Total bridges
386
Public highway bridges in Calhoun County
County profile · official public datasets
Calhoun County, AL
386 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 32.9% rated Good, 63.2% Fair, 3.9% Poor.
- 386
- Public bridges
- 32.9%
- Good condition
- 3.9%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Calhoun County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 42nd
- of 67 on Poor share
- 3.9%
- Poor-condition share
- 386
- public highway bridges
- 1969
- 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.
Calhoun County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Calhoun County ranks #42 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.9%). Calhoun County, Alabama contains 386 public highway bridges. Roughly 32.9% are rated “Good,” 63.2% “Fair,” and 3.9% “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
32.9%
127 of 386 rated 7-9
Fair condition
63.2%
244 of 386 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.9%
15 of 386 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#42 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 386 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 32.9% (127)
Fair 63.2% (244)
Poor 3.9% (15)
Calhoun County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,516 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 634 crossings a day against 4,328 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 385 of 386 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
64.2% of Calhoun County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
248 of the 386 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 32.9% 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 30.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 9 over COTTAQUILA CREEK, built 1940, carries 2,863 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 15-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 9,516 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Calhoun County's bridges were built
386 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 3
1910–1919
3 bridges
- 1920s 14
1920–1929
14 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
52 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
33 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
56 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
73 bridges
- 1970s 25
1970–1979
25 bridges
- 1980s 27
1980–1989
27 bridges
- 1990s 23
1990–1999
23 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
45 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
34 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 73 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1969, 5 years older than the Alabama average of 1974.
How Calhoun County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Calhoun County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.9% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 6 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun County (this page) | 386 | 32.9% | 63.2% | 3.9% | 1969 |
| Baldwin County | 381 | 48.3% | 50.4% | 1.3% | 1991 |
| Shelby County | 344 | 41% | 58.1% | 0.9% | 1981 |
| Covington County | 332 | 31.9% | 63% | 5.1% | 1970 |
| Limestone County | 324 | 45.1% | 52.8% | 2.2% | 1972 |
| Jackson County | 314 | 29% | 67.2% | 3.8% | 1961 |
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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AL (386 bridges here).
- Stanislaus County, CA · 386 bridges
- Gibson County, TN · 386 bridges
- Alfalfa County, OK · 387 bridges
- Delaware County, PA · 387 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1969 here).
- Cook County, IL · avg 1969 · 1,721 bridges
- Fresno County, CA · avg 1969 · 916 bridges
- Cuyahoga County, OH · avg 1969 · 871 bridges
- Ventura County, CA · avg 1969 · 501 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (244)
SR 77
FairOver: CANE CREEK
3.7 MI N TALLADEGA CO LIN, Calhoun, AL
Built 1957 Load: 27.8 t ADT: 6,910
SR 144
FairOver: BATTLE CREEK
7 MI EAST JCT SR 77, Calhoun, AL
Built 1963 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 7,929
SR 21
FairOver: LITTLE TALLASSEEHATCHEE
1.7 MI S JCT CO 36, Calhoun, AL
Built 1965 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 10,494
SR 21
FairOver: LITTLE TALLASSEEHATCHEE
1.7 MI S JCT CO 36, Calhoun, AL
Built 1965 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 10,494
I-20
FairOver: BRANCH
3 MI E JCT SR 21, Calhoun, AL
Built 1969 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 22,699
SR1 / US 431
FairOver: I-20
INTERSECT. US 431 / I20, Calhoun, AL
Built 1967 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 7,383
CRAIG DRIVE
FairOver: BRANCH
CRAIG DR, Calhoun, AL
Built 1982 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 67
SR1 / US 431
FairOver: OHATCHEE CREEK
0.7 MI N JCT SR 204, Calhoun, AL
Built 1963 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 7,833
SR1 / US 431
FairOver: OHATCHEE CREEK
0.7 MI N JCT SR 204, Calhoun, AL
Built 1963 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 14,996
GLDN SPRGS/LEON SM
FairOver: I-20
2.6 MI E JCT SR21-EXIT188, Calhoun, AL
Built 1969 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 28,633
JIMMY PARKS BLVD
FairOver: TRIBUTARY TO CANE CREEK
1.08 MI E AL HWY 21, Calhoun, AL
Built 1941 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 4,800
SR21
FairOver: BRANCH
CITY OF ANNISTON, Calhoun, AL
Built 1959 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 32,026
SR 21
FairOver: CANE CREEK
2.5 MI N JCT SR 21, Calhoun, AL
Built 1962 Load: 29.1 t ADT: 14,241
GOODE ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
GOODE ROAD, Calhoun, AL
Built 1936 Load: 29.1 t ADT: 4,800
SR4/US78
FairOver: BRANCH
.1 MI EAST JCT OLD SR 202, Calhoun, AL
Built 1952 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 4,941
CHOCCOLOCCO RD.
