Total bridges
189
Public highway bridges in Chilton County
County profile · official public datasets
Chilton County, AL
189 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 50.3% rated Good, 48.7% Fair, 1.1% Poor.
- 189
- Public bridges
- 50.3%
- Good condition
- 1.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Chilton County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 18%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 1.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 189
- public highway bridges
- 1972
- 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.
Chilton County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Chilton County ranks #12 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). Chilton County, Alabama contains 189 public highway bridges. Roughly 50.3% are rated “Good,” 48.7% “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.
Good condition
50.3%
95 of 189 rated 7-9
Fair condition
48.7%
92 of 189 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.1%
2 of 189 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#12 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 50.3% (95)
Fair 48.7% (92)
Poor 1.1% (2)
Chilton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,480 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.3% 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 1,240 crossings a day against 1,084 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.
61.9% of Chilton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
117 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 50.3% 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 59.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CR33 OLD HWY 31 over BRIDGE WATSON CREEK, built 1925, carries 1,480 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 2,480 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Chilton County's bridges were built
189 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 11
1920–1929
11 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 8
1940–1949
8 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
32 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
54 bridges
- 1970s 16
1970–1979
16 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
26 bridges
- 1990s 8
1990–1999
8 bridges
- 2000s 11
2000–2009
11 bridges
- 2010s 18
2010–2019
18 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 54 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1972) matches the Alabama average (1974).
How Chilton County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Chilton 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 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | 194 | 44.3% | 50.5% | 5.2% | 1975 |
| Barbour County | 192 | 55.7% | 41.1% | 3.1% | 1976 |
| Butler County | 189 | 27% | 72% | 1.1% | 1976 |
| Chilton County (this page) | 189 | 50.3% | 48.7% | 1.1% | 1972 |
| Fayette County | 186 | 30.6% | 68.3% | 1.1% | 1969 |
| Chambers County | 185 | 51.9% | 40% | 8.1% | 1973 |
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 Chilton 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 Chilton 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).
- Jasper County, IN · 189 bridges
- Chase County, KS · 189 bridges
- Carter County, KY · 189 bridges
- Howell County, MO · 189 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1972 here).
- Santa Clara County, CA · avg 1972 · 964 bridges
- Kern County, CA · avg 1972 · 668 bridges
- York County, PA · avg 1972 · 569 bridges
- Middlesex County, NJ · avg 1972 · 563 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (92)
AL 145
FairOver: GOOSE POND CREEK
CLANTON, Chilton, AL
Built 1938 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 9,435
US 31
FairOver: UT CHESTNUT CREEK
0.6 MI N OF COOPER, Chilton, AL
Built 1925 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 9,710
CR33 OLD HWY 31
FairOver: WATSON CREEK
CR33 .5 E PROVIDENCE CHUR, Chilton, AL
Built 1925 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 600
CR 249
FairOver: YELLOWLEAF CREEK
CR 249 2M NW CANE CRK CH, Chilton, AL
Built 1932 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 125
AL 22
FairOver: UT to Mulberry Creek
0.8 MI E MAPLESVILLE, Chilton, AL
Built 1929 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 2,960
US 31
FairOver: UT CHESTNUT CREEK
0.5 MI N JCT SR 22, Chilton, AL
Built 1925 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 5,720
CR 18
FairOver: I-65
1.3 MI N JCT U S #31, Chilton, AL
Built 1958 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 242
AL 22
FairOver: BYRD CREEK
CTY LIMITS MAPLESVILLE, Chilton, AL
Built 1975 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 4,890
OLLIE AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
0.4 MI E US 31, Chilton, AL
Built 1979 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 5,760
CENTER AVE
FairOver: Trib. to Goose Pond Ck.
0.2 MI W US 31, Chilton, AL
Built 1940 Load: 38.3 t ADT: 500
I-65
FairOver: YELLOW LEAF CREEK (-)
1.9 MI N JCT SR 145, Chilton, AL
Built 1990 Load: 38.3 t ADT: 19,900
16TH AVE
FairOver: STREAM
0.3 MI W OF US 31, Chilton, AL
Built 1980 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 2,500
I-65
FairOver: UT CHESTNUT CREEK
0.2 MI N JCT US 31, Chilton, AL
Built 1960 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 40,883
AL 22
FairOver: Coosa Camp Creek
0.1 MI W COOSA RIVER, Chilton, AL
Built 1959 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 2,610
US 82
FairOver: BIG MULBERRY CRK RELIEF
0.8 MI E OF SR 22, Chilton, AL
Built 1989 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 3,330
I-65
FairOver: UT CHESTNUT CREEK
1.6 MI S JCT US 31, Chilton, AL
Built 1959 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 37,613
13th St.
