Total bridges
192
Public highway bridges in Barbour County
County profile · official public datasets
Barbour County, AL
192 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 55.7% rated Good, 41.1% Fair, 3.1% Poor.
- 192
- Public bridges
- 55.7%
- Good condition
- 3.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Barbour County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 37th
- of 67 on Poor share
- 3.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 192
- public highway bridges
- 1976
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Barbour County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Barbour County ranks #37 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.1%). Barbour County, Alabama contains 192 public highway bridges. Roughly 55.7% are rated “Good,” 41.1% “Fair,” and 3.1% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
55.7%
107 of 192 rated 7-9
Fair condition
41.1%
79 of 192 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.1%
6 of 192 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#37 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 192 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 55.7% (107)
Fair 41.1% (79)
Poor 3.1% (6)
Barbour County's Poor-condition bridges carry 210 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 35 crossings a day against 545 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 192 of 192 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
50% of Barbour County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
96 of the 192 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 55.7% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 23.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
MARTIN CRK RD over MARTIN CREEK, built 1939, carries 50 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 210 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Barbour County's bridges were built
192 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s 9
1940–1949
9 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
30 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
45 bridges
- 1970s 10
1970–1979
10 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
18 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
40 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
26 bridges
- 2010s 6
2010–2019
6 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 45 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Alabama average (1974).
How Barbour County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Barbour County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.1% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | 194 | 44.3% | 50.5% | 5.2% | 1975 |
| Barbour County (this page) | 192 | 55.7% | 41.1% | 3.1% | 1976 |
| Butler County | 189 | 27% | 72% | 1.1% | 1976 |
| Chilton County | 189 | 50.3% | 48.7% | 1.1% | 1972 |
| Fayette County | 186 | 30.6% | 68.3% | 1.1% | 1969 |
| Chambers County | 185 | 51.9% | 40% | 8.1% | 1973 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Barbour County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Barbour County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AL (192 bridges here).
- El Dorado County, CA · 192 bridges
- Santa Cruz County, CA · 192 bridges
- Morgan County, CO · 192 bridges
- Kent County, DE · 192 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1976 here).
- Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
- Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
- Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
- Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (79)
SHEPPARD SPUR
FairOver: BRANCH NO NAME
0.2 MI. N OF DALE CO LN, Barbour, AL
Built 1940 Load: 2.2 t ADT: 15
COUNTY ROAD 17
FairOver: PEA CREEK
3.7 MI NW OF AL 130, Barbour, AL
Built 1958 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 205
COUNTY ROAD 49
FairOver: MIDDLE FORK COWIKEECREEK
6.3 MI NE OF US 82, Barbour, AL
Built 1948 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 270
COUNTY ROAD 49
FairOver: SOUTH FORK COWIKEE CREEK
11.4 MI NE OF AL 51, Barbour, AL
Built 1952 Load: 20.6 t ADT: 295
EUBANKS RD
FairOver: PINEY WOODS CREEK
1.2 MI E OF COUNTY 75, Barbour, AL
Built 1954 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 80
COUNTY ROAD 20
FairOver: LINDSY CREEK
0.8 MI W OF COUNTY 53, Barbour, AL
Built 1955 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 224
COUNTY ROAD 79
FairOver: BARBOUR CREEK
9.5 MI S OF US 82, Barbour, AL
Built 1969 Load: 21.5 t ADT: 600
COUNTY ROAD 31
FairOver: STINKING CREEK
1.0 MI W OF CO 37, Barbour, AL
Built 1968 Load: 21.5 t ADT: 150
COUNTY ROAD 36
FairOver: WHITE OAK CREEK
2.2 MI S OF AL 131, Barbour, AL
Built 1968 Load: 21.5 t ADT: 696
COUNTY ROAD 49
FairOver: JOHNSON CREEK
6.5 MI NE OF AL51, Barbour, AL
Built 1952 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 335
JACK JONES RD
FairOver: PEA RIVER
1 MI W OF CR-3 AT PIKE CO, Barbour, AL
Built 1965 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 240
US 431 MP 68.102
FairOver: C.OF.G.RR (ABANDONED)
0.1 MI. SOUTH JCT. US 82, Barbour, AL
Built 1962 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10,020
US 431 MP 68.102
FairOver: C.G.RR (ABANDONED)
0.1 MI. SOUTH JCT. US 82, Barbour, AL
