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Bullock County, AL

136 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 20.6% rated Good, 77.9% Fair, 1.5% Poor.

136
Public bridges
20.6%
Good condition
1.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Bullock County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 28%
lowest Poor share in state
1.5%
Poor-condition share
136
public highway bridges
1970
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.

Bullock County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Bullock County ranks #19 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.5%). Bullock County, Alabama contains 136 public highway bridges. Roughly 20.6% are rated “Good,” 77.9% “Fair,” and 1.5% “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

136

Public highway bridges in Bullock County

Good condition

20.6%

28 of 136 rated 7-9

Fair condition

77.9%

106 of 136 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.5%

2 of 136 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#19 of 67

Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 136 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
20.6% (28)
Fair
77.9% (106)
Poor
1.5% (2)

Bullock County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,370 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,185 crossings a day against 302 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 136 of 136 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

58.1% of Bullock County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

79 of the 136 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 20.6% 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 95.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 82 over CANEY BRANCH, built 1928, carries 2,270 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,370 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Bullock County's bridges were built

136 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 39 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1970) matches the Alabama average (1974).

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

How Bullock County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Bullock County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.5% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Bullock County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Monroe County 142 3.5%
Bullock County (this page) 136 1.5%
Henry County 133 0%
Clay County 129 7%
Bibb County 126 0.8%
Coosa County 126 4%

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 Bullock 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 Bullock County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (136 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1970 here).

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

All bridges (136)

COUNTY ROAD 130

Fair

Over: NO NAME STREAM

SEC 19 R23 T14, Bullock, AL

Built 1964 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROAD 14

Fair

Over: CONECUH RIVER

SEC 21 T12 R23, Bullock, AL

Built 1956 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROAD 14

Fair

Over: CONECUH RIVER

SEC 21 T 12 R23, Bullock, AL

Built 1956 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROAD 7

Fair

Over: LINE CREEK

SEC 19 T14 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1958 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 400

COUNTY ROAD 103

Fair

Over: COWIKEE CREEK

SEC 12 T14 R25, Bullock, AL

Built 1964 Load: 20.3 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROAD 37

Fair

Over: NO NAME STREAM

SEC 6 T14 R21, Bullock, AL

Built 1968 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 350

COUNTY ROAD 115

Fair

Over: MOORES CREEK

SEC 7 T14 R24, Bullock, AL

Built 1967 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROAD 87

Fair

Over: LEATHERBREECHES CREEK

SEC 4 T13 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1972 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROAD 87

Fair

Over: LEATHERBREECHES CREEK

SEC 4 T13 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1972 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROAD 177

Fair

Over: BUGHALL CREEK

SEC 27 T14 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1972 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROAD 177

Fair

Over: BUGHALL CREEK

SEC 27 T14 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1972 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROAD 177

Fair

Over: SLAUGHTER CREEK

SEC 26 T14 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1972 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROAD 177

Fair

Over: SLAUGHTER CREEK

SEC 26 T14 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1972 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROAD 103

Fair

Over: COWIKEE CREEK

SEC 12 T14 R25, Bullock, AL

Built 1964 Load: 21.3 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROAD 165

Fair

Over: WILLIAMS CREEK

SEC 23 T14 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1964 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROAD 165

Fair

Over: TOWN CREEK

SEC1 T14 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1966 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROAD 8

Fair

Over: FLAT CREEK

SEC 20 T12 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1957 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 410

US 82

Fair

Over: LINE CREEK

0.25 MI E OF CO RD 37, Bullock, AL

Built 1953 Load: 23.2 t ADT: 1,110

US 29

Fair

Over: C. OF GA. RR(ABAND.)

