Irr:ocean Cape Rd over Ankau Slough

Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• Irr:ocean Cape Rd over Ankau Slough in Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1961, making it 64 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 457 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
• Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
• It is one of 3 of the 16 inventoried bridges in Yakutat City and Borough rated poor (18.8%); 3 (18.8%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Status change: newly posted for load since 2024.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated May 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

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

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