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Butler County, AL

189 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 27% rated Good, 72% Fair, 1.1% Poor.

189
Public bridges
27%
Good condition
1.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Butler County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 16%
lowest Poor share in state
1.1%
Poor-condition share
189
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.

Butler County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Butler County ranks #11 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). Butler County, Alabama contains 189 public highway bridges. Roughly 27% are rated “Good,” 72% “Fair,” and 1.1% “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

189

Public highway bridges in Butler County

Good condition

27%

51 of 189 rated 7-9

Fair condition

72%

136 of 189 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.1%

2 of 189 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#11 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 189 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
27% (51)
Fair
72% (136)
Poor
1.1% (2)

Butler County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,415 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,208 crossings a day against 403 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 189 of 189 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

53.4% of Butler County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

101 of the 189 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 27% 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 99% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

AL.10 over PEAVY CREEK, built 1935, carries 4,370 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 4,415 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Butler County's bridges were built

189 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 69 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 36.5% 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 Butler County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Butler County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.1% Poor share is the 2nd-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 Butler County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Franklin County 194 5.2%
Barbour County 192 3.1%
Chilton County 189 1.1%
Butler County (this page) 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 Butler 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 Butler County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (189 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 189 Good 51 Fair 136 Poor 2

Good-condition bridges (51)

CR. 16

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK

BETWEEN GEORGIANA *AVANT, Butler, AL

Built 1954 Load: 21.2 t ADT: 260

CR. 45

Good

Over: PERSIMMON CREEK

1 MI. SE GREENVILLE C. L., Butler, AL

Built 1975 Load: 21.2 t ADT: 2,483

CR. 7

Good

Over: BRANCH OF PERSIMMONCREEK

1.0 MI. NW GARLAND, Butler, AL

Built 1978 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 337

CR. 37

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK RELIEF

CHAPMAN, Butler, AL

Built 1964 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 309

CR. 59

Good

Over: HARD LABOR CREEK

1.0 MI. N. SARDIS CHURCH, Butler, AL

Built 1991 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 322

CR. 59

Good

Over: BRANCH

2 MI. NE OAKY STREAK CH., Butler, AL

Built 1991 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 220

CR. 45

Good

Over: PERSIMMON CREEK

1.1 MI.SE GREENVILLE C.L., Butler, AL

Built 1975 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 2,483

CR. 16

Good

Over: BRANCH OF PANTHER CREEK

1.0 MI.W.GEORGIANA, Butler, AL

Built 1992 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 260

CR 16

Good

Over: PANTHER CREEK

WEST C.L. OF GEORGIANA, Butler, AL

Built 1992 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 249

CR. 6

Good

Over: TRIB.OF PINEY WOODS CREK

1.6 MI.WEST OF MCKENZIE, Butler, AL

Built 2003 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 111

CR. 65

Good

Over: NANNIE BRANCH

0.5 MI. SO. JCT. AL 10, Butler, AL

Built 1993 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 382

S.PALMER AVE

Good

Over: THREE NOTCH RAILROAD

S.PALMER AVE., Butler, AL

Built 1984 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 281

CR. 67

Good

Over: STRINGER MILL CREEK

0.2 MI.S.SPRING CREEK CH., Butler, AL

Built 1982 Load: 35.7 t ADT: 179

CR. 11

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

0.5MI. S. LOWNDES CO.LINE, Butler, AL

Built 2000 Load: 35.7 t ADT: 38

CR. 48

Good

Over: TRIB. OF PIGEON CREEK

0.8 MI. EAST MT.PLESANTCH, Butler, AL

Built 2003 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 50

CR. 49

Good

Over: PINE BARREN CREEK

2.5 MI NE SAUCER, Butler, AL

Built 1996 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 22

CR. 19

Good

Over: WOLK CREEK

2.5 MI SW MANNINGHAM, Butler, AL

Built 1996 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 114

CR. 27

Good

Over: BRANCH

0.5 MI. SO. AVANT, Butler, AL

Built 1966 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 66

CR. 45

Good

Over: HALLS CREEK

2.0 MI. NE SEARCY, Butler, AL

Built 1993 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 383

CR. 37

Good

Over: MASHY CREEK

1.3 MI. E. BRUSHY CREEK, Butler, AL

Built 1987 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 128

BOLTON ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB. OF PERSIMMON CREEK

