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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.

Total bridges

192

Public highway bridges in Barbour County

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

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).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Barbour County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Franklin County 194 5.2%
Barbour County (this page) 192 3.1%
Butler County 189 1.1%
Chilton County 189 1.1%
Fayette County 186 1.1%
Chambers County 185 8.1%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1976 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 192 Good 107 Fair 79 Poor 6

Good-condition bridges (107)

PEANUT HOUSE RD

Good

Over: JACKSON CREEK

1.8 MI E OF AL 51, Barbour, AL

Built 1972 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 125

COUNTY ROAD 79

Good

Over: LEAK CREEK

7.0 MI S OF US 82, Barbour, AL

Built 1963 Load: 21.5 t ADT: 312

COUNTY ROAD 49

Good

Over: BRANCH NO NAME

2.6 MI NE OF US 82, Barbour, AL

Built 1953 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 265

COUNTY ROAD 20

Good

Over: JACKSON CREEK

3.2 MI E OF AL 51, Barbour, AL

Built 1962 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROAD 20

Good

Over: PAULS CREEK

4.2 MI E OF AL 51, Barbour, AL

Built 1962 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 300

SPRUCE DRIVE

Good

Over: CHEWALLA CREEK

.7 MI W OF US 431, Barbour, AL

Built 1968 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 832

DAVID JONES ROAD

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK COWIKEE CRK

0.9 MI N OF COUNTY 89, Barbour, AL

Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 125

CLIO SHORT RD-CR 9

Good

Over: BIG SAND CREEK

1.9 MI S OF AL 130, Barbour, AL

Built 1955 Load: 24.8 t ADT: 160

COUNTY ROAD 8

Good

Over: LITTLE JUDY CREEK

.7 MI WEST OF CO 23, Barbour, AL

Built 1973 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 150

CARPENTER MILL RD

Good

Over: CARPENTERS MILL CREEK

0.7 MI NW OF COUNTY 33, Barbour, AL

Built 1981 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 200

SUTT0N DAIRY RD

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

2.5 MI E OF AL 51, Barbour, AL

Built 1970 Load: 26.4 t ADT: 80

COUNTY ROAD 49

Good

Over: BRANCH NO NAME

2.8 MI NE OF US 82, Barbour, AL

Built 1948 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 265

RIVER RD

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

1.0 MI S OF AL 10, Barbour, AL

Built 1956 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROAD 27

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

6.4 MI NW OF AL 51, Barbour, AL

Built 1956 Load: 27.3 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROAD 53