FairOver: POLEY CREEK
0.15 Mi N Kincheon Rd, Chilton, AL
Built 1999 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 1,000
US 31
FairOver: CSX RR 000459.5 Active
RR 0.4 MI N AUTUGA LINE, Chilton, AL
Built 1952 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 1,650
FRIENDSHIP ROAD
FairOver: BLACK SNAKE CREEK
0.6 MI E OF HWY 31, Chilton, AL
Built 1998 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 6,000
CR73 DRY VALLEY RD
FairOver: CO RD 73 MAHAN CRK
CR73 2.5M W DRY VAL CH, Chilton, AL
Built 1962 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 1,061
CR73 DRY VALLEY RD
FairOver: CR73 DRY CREEK
CR73 2M W DRY VALLEY CH, Chilton, AL
Built 1963 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 1,061
AL 22
FairOver: BOGGLE CREEK
3.1 MI W JCT US 82, Chilton, AL
Built 1989 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 2,820
CR73 DRY VALLEY RD
FairOver: DRY VALLEY
CR73 2.3MISW DRY VALLEY, Chilton, AL
Built 1963 Load: 47.9 t ADT: 600
CR87 CO PROJ 3-14
FairOver: GIN CREEK
CR87 1MI E NEW CONVERT CH, Chilton, AL
Built 1988 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 200
AL 145
FairOver: BLUE GUT CREEK
1.8 MI S JCT CO RD 42, Chilton, AL
Built 1964 Load: 52.9 t ADT: 2,600
CR73 UNION CH
FairOver: SIX MILE CREEK
CR73 1M S UNION SPGCHURCH, Chilton, AL
Built 1985 Load: 54.0 t ADT: 300
I-65
FairOver: CHESTNUT CREEK
3.8 MI N AUTAUGA CO LINE, Chilton, AL
Built 1959 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 37,613
AL 155
FairOver: UT DRY CREEK
0.7 MI S SHELBY CO LINE, Chilton, AL
Built 1951 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 4,006
CR16CHARLIEMITCHEL
FairOver: LESTER BRANCH
CR16 1MI SE OF RIDERVILLE, Chilton, AL
Built 1963 Load: 59.5 t ADT: 275
AL 155
FairOver: DRY CREEK
1.5 MI S SHELBY CO LINE, Chilton, AL
Built 1951 Load: 65.2 t ADT: 4,006
I-65
FairOver: COBB CREEK
4.3 MI S SHELBY CO LINE, Chilton, AL
Built 1960 Load: 77.1 t ADT: 19,495
I-65
FairOver: SANDY CREEK
1.4 MI N AUTAUGA CO LINE, Chilton, AL
Built 1959 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 37,395
I-65
FairOver: CHESTNUT CREEK
0.1 MI S JCT US 31, Chilton, AL
Built 1960 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 39,242
I-65
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
2.2 MI S JCT CO RD 51, Chilton, AL
Built 1960 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 43,848
I-65
FairOver: COBB CREEK
4.3 MI S SHELBY CO LINE, Chilton, AL
Built 1960 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 48,128
I-65
FairOver: THIRD CREEK
3.2 MI S SHELBY CO LINE, Chilton, AL
Built 1960 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 48,128
I-65
FairOver: WATSON CREEK
1.2 MI S SHELBY CO LINE, Chilton, AL
Built 1960 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 48,128
US 31
FairOver: UT CHESTNUT CREEK
0.1 MI S JCT I-65, Chilton, AL
Built 1960 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 9,700
CR16CHARLIEMITCHEL
FairOver: CR16 GANDY CREEK
CR16 2MI NE RIDERVILLE, Chilton, AL
Built 1963 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 275
AL145
FairOver: ROCKY CREEK
2.5 MI S JCT CO RD 42, Chilton, AL
Built 1964 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,600
AL 22
FairOver: HARRIS CREEK
0.2 MI E DALLAS CO LINE, Chilton, AL
Built 1968 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,630
AL 22
FairOver: WADSWORTH BRANCH
0.9 MI W JCT SR 191, Chilton, AL
Built 1989 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,960
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