure number	0838
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Steese Highway over Chena River (steese Hwy)	1977	23,300	Fair
Johansen Expresswy over Geist Road Overhead	1989	18,300	Fair
Johansen Expresswy over Noyes Slough (geist Rd)	1993	18,000	Fair
Johansen Expresswy over Peger/geist Overcrossing	1993	18,000	Fair
Richardson Highway over Badger Loop U.c.	2002	16,900	Good
Richardson Highway over Rich Hwy Oh Mp 359 SB	2024	16,900	Good