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

1.2 MI NE OF AL 10, Barbour, AL

Built 1966 Load: 27.3 t ADT: 310

MAVIS CARROLL RD

Good

Over: WALLACE CREEK

0.7 MI SE OF CO 53, Barbour, AL

Built 1990 Load: 27.4 t ADT: 85

COUNTY ROAD 49

Good

Over: BRANCH NO NAME

7.4 MI NE OF AL51, Barbour, AL

Built 1952 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 335

STOVAL ROAD

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK COWIKEE CREEK

0.5 MI NE OF CO RD 89, Barbour, AL

Built 2005 Load: 28.0 t ADT: 60

SCONYERS RD

Good

Over: CAMPBELL CREEK

1.1 MI NE OF AL 10, Barbour, AL

Built 1960 Load: 28.7 t ADT: 155

SR 10 MP 188.546

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

.6 MI.E.BARBOUR #5, Barbour, AL

Built 1987 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,760

COUNTY ROAD 41

Good

Over: CHANEY BRANCH

1.8 MI N OF AL 10, Barbour, AL

Built 1957 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 250

JW MCLEAN RD

Good

Over: CAMPBELL CREEK

1.1 MI E OF AL 51, Barbour, AL

Built 1960 Load: 29.3 t ADT: 155

SR 10 MP 187.441

Good

Over: PEA RIVER RELIEF

.2 MI.E.PIKE LINE, Barbour, AL

Built 1984 Load: 29.3 t ADT: 1,760

US 82 MP 232.766

Good

Over: STREAM

.3 MI.E.BARBOUR 89, Barbour, AL

Built 1929 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 1,870

OLD BATESVILLE RD

Good

Over: U.T. BARBOUR CREEK

8.0 MI W OF END OF CO 93, Barbour, AL

Built 1992 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 50

BAXTER STATION RD

Good

Over: SIKES CREEK

0.4 MI W OF COUNTY 21, Barbour, AL

Built 1960 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 145

SR 239 MP 4.371

Good

Over: STREAM

2.3 MI. NORTH OF CLAYTON, Barbour, AL

Built 1953 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 990

COUNTY ROAD 67

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

0.5 MI N OF HENRY CO LIN, Barbour, AL

Built 1954 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 125

US 431 MP 57.766

Good

Over: WHITE OAK CREEK

2 MI. S.JCT. SR.95, Barbour, AL

Built 1992 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 4,495

COUNTY ROAD 22

Good

Over: WILLIAMS CREEK

0.6 MI WEST OF CO 71, Barbour, AL

Built 1990 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 210

GULLEDGE MILL RD

Good

Over: BRANCH NO NAME

0.2 MI W OF COUNTY 49, Barbour, AL

Built 1991 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 30

DAVID JONES SPUR

Good

Over: BRANCH NO NAME

2.0 MILE EAST OF CO 49, Barbour, AL

Built 2002 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 55

OLD BATESVILLE RD

Good

Over: DOWDY CREEK

5 MI EAST OF COUNTY RD 79, Barbour, AL

Built 2002 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 70

FARMER ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH NO NAME

3.0 MILES NORTH OF CO 89, Barbour, AL

Built 2002 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30

FARMER ROAD

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK TRIB.

1 MI NORTH CO RD 89, Barbour, AL

Built 2002 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 65

MT. ANDREW ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH

1.0 MI WEST OF CO. 49, Barbour, AL

Built 2007 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 42

MT. ANDREW ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH

1.1 MI WEST OF CO 49, Barbour, AL

Built 2007 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 42

COUNTY ROAD 27

Good

Over: PEA CREEK

1.5 MI NORTH OF AL 51, Barbour, AL

Built 2016 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 374

SR 239 MP 12.342

Good

Over: STREAM

4.8 MI.N.OF BELLS XRD, Barbour, AL

Built 1953 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 440

SR 51 MP 50.408

Good

Over: NIX MILL CREEK

0.5 MI. N. SR 239, Barbour, AL

Built 1992 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,160

SR 239 MP 2.807

Good

Over: PEA CREEK

0.7 MI. N. SR 51, Barbour, AL

Built 1993 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,510

SOUTH ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH

5.13 MI WEST OF CO RD 49, Barbour, AL

Built 1990 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 20

COTIES REEDER RD

Good

Over: BRANCH NO NAME

.5 MI SW OF AL 10, Barbour, AL

Built 1991 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 35

SR 131 MP 3.387

Good

Over: CAMPBELL CREEK

3.4 MI. N.ALA.10, Barbour, AL

Built 1950 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 920

SR 239 MP 3.755

Good

Over: STREAM

1.7 MI. NORTH OF CLAYTON, Barbour, AL

Built 1953 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 990

SR 131 MP 0.899

Good

Over: SIKES CREEK

0.9 MI. N. SR. 10, Barbour, AL

Built 1992 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 720

SR 131 MP 3.666

Good

Over: CHOCTAWHATCHEE R.W.FORK

3.7 MI.N. SR.10, Barbour, AL

Built 1993 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 920

SR 131 MP 13.320

Good

Over: E. FORK CHOCTAWHAT R.

3.7 MI.N. BARBOUR CO.20, Barbour, AL

Built 1992 Load: 36.4 t ADT: 1,130

SR 239 MP 7.256

Good

Over: STINKING CREEK

1 MI. N. OF BELLS XRDS, Barbour, AL

Built 1992 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 750

COUNTY ROAD 49

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

9.6 MI NE OF AL51, Barbour, AL

Built 1952 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 335

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