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Ketchikan Herring Cove Bridge Improvement Project

Project No. SFHWY00072 / 0902043

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), in cooperation with the Alaska Division of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), proposes to replace the Herring Cove Bridge #253.

This project is currently under construction. To learn about the traffic impacts from this project, please visit Alaska 511.

Photo of Herring Cove Bridge  

Project Scope

Replace existing bridge with a new structure that includes pedestrian walkways on both sides. The construction will also include:

  • Realignment of the Wood Road intersection;
  • Rehabilitation of the road and pavement section on South Tongass Hwy between Wood Road and Powerhouse Road intersections, including guardrail, striping, signing, drainage improvements, and other safety related improvements. 

The purpose of the project is to replace the structurally deficient Herring Cove Bridge with a modern structure and rehabilitation of the road and pavement on South Tongass between Wood Road and Powerhouse Road intersections.

Project Documents

The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by DOT&PF pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated April 13, 2023, and executed by FHWA and DOT&PF.