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Ted Stevens Way over Swan Lake

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Ted Stevens Way over Swan Lake in Northwest Arctic Borough, 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1985, making it 40 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 320 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 4 of the 7 inventoried bridges in Northwest Arctic Borough rated fair (57.1%); 1 (14.3%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 32 ft
Location	Mile Point 0.3
NBI structure number	1691
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ted Stevens Way over Kotzebue Slough	1985	320	Fair
Ted Stevens Way over June Creek Culverts	2010	100	Poor
Ted Stevens Way over June Creek Culvert	2010	100	Fair
Irr:deering Road over Smith Creek	1979	18	Fair
South Access Route over Kivalina Lagoon Channel	2020	18	Good
Irr Bia Rte 2800 over Dahl Creek	2010	5	Good