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Clarke County, AL

155 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 70.3% rated Good, 29.7% Fair, 0% Poor.

155
Public bridges
70.3%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Clarke County posts a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 4%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
155
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.

Clarke County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Clarke County ranks #3 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Clarke County, Alabama contains 155 public highway bridges. Roughly 70.3% are rated “Good,” 29.7% “Fair,” and 0% “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

155

Public highway bridges in Clarke County

Good condition

70.3%

109 of 155 rated 7-9

Fair condition

29.7%

46 of 155 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 155 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#3 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 155 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
70.3% (109)
Fair
29.7% (46)
Poor
0% (0)

54.8% of Clarke County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

85 of the 155 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 70.3% 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.

When Clarke County's bridges were built

155 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 36 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.2% 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 Clarke County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Clarke County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-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 Clarke County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Cleburne County 165 6.1%
Perry County 162 4.3%
Lowndes County 157 1.3%
Clarke County (this page) 155 0%
Choctaw County 154 5.2%
Tallapoosa County 149 10.7%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (155 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 155 Good 109 Fair 46 Poor 0

Good-condition bridges (109)

CO. RT. 44

Good

Over: TALLAHATTA CREEK

2.5 MI.W TALLAHATTASPRING, Clarke, AL

Built 1957 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 375

COUNTY RT.03

Good

Over: DOBEY CREEK

1.73 MI.NW OF WINN, Clarke, AL

Built 1961 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 400

SOUTH IND. PARK RD

Good

Over: BASSETTS CREEK

THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 2006 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 100

LP ACCESS ROAD

Good

Over: BASSETTS CREEK

0.5 MILES EAST OF US 43, Clarke, AL

Built 2007 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,250

CR 15

Good

Over: BASSETT CREEK RELIEF

0.32 MI NTH of CR2 INT, Clarke, AL

Built 2015 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 3,100

CO. RT. 27

Good

Over: STREAM

0.84 MI.S. TVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1924 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 900

RURAL ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

0.20 MI. E US 43, Clarke, AL

Built 1962 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 150

SR 178

Good

Over: BASSETTS CREEK

FULTON, Clarke, AL

Built 1987 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 2,260

CO. RT. 27

Good

Over: BASSETT CREEK

0.24 MI.S.DICKINSON, Clarke, AL

Built 1924 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 950

LP ROAD???????????

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROA

2 MILES EAST OF US 43, Clarke, AL

Built 2007 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 1,250

CO. RT. 48

Good

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

3.78 MI.W OF BASHI, Clarke, AL

Built 1955 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 700

SR 154

Good

Over: STREAM

10.5 MI. W.OF THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1963 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 310

LINDWOOD DR

Good

Over: STREAM

THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1998 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 300

REEDY BRANCH RD

Good

Over: SATILPA RELIEF

CLARKSVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1972 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 125

CO RT 22

Good

Over: JAMES CREEK

6.2 MI SE GROVE HILL, Clarke, AL

Built 1996 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 300

BIRCH RD.

Good

Over: STREAM

.2 MI S AL 84, Clarke, AL

Built 2001 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 50

SR 154

Good

Over: SALITPA CREEK

10.3 MI. W.OF THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1963 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 310

OLD LOCK ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

1.2 MI.SW. AL 69, Clarke, AL

Built 1997 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 100

CO. RT. 18

Good

Over: BEE BRANCH

0.84 MI.NE JCT CO18*CO.23, Clarke, AL

Built 1965 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 250

ANDREWS DR

Good

Over: STREAM

THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1998 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 300

Clolinger road

Good

Over: Stream

200 east of Industrial, Clarke, AL

Built 2020 Load: 46.4 t ADT: 840

CO. RT.48

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

0.83 MI.W OF BASHI, Clarke, AL

Built 1955 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 700

CO. RT. 21

Good

Over: PACE CREEK

0.54 MI.E.JCT.AL.69*CO.21, Clarke, AL

Built 1968 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 250

CO. RT. 03

Good

Over: STREAM

1.61 MI. NW OF WINN, Clarke, AL

Built 1961 Load: 46.9 t ADT: 450

ANTIOCH RD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF JACKSON CREEK

1.0 MI. NW ANTIOCH CHURCH, Clarke, AL

Built 1987 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 100

CR-21

Good

Over: SATILPA CREEK (RELIEF)

1.38 Mi SE JCT CR21&SR154, Clarke, AL

Built 1963 Load: 49.4 t ADT: 160

CR 15

Good

Over: BASSETT CREEK

.45 mi sth of Ind Rd Int, Clarke, AL

Built 2015 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 3,100

NORRIS ROAD

Good

Over: WELLS CREEK

1.7 MI N CO.RD.21, Clarke, AL

Built 1990 Load: 50.3 t ADT: 100

CO RT 35

Good

Over: CANE CREEK

2.86 MI.NE NETTLES-BORO, Clarke, AL

Built 1966 Load: 51.2 t ADT: 390

GLOVER ROAD

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

0.87 MI.W CO.RT.48, Clarke, AL

Built 1963 Load: 51.4 t ADT: 75

NORRIS ROAD

Good

Over: SATILPA CREEK RELIEF

1.8 MI. CO RT 21, Clarke, AL

Built 1991 Load: 51.9 t ADT: 75

CO. RT.21

Good

Over: WEST BEND CREEK

0.48 MI.E.JCT.CO.31*CO.21, Clarke, AL

Built 1968 Load: 52.4 t ADT: 250

WALKER ROAD

Good

Over: POGUE CREEK

2 MI S OF FULTON, Clarke, AL

Built 1979 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 150

NORRIS ROAD

Good

Over: HARRIS CREEK

1.32 M.E AL 154, Clarke, AL

Built 1957 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 100

WEBB ROAD

Good

Over: WELLS CREEK M.C.

0.74 MI.S AL 154, Clarke, AL

Built 1988 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 100

SR 154

Good

Over: ALLEN CREEK

THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 2006 Load: 52.8 t ADT: 3,030

CO. RT. 3

Good

Over: STREAM

0.48 MI.S JCT.US 84CO 03, Clarke, AL

Built 1961 Load: 54.7 t ADT: 400

ELAM ROAD

Good

Over: BASHI CREEK

1.5MI STH CORD 48 ON ELAM, Clarke, AL

Built 2005 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 150

CO. RT. 22

Good

Over: JAMES CREEK

1.0 MI.E GROVE HILL, Clarke, AL

Built 1961 Load: 60.1 t ADT: 300

SR 154

Good

Over: CREEK

14.7 MI. W.OF THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1963 Load: 61.1 t ADT: 290

CO. RT. 3

Good

Over: TATTILABA CREEK

4.24 MI. NW OF WINN, Clarke, AL

Built 1993 Load: 61.4 t ADT: 400

SR 154

Good

Over: WELL'S CREEK

14.5 MI. E.OF COFFEEVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1963 Load: 64.1 t ADT: 210

HUGGINS CEM RD

Good

Over: MORGAN CREEK

1.5 MI N AL 154, Clarke, AL

Built 1996 Load: 66.0 t ADT: 50

GATES DRIVE

Good

Over: STREAM

THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1995 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 450

US 43

Good

Over: BRANCH

1.4 MI. S. OF THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1939 Load: 71.4 t ADT: 8,520

MCVAY ROAD

Good

Over: DODEY CREEK

WINN, Clarke, AL

Built