Built 1962 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10,020
FIVE MILE RD-CR 36
FairOver: CHENEYHATCHEE CREEK
1.8 MILES S OF AL 30, Barbour, AL
Built 1962 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 250
SR 285 MP 0.942
FairOver: WYLAUNEE CREEK
2.1 MI. N. US 431, Barbour, AL
Built 1947 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 470
COUNTY ROAD 49
FairOver: BRANCH NO NAME
0.3 MI NE OF AL 51, Barbour, AL
Built 1952 Load: 23.1 t ADT: 343
COUNTY ROAD 53
FairOver: U.T. LINDSEY CREEK
3.2 MI S OF AL 30, Barbour, AL
Built 1958 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 85
COUNTY ROAD 41
FairOver: LINDSEY CREEK
1.8 MI N OF AL 131, Barbour, AL
Built 1957 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 150
COUNTY ROAD 53
FairOver: LINDSEY CREEK
1.6 MI S OF CO 43, Barbour, AL
Built 1958 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 204
COUNTY ROAD 72
FairOver: SIKES CREEK
.5 MI WEST OF CO 33, Barbour, AL
Built 1962 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 227
COUNTY ROAD 79
FairOver: U.T. OF LEAK CREEK
4.4 MI S OF US 82, Barbour, AL
Built 1967 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 310
SHELLEY JACKSON SP
FairOver: BIG CREEK
1.0 MI N OF AL-10, Barbour, AL
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 105
GAMMAGE RD (CR-97)
FairOver: SOUTH FORK COWIKEE CREEK
5.7 MI N OF US 431, Barbour, AL
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 370
GAMMAGE RD (CR-97)
FairOver: MIDDLE FORK COWIKEECREEK
7.6 MI N OF US 431, Barbour, AL
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 315
GAMMAGE RD (CR-97)
FairOver: NORTH FORK COWIKEE CREEK
8.6 MI NORTH OF US 431, Barbour, AL
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 219
POPLAR SPRINGS RD
FairOver: SOUTH FORK COWIKEE CREEK
.8 MI N OF US 82, Barbour, AL
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 113
COUNTY ROAD 43
FairOver: LINDSEY CREEK
1.4 MI N OF AL 131, Barbour, AL
Built 1958 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 150
US 431 MP 64.677
FairOver: BARBOUR CREEK
CITY OF EUFAULA, Barbour, AL
Built 1962 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 11,645
US 431 MP 64.677
FairOver: BARBOUR CREEK
CITY OF EUFAULA, Barbour, AL
Built 1962 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 11,645
SR 239 MP 13.572
FairOver: PEA RIVER
6.1 MI. N. BELLS X-RDS., Barbour, AL
Built 1965 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 440
COUNTY ROAD 41
FairOver: SPIVEY POND BRANCH
.6 MI N OF AL 10, Barbour, AL
Built 1957 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 250
US 431 MP 67.918
FairOver: CHEWALLA CREEK
0.3 MI.S.JCT.82, Barbour, AL
Built 1962 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 10,020
US 431 MP 67.918
FairOver: CHEWALLA CREEK
0.3 MI.S.JCT.US 82, Barbour, AL
Built 1962 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 10,020
US 431 MP 62.166
FairOver: CHENEYHATCHEE CREEK
0.4 MI. N. JCT. SR 131, Barbour, AL
Built 1964 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 8,935
US 431 MP 62.166
FairOver: CHENEYHATCHEE CREEK
0.4 MI. N. JCT. SR 131, Barbour, AL
Built 1964 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 8,935
COUNTY ROAD 49
FairOver: MIDDLE FORK COWIKEECREEK
2.8 MI NE OF US 82, Barbour, AL
Built 1948 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 270
SCONYERS RD
FairOver: WILDCAT BRANCH
1.4 MI NE OF AL 10, Barbour, AL
Built 1960 Load: 27.3 t ADT: 165
COTTONHILL RD
FairOver: CHANEYHATCHEE CREEK
2.4 MI SOUTH OF AL HWY 30, Barbour, AL
Built 1988 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 270
SPIVEY PITT RD
FairOver: DEER BRANCH
1.1 MI N OF AL 10, Barbour, AL
Built 1993 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 40
SR 51 MP 39.808
FairOver: C OF GA R.R.(ABANDONED)
0.1 MI.N. SR 130, Barbour, AL
Built 1964 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 3,400
COUNTY ROAD 79
FairOver: U.T. OF LEAK CREEK
4.9 MI S OF US 82, Barbour, AL
Built 1967 Load: 30.3 t ADT: 312
SR 10 MP 203.852
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
2.3 MI.W.SR 105, Barbour, AL
Built 1989 Load: 30.3 t ADT: 900
COUNTY ROAD 44
FairOver: HURRICANE CREEK
0.8 MI E OF COUNTY 9, Barbour, AL
Built 1957 Load: 31.6 t ADT: 145
DEER DRIVE
FairOver: BRANCH
.833 MI. WEST OF CO RD 49, Barbour, AL
Built 1990 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 20
SR 131 MP 10.146
FairOver: DOUBLE BRANCH
1.3 MI.N.BARBOUR CO.12, Barbour, AL
Built 1968 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 1,130
COUNTY ROAD 17
FairOver: HURRICANE CREEK
0.5 MI SOUTH OF CO RD 44, Barbour, AL
Built 1984 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 165
HANGING TREE RD.
FairOver: BRONSON CREEK
2.8 MI. EAST OF CO. RD 49, Barbour, AL
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10
US 431 MP 72.241
FairOver: TONY CREEK
2.7MI N OF JCT US 82, Barbour, AL
Built 1997 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 12,360
US 82 MP 239.816
FairOver: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER
EUFAULA-GA ST LINE, Barbour, AL
Built 1962 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 13,980
COUNTY ROAD 75
FairOver: E FORK CTAWCHEE RIVER
0.3 MI. NE OF HENRYCO LIN, Barbour, AL
Built 1982 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 449
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