FairOver: BRANCH
CHOCCOLOCCO RD., Calhoun, AL
Built 1963 Load: 29.6 t ADT: 1,717
.2 MI S AL 204
FairOver: CREEK
OLD FIELD RD., Calhoun, AL
Built 1965 Load: 29.6 t ADT: 116
OLD SR 202
FairOver: EASTABOGA CREEK
2 MI EAST JCT US 78, Calhoun, AL
Built 1929 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 5,120
RAMP D EBL
FairOver: CHOCCOLOCCO CREEK
SOUTH RAMP I20-TO US 431, Calhoun, AL
Built 1968 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 2,499
I-20
FairOver: BRANCH
3 MI E JCT SR 21, Calhoun, AL
Built 1969 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 22,699
SR1 / US431
FairOver: CANE CREEK
2.5 MI S JCT SR 144, Calhoun, AL
Built 1970 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 20,660
10TH STREET
FairOver: SOU. RR ; CREEK
ANNISTON 10th Street RR, Calhoun, AL
Built 1936 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 3,100
JACKSON TRACE RD.
FairOver: ACKER CREEK
JACKSON TRACE RD., Calhoun, AL
Built 1939 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 30
CEDAR SPR. RD.
FairOver: WEAVER CREEK
CEDAR SPRINGS RD, Calhoun, AL
Built 1964 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 1,333
N CK INDUST PK RD
FairOver: NANCES CREEK
N Ck Industrial Park Rd, Calhoun, AL
Built 1975 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 800
SR1/US431
FairOver: BOYD SPRING BRANCH
0.5 MI N JCT SR144, Calhoun, AL
Built 1969 Load: 30.9 t ADT: 21,647
JEWELL RD.
FairOver: LITTLE HILLABEE CREEK
JEWELL RD., Calhoun, AL
Built 1965 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 268
LYDA RD.
FairOver: BRANCH
1.3 MI NE US HWY 78, Calhoun, AL
Built 1997 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 1,000
CORD53*CALHOUNAVE
FairOver: ABANDONED RAILROAD
Anniston CR 53 & Calhoun, Calhoun, AL
Built 1937 Load: 31.6 t ADT: 3,600
WEST 4TH STREET
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
ANNISTON W 4th Street, Calhoun, AL
Built 1955 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 875
RAMP C WBL
FairOver: CHOCCOLOCCO CREEK
NORTH RAMP US 431 TO I-20, Calhoun, AL
Built 1968 Load: 31.9 t ADT: 2,695
WHITES GAP RD.
FairOver: COTTAQUILLA CREEK
WHITES GAP RD. LAKE, Calhoun, AL
Built 1964 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 2,315
I-20
FairOver: BRANCH
2.4 MI E JCT SR 21, Calhoun, AL
Built 1969 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 37,868
SR 204
FairOver: BRANCH
4.7 MI E JCT US 431, Calhoun, AL
Built 1953 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,808
CO 109-AIRPORT RD
FairOver: I-20
2.3 MI W JCT SR 21, Calhoun, AL
Built 1967 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,950
WEST 11TH
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
ANNISTON W 11th Street, Calhoun, AL
Built 1913 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,200
EAST 17TH STREET
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
ANNISTON E 17th Street, Calhoun, AL
Built 1913 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 580
CC ROAD
FairOver: DRY CREEK
CC RD., Calhoun, AL
Built 1930 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 32
OLD JVILLE HWY
FairOver: CREEK
OLD JVILLE HWY, Calhoun, AL
Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 617
CHOSEA SPR. RD. E
FairOver: BRANCH
CHOSEA SPRINGS RD. EAST, Calhoun, AL
Built 1935 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 194
GADSDEN ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
GADSDEN RD, Calhoun, AL
Built 1939 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 869
CITY STREET
FairOver: MASSEY BRANCH
JACKSONVILLE, Calhoun, AL
Built 1955 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,520
GLEN ADDIE AVE
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
ANNISTON Glen Addie Ave, Calhoun, AL
Built 1956 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 725
READS MILL RD.
FairOver: BRANCH
READS MILL RD, Calhoun, AL
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 493
W ALABAMA ST.
FairOver: CREEK
PIEDMONT, Calhoun, AL
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500
SNOW ST.
FairOver: SNOW CREEK
OXFORD, Calhoun, AL
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,500
GALLOWAY ROAD
FairOver: CANE CREEK
0.68 MI NE AL HWY 21, Calhoun, AL
Built 1931 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,800
Redmond
FairOver: CANE CK. (TRIB.)
1.515 MI NE AL HWY 21, Calhoun, AL
Built 1936 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40
BALTZELL GATE ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
1.818 MI NE AL 21, Calhoun, AL
Built 1936 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,000
3RD AVENUE
FairOver: STORM WATER RUN OFF
NEAR BLD 513 & ROOSEVELT, Calhoun, AL
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 540
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