1.5 MI. NE MT OLIVE CH, Butler, AL

Built 2004 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 46

AL 106

Good

Over: PIGEON CREEK

1.4 MI. E.OF CO.RD.16, Butler, AL

Built 2014 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 990

PEAVY ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH

1.5 MILES NE INDUSTRY, Butler, AL

Built 2022 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 34

CR. 50

Good

Over: NINE MILE BRANCH

1.0 MI. N. MIDWAY, Butler, AL

Built 1985 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 1,381

CR. 37

Good

Over: HAWKINS CREEK

3.1 MI.SO.JCT.U.S. HWY.31, Butler, AL

Built 1988 Load: 42.7 t ADT: 215

CR. 28

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY TO ROCKY CREEK

E. L*N RR. IN BOLLING, Butler, AL

Built 2005 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 224

AL 55

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

2.6 MI FROM 31, Butler, AL

Built 2010 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 2,615

CR. 62

Good

Over: PIGEON CREEK(MC)

1.0 MI.SW UNION CHURCH, Butler, AL

Built 1989 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 382

CR. 60

Good

Over: THREE RUN CREEK

0.8 MI. W. BETHEL CHURCH, Butler, AL

Built 1991 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 164

CR. 22

Good

Over: STALLINGS CREEK

2.0 MI. SE LIBERTY, Butler, AL

Built 2000 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 406

CR. 16

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK RELIEF

B/W GEORGIANA * AVANT, Butler, AL

Built 2002 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 260

CR. 16

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

2.0 MI. S.E. AVANT, Butler, AL

Built 2002 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 163

CR. 65

Good

Over: HALLS CREEK

1.0 MI. S. JONES LAKE, Butler, AL

Built 2002 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 247

CR. 43

Good

Over: FORK OF FOUR MILE BRANCH

MASHVILLE, Butler, AL

Built 2002 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 82

CR. 56

Good

Over: FORK OF THREE RUNS CREEK

0.25 MI.NW SPRING CRK.CH., Butler, AL

Built 1993 Load: 44.3 t ADT: 321

CR. 53

Good

Over: BRANCH

1.0 MI.W. OAKEY STREAKCH, Butler, AL

Built 2013 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 32

CR. 24

Good

Over: NO NAME BRANCH

1.0 MI.E.HOPEWELL CHURCH, Butler, AL

Built 1987 Load: 45.5 t ADT: 142

CR. 47

Good

Over: TRIB. OF PIGEON CREEK

1.8 MI. E OF MT. PLEASANT, Butler, AL

Built 2004 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 25

CR. 65

Good

Over: FOUR MILE MILL BRANCH

1.5 MI. E. MASHVILLE ??, Butler, AL

Built 2004 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 224

AL 106

Good

Over: PIGEON CREEK RELIEF

1.3 MI E CO RD 16, Butler, AL

Built 1996 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 820

CR. 28

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK

1.0 MI. W. BOLLING, Butler, AL

Built 1983 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 99

CR. 45

Good

Over: PERSIMMON CRK (RELIEF)

N. CITY LIMITS GREENVILLE, Butler, AL

Built 1988 Load: 51.9 t ADT: 602

CR. 24

Good

Over: PERSIMMON CREEK

1.5 MI.E. HOPEWELL CHURCH, Butler, AL

Built 2001 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 142

CR. 7

Good

Over: PINE BARREN CREEK

0.5MI.N.JCT.FAP45, Butler, AL

Built 2006 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 356

CR. 45

Good

Over: BRANCH OF PIGEON CREEK

2.0 MI. N. INDUSTRY, Butler, AL

Built 1983 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 278

CR. 58

Good

Over: FOUR MILE BRANCH

1.2 MI. NW BOUCHER LAKE, Butler, AL

Built 1967 Load: 59.6 t ADT: 571

PATRICK ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB.OF PINEYWOODS CREEK

2.0 MI. WEST MCKENZIE, Butler, AL

Built 2003 Load: 64.1 t ADT: 48

CR. 37

Good

Over: DEEP STEP CREEK

2.0 MI. NE HOPEWELLCHURCH, Butler, AL

Built 1981 Load: 65.7 t ADT: 171

CR. 45

Good

Over: RILEY CREEK

2.0 MI.SW MACEDONIACHURCH, Butler, AL

Built 1978 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 204

CR. 13

Good

Over: BRANCH

2 MI SW SHACKLESVILLE, Butler, AL

Built 1991 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 47

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