Cherokee County, AL

138 public highway bridges

Cherokee County Bridge Snapshot

Cherokee County, Alabama contains 138 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 32.6% are rated “Good,” 67.4% “Fair,” 0% “Poor,” and 0% are classified as structurally deficient — the federal designation for spans whose deck, superstructure, or substructure has been rated 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. Structurally deficient does not mean unsafe to cross; it means the bridge is on the priority list for repair or replacement.

Inspections in AL are conducted by certified engineers from the state Department of Transportation on a 24-month cycle, and results are reported back to the FHWA each spring. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county, sorted by inventory load rating. Use the “Sort by” controls to surface the lowest-rated spans first, and click any row for full inspection history, traffic counts, and condition trends.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

138
Total Bridges
32.6%
Good
0%
Poor
0%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
32.6% (45)
Fair
67.4% (93)
Poor
0% (0)
SD
0% (0)

All Bridges (138)

CHEROKEE #41

Good

Over: MILLS CREEK

6 MI NE JCT SR 35, Cherokee, AL

Built 1952 Load: 25.1 t ADT: 505

CHEROKEE #41

Good

Over: NORTH SPRING CREEK

1.1 MI NE CHEROKEE #75, Cherokee, AL

Built 1958 Load: 25.1 t ADT: 500

CHEROKEE #162

Good

Over: DRY BRANCH

0.2 MI W CO #45, Cherokee, AL

Built 1976 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 95

CHEROKEE #41

Good

Over: CULSTIGH CREEK

4.0 MI NE JCT SR 35, Cherokee, AL

Built 1952 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 505

SR 273

Good

Over: STREAM

0.5 MI S JCT SR 35*273, Cherokee, AL

Built 1930 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,010

CHEROKEE 177

Good

Over: FROG CREEK

1.0 MI N CHEROKEE 29, Cherokee, AL

Built 2010 Load: 27.6 t ADT: 150

CHEROKEE #113

Good

Over: COWAN CREEK

0.5 MI S INT CHEROKEE #34, Cherokee, AL

Built 1977 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 138

_CR 14

Good

Over: _Little Creek

1.0 MI W ALA #9, Cherokee, AL

Built 2019 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 320

CHEROKEE #29

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

0.1 MI W JCT CO RT 8, Cherokee, AL

Built 1982 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 1,200

CHEROKEE #41

Good

Over: BRANCH

3 MI NE JCT SR 35, Cherokee, AL

Built 1952 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 445

CHEROKEE #11

Good

Over: YELLOW CREEK

0.3 MI N JCT SR 68, Cherokee, AL

Built 1989 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,420

CHEROKEE #29

Good

Over: BRANCH

6.4 MI S JCT SR 25, Cherokee, AL

Built 1948 Load: 31.9 t ADT: 1,200

CHEROKEE #16

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

0.3 MI SW INT CHERO #113, Cherokee, AL

Built 1987 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 500

CHEROKEE #99

Good

Over: BRANCH

1 MI N JCT CO RT 41, Cherokee, AL

Built 1957 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 415

CHEROKEE #19

Good

Over: LITTLE BALL PLAY CREEK

0.3 MI S JCT CO RT 6, Cherokee, AL

Built 1956 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 1,100

CHEROKEE #43

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

1.5 MI E CHEROKEE #11, Cherokee, AL

Built 1996 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 385

COUNTY ROAD 24

Good

Over: BALLPLAY CREEK

0.4 MI E ETOWAH CO LINE, Cherokee, AL

Built 2004 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 275

COUNTY ROAD 39

Good

Over: MILLS CREEK

1.2 MI N CHEROKEE #32, Cherokee, AL

Built 2004 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 70

ALEXIS ROAD

Good

Over: BIG NOSE CREEK

1.2 MI E JCT SR 25, Cherokee, AL

Built 1985 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,000

AL 68

Good

Over: CHATOOGA RIVER

3.7 MI E OF SR 35, Cherokee, AL

Built 2007 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,783

COUNTY ROAD 47

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK RELIEF

0.7 MI N INT ALA #273, Cherokee, AL

Built 2005 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 500

COUNTY ROAD 12

Good

Over: FROG CREEK

0.6 MI. NW CR. #29, Cherokee, AL

Built 2006 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 300

CHEROKEE #45

Good

Over: CREEK

0.5 MI N INT US #278, Cherokee, AL

Built 1965 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 475

CHEROKEE #101

Good

Over: BRANCH

0.9 MI N INT US #411, Cherokee, AL

Built 1995 Load: 44.3 t ADT: 258

COUNTY ROAD 47

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK BRANCH

1.8 MI N INT ALA #273, Cherokee, AL

Built 2005 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 500

AL 68

Good

Over: CHATTOGA RIVER

AL 68 OVER CHATTOGA RIVER, Cherokee, AL

Built 1994 Load: 46.6 t ADT: 5,235

CHEROKEE #17

Good

Over: YELLOW CREEK RELIEF B

0.3 MI N INT CHEROKEE #70, Cherokee, AL

Built 1956 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 125

COUNTY ROAD 22

Good

Over: COWAN CREEK

1.5 MILES NW JCT. CR 31, Cherokee, AL

Built 2009 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 2,730

SR 35

Good

Over: LITTLE RIVER CANYON

Dekalb &Cherokee Co line, Cherokee, AL

Built 2010 Load: 49.7 t ADT: 3,645

CHEROKEE #127

Good

Over: BRANCH

.5 MI N CO RT 15, Cherokee, AL

Built 1986 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 105

CHEROKEE #15

Good

Over: MILLS CREEK

9 MI N JCT SR 35, Cherokee, AL

Built 1985 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 815

US 411 SR 25

Good

Over: BRANCH

3.5 MI W JCT SR 25 * 68, Cherokee, AL

Built 1985 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 8,095

COUNTY ROAD 47

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

0.5 MI N INT ALA #273, Cherokee, AL

Built 2005 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 500

CHEROKEE #48

Good

Over: YELLOW CREEK

0.5 MI NE ALA #68, Cherokee, AL

Built 1992 Load: 66.5 t ADT: 500

CHEROKEE #171

Good

Over: CREEK

0.4 MI N INT CHEROKEE #39, Cherokee, AL

Built 1940 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 50

CHEROKEE #168

Good

Over: BRANCH

0.1 MI W CO #168, Cherokee, AL

Built 1958 Load: 71.8 t ADT: 120

US 278

Good

Over: BRANCH

11 MI E JCT SR 9 * 74, Cherokee, AL

Built 1935 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 1,934

CHEROKEE #89

Good

Over: SPRING BRANCH

0.9 MI NE INT CHEROKEE 87, Cherokee, AL

Built 2003 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 75

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Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges Editorial