UNION SPRINGS, Bullock, AL

Built 1953 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 3,860

US82

Fair

Over: LINE CREEK RELIEF

0.15MI E.OFCORD.37, Bullock, AL

Built 1953 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 1,110

AL 51

Fair

Over: COWIKEE CREEK

9.8 MI.N.OF US 82, Bullock, AL

Built 1989 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 1,130

AL 110

Fair

Over: BUGHALL CREEK

2.04MI E OF CO. RD. 7, Bullock, AL

Built 1961 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,400

AL 110

Fair

Over: BUGHALL CREEK RELIEF

2.18MI E OF CO. RD. 7, Bullock, AL

Built 1961 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,400

AL 110

Fair

Over: SLAUGHTERS CREEK

2.5 MI E OF CO. RD. 7, Bullock, AL

Built 1961 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,400

US 29

Fair

Over: DOUBLE CREEK

2.3 MI.N.OF PIKE CO LINE, Bullock, AL

Built 1969 Load: 26.7 t ADT: 710

AL.110

Fair

Over: PANTHER CREEK

2.27MI E.OF BULLOCK CO. L, Bullock, AL

Built 1952 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 2,740

AL 51

Fair

Over: COWIKEE CREEK RELIEF

10.1 MI.N.OF US 82, Bullock, AL

Built 1989 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 1,130

US 82

Fair

Over: JOHNSTON CREEK

0.7 MI W OF MIDWAY, Bullock, AL

Built 1927 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 2,270

US 82

Fair

Over: BRANCH

1.0 MI E OF CO RD 37, Bullock, AL

Built 1924 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 1,110

COUNTY ROAD 47

Fair

Over: COWIKEE CREEK

SEC 16 T12 R26, Bullock, AL

Built 1967 Load: 29.3 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROAD 97

Fair

Over: PEA RIVER

SEC 19 T13 R25, Bullock, AL

Built 1984 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 50

AL 110

Fair

Over: LINE CREEK

.24 MI. E. OF CO. RD.185, Bullock, AL

Built 1993 Load: 30.3 t ADT: 2,740

US 82

Fair

Over: BOWLIN CRK.

1.9 MI.E.OF CO.RD 22, Bullock, AL

Built 1984 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 1,070

US 82

Fair

Over: COLEMAN CREEK

1.9MI E OF CO RD 37, Bullock, AL

Built 1997 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 1,110

US 82

Fair

Over: DOZIER CREEK

8.7 MI E OF CO RD 37, Bullock, AL

Built 1997 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 960

AL 110

Fair

Over: LINE CREEK RELIEF #2

.358 MI. E. OF CO.RD. 185, Bullock, AL

Built 1993 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 2,740

AL. 51

Fair

Over: C.OF GA.RR ABANDONED

0.4 MI.S.OF US 82 JCT, Bullock, AL

Built 1953 Load: 30.9 t ADT: 730

US 82

Fair

Over: BRANCH

1.4 MI.E.OF MIDWAY, Bullock, AL

Built 1929 Load: 31.2 t ADT: 1,310

AL 110

Fair

Over: LINE CREEK RELIEF #1

.04 MI. E. OF CO.RD.185, Bullock, AL

Built 1993 Load: 31.2 t ADT: 2,740

COUNTY ROAD 45

Fair

Over: DOUBLE CREEK

SEC 14 T11 R23, Bullock, AL

Built 1955 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROAD 14

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

SEC 26 T12 R24, Bullock, AL

Built 1954 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 300

US 29

Fair

Over: BRANCH

6.0 MI. N. OF US 82 JCT., Bullock, AL

Built 1988 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,990

US 29

Fair

Over: MOORES CREEK

0.1 MI.S.OF MACON CO LINE, Bullock, AL

Built 1988 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,950

COUNTY ROAD 87

Fair

Over: PINHOOK CREEK

SEC 17 T13 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1984 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 100

US 82

Fair

Over: SLAUGHTER CRK.

0.35 MI.W.OF AL 110, Bullock, AL

Built 1984 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 1,070

US 82

Fair

Over: PINHOOK CREEK

4.8MI E OF CO RD 37, Bullock, AL

Built 1997 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 960

AL.110

Fair

Over: PANTHER CREEK RELIEF

2.448MI E. OF BULLOCK CO., Bullock, AL

Built 1952 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 2,740

AL.110

Fair

Over: BRANCH

7 MI E. OF BULLOCK CO., Bullock, AL

Built 1961 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 2,740

AL.110

Fair

Over: PANTHER CREEK RELIEF

2.351MI.E. OF BULLOCK CO., Bullock, AL

Built 1952 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 2,740

COUNTY ROAD 30

Fair

Over: CONECUH RIVER

SEC 33 T14 R24, Bullock, AL

Built 1956 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 400
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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