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Chambers County, AL

185 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 51.9% rated Good, 40% Fair, 8.1% Poor.

185
Public bridges
51.9%
Good condition
8.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

61st
of 67 on Poor share
8.1%
Poor-condition share
185
public highway bridges
1973
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.

Chambers County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Chambers County ranks #61 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.1%). Chambers County, Alabama contains 185 public highway bridges. Roughly 51.9% are rated “Good,” 40% “Fair,” and 8.1% “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

185

Public highway bridges in Chambers County

Good condition

51.9%

96 of 185 rated 7-9

Fair condition

40%

74 of 185 rated 5-6

Poor condition

8.1%

15 of 185 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#61 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 185 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
51.9% (96)
Fair
40% (74)
Poor
8.1% (15)

Chambers County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,652 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 177 crossings a day against 698 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 185 of 185 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

49.2% of Chambers County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

91 of the 185 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 51.9% 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 47.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 77 over ALLEN CREEK(HOOTALOCCO), built 1941, carries 1,261 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 2,652 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Chambers County's bridges were built

185 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 34 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1973) matches the Alabama average (1974).

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

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

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Chambers County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.1% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1970 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Chambers County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Butler County 189 1.1%
Chilton County 189 1.1%
Fayette County 186 1.1%
Chambers County (this page) 185 8.1%
St. Clair County 183 1.6%
Lamar County 181 2.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (185 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1973 here).

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

All 185 Good 96 Fair 74 Poor 15

All bridges (185)

SR 50

Good

Over: KELLEM HILL CREEK

3.3 MI E JCT US 431, Chambers, AL

Built 1986 Load: 55.5 t ADT: 4,280

CO. 1173

Good

Over: SNAPPER CREEK

2 MI. S.E. LIBERTY C. R., Chambers, AL

Built 2002 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 47

CO.1058

Good

Over: MC COWIN CREEK

3 MI. S. W. TRAMELL C. R., Chambers, AL

Built 2002 Load: 59.1 t ADT: 11

CO.83

Good

Over: KELLEM HILL CREEK

1.5MI.S.E.LAFAYETTE, Chambers, AL

Built 1962 Load: 60.2 t ADT: 880

CO.1064

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

1.4MI.S.W.MARCOOT, Chambers, AL

Built 2002 Load: 60.4 t ADT: 35

CO. 1377

Good

Over: TRIB. TO OSNIPPA CREEK

0.2 MI. N. LEE CO. LINE, Chambers, AL

Built 2002 Load: 62.3 t ADT: 83

CO. 32

Good

Over: FINLEY CREEK

3 MI. S.W. LAFAYETTE, Chambers, AL

Built 1960 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 260

CO. 162

Good

Over: BRANCH

1.6 MI. N.W. WHITE PLAINS, Chambers, AL

Built 1966 Load: 65.0 t ADT: 40

CO. 1529

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY TO OSNIPPA

3.0 MI. EAST OF CUSSETA, Chambers, AL

Built 2002 Load: 67.4 t ADT: 35

CO. 1048

Good

Over: BRANCH

2.1MI.E. SIKES, Chambers, AL

Built 1989 Load: 67.9 t ADT: 430

CO. 1251

Good

Over: STROUD CREEK

1 MI. N.W. CUMBEE MILL, Chambers, AL

Built 2001 Load: 69.1 t ADT: 45

CO. 160

Good

Over: ROCKY BRANCH

2 MI SW FIVE POINTS, Chambers, AL

Built 1992 Load: 70.9 t ADT: 172

CO RD 1271

Good

Over: CREEK

0.25MI N LEE CO LINE, Chambers, AL

Built 1960 Load: 71.2 t ADT: 300

CO 5017

Good

Over: TRIB. TO CHATTAHOOCHEE

2 MI. S.E. OF LANGDALE, Chambers, AL

Built 1975 Load: 79.5 t ADT: 2,547

CO 19

Good

Over: BRANCH

.4 MI W OF AL 147, Chambers, AL

Built 1994 Load: 80.0 t ADT: 24

CO. 1094

Good

Over: SNAPPER CREEK

2.3 MI. N. OAK BOWERY, Chambers, AL

Built 2002 Load: 86.6 t ADT: 16

CO. 44

Good

Over: BRANCH

2 MI. S.W. SIKES, Chambers, AL

Built 1963 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 59

CO. 299

Good

Over: LITTLE OSANIPPA CREEK

2 MI. S. W. HUGULEY, Chambers, AL

Built 1964 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,895

_CHERRY DRIVE

Good

Over: _TANYARD CREEK

_LANETT STREET, Chambers, AL

Built 2016 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 4,620

_N. 11TH AVE

Good

Over: _TANYARD CREEK

_LANETT STREET, Chambers, AL

Built 2016 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 1,290

19TH AVE

Poor

Over: MOORES CREEK

VALLEY, Chambers, AL

Built 1910 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 350

CO. 174

Poor

Over: SNAPPER CREEK

2 MI. S. CHAMBERS CO.LAKE, Chambers, AL

Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 21

CO.11

Poor

Over: NORFOLK RAILROAD

0.3MI.N.WAVERLY, Chambers, AL

Built 1946 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 298

CO. 2

Poor

Over: SOUTHERN R.R.

WAVERLY, Chambers, AL

Built 1948 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 305

CO. 179

Poor

Over: WELLS CREEK

2 MI. N.W. DENSON, Chambers, AL

Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 7

CO. 156

Poor

Over: CHIKASANOXEE CREEK

1.5 MI. E. MILLTOWN, Chambers, AL

Built 1929 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 30

CO. 55

Poor

Over: CHATAHOSPEE CREEK

0.5 MI. S. TILLER C.R., Chambers, AL

Built 1920 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 95

CO. 46

Poor

Over: COUNTY LINE CREEK

2 MI. W. BLACKMAN, Chambers, AL

Built 1967 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 30

CO. 2

Poor

Over: LITTLE SANDY CREEK

2 MI. N. NEW HARMONY, Chambers, AL

Built 1972 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 20

CO. 150

Poor

Over: SANDY CREEK

2.2 MI. S.W. MILLTOWN, Chambers, AL

Built 1920 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 20

CO. 92

Poor

Over: ALLEN CREEK

2.6 MI. N.E. LAFAYETTE, Chambers, AL

Built 1950 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 115

CO. 2

Poor

Over: SOUTH SANDY CREEK

STEPHENS MILL POND, Chambers, AL

Built 1920 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 25

CO. 65

Poor

Over: BRANCH

1.6 MI. S.W. MARCOOT, Chambers, AL

Built 1971 Load: 10.6 t ADT: 20

CO. 224

Poor

Over: UNNAMED BRANCH

2.5 MI. E. WHITE PLAINS, Chambers, AL

Built 1969 Load: 14.4 t ADT: 55

SR 77

Poor

Over: ALLEN CREEK(HOOTALOCCO)

4.8 MI W JCT US 431, Chambers, AL

Built 1941 Load: 61.1 t ADT: 1,261

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