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)
COUNTY ROAD 75
FairOver: E FORK CHOCTAWHATCHEE
0.1 MI E HENRY CO LINE, Barbour, AL
Built 1983 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 449
US 431 MP 57.766
FairOver: WHITE OAK CREEK
2 MI.S.JCT.SR 95, Barbour, AL
Built 1941 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 4,495
SOUTH ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
1.6 MI WEST OF CO RD 49, Barbour, AL
Built 1990 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 20
SOUTH ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
3.6 MI WEST OF CO RD 49, Barbour, AL
Built 1990 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 20
SOUTH ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
3.9 MI WEST OF CO RD 49, Barbour, AL
Built 1990 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 20
COUNTY ROAD 43
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
0.5 MI NW OF COUNTY53, Barbour, AL
Built 1960 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 80
US 82 MP 219.838
FairOver: STREAM
1.8 MI. E. BULLOCK CO. L., Barbour, AL
Built 1929 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 1,910
STATE PARK RD.
FairOver: BRANCH
1.3 MI. WEST JC 431, Barbour, AL
Built 1974 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 80
COUNTY ROAD 75
FairOver: E FORK CHOCTAWHATCHEE R
0.2 MI NE HENRY CO LINE, Barbour, AL
Built 1983 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 449
ROBERTSON MILL RD
FairOver: PEA CREEK
1.5 MI NW OF AL HWY 51, Barbour, AL
Built 1994 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 100
TINY MAE RD
FairOver: BRANCH NO NAME
0.9 MI NW OF AL131, Barbour, AL
Built 1991 Load: 43.9 t ADT: 40
COUNTY ROAD 72
FairOver: U.T. SIKES CREEK
0.8 MI W OF COUNTY 33, Barbour, AL
Built 1962 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 100
JACK HIGHTOWER RD
FairOver: E FORK CTAWOHEE RIVER
0.5 MI W OF CO 79, Barbour, AL
Built 1986 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 1,265
DAVID JONES RD
FairOver: UT MIDDLEFORK COWIKEE CK
3.0 MI NW OF CO 97, Barbour, AL
Built 1969 Load: 46.4 t ADT: 130
US 431 MP 70.752
FairOver: STREAM
1.2 MI. N. JCT. U.S.82, Barbour, AL
Built 1937 Load: 48.8 t ADT: 17,500
LEROY RD
FairOver: BLACKS BRANCH
.2 MI W OF US 431, Barbour, AL
Built 1967 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 260
COUNTY ROAD 72
FairOver: BRANCH NO NAME
0.7 MI EAST OF CO 15, Barbour, AL
Built 1962 Load: 50.1 t ADT: 100
WILLIAMS MILL RD
FairOver: E.FORK CHOCTAWHATCHEE RV
2.3 MI WEST OF CO 79, Barbour, AL
Built 1989 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 150
EDGAR WOODS RD
FairOver: EAST CHOCTAWHATCHEECREEK
1.4 MI SW OF CO 79, Barbour, AL
Built 1990 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 130
COUNTY ROAD 67
FairOver: HAMM CREEK
1.1 MI S OF AL 131, Barbour, AL
Built 1990 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 295
COUNTY ROAD 72
FairOver: LITTLE JUDY CREEK
1.9 MI E OF CO 15, Barbour, AL
Built 1990 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 125
PEA CREEK RD
FairOver: BRANCH NO NAME
2.5 MI E OF COUNTY 17, Barbour, AL
Built 1991 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 25
US 431 MP 70.012
FairOver: TWO MILE CREEK
0.4 MI. N. JCT. US 82, Barbour, AL
Built 1937 Load: 53.2 t ADT: 17,500
US 82 MP 225.510
FairOver: STREAM
JCT. BARBOUR CO. # 79, Barbour, AL
Built 1929 Load: 58.7 t ADT: 1,690
SR 51 MP 56.134
FairOver: STREAM
1 MI.S.BARBOUR CO.25, Barbour, AL
Built 1927 Load: 62.1 t ADT: 830
HAGLER MILL RD
FairOver: JACKSON CREEK
0.4 MI S OF COUNTY 20, Barbour, AL
Built 1969 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 135
ROCKY MOUNT CH RD
FairOver: DILLARS CREEK
0.9 MI WEST OF 431JCT 165, Barbour, AL
Built 1997 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 210
LEE CLAYTON RD
FairOver: NO BRANCH NAME
0.2 MILES SOUTH US 82, Barbour, AL
Built 1998 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 20
DAVID JONES SPUR
FairOver: BRANCH NO NAME
1.6 MI N OF CO. RD. 89, Barbour, AL
Built 2001 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 73
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