Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Kougarok River on Nome-Taylor Road
- Location
- Nome Census Area, Alaska
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1941
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 182.1 ft.
Total length: 183.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +65.43500, -164.66167 (decimal degrees)
65°26'06" N, 164°39'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- AK 893 (Alaska bridge number)
BH 10026 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2004)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 45.3 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 50
Comments
Kougarok River Bridge
Images taken 8-19-07. A true bridge to nowhere. The 86 mile Nome-Taylor gravel highway ends at this one-lane bridge spanning the Kougarok River. A trail proceeds from their to the mining area at Taylor, Alaska. The road was never finished. Weight Limit is 10 tons. Bridge was reassembled at it's present site. Origin of bridge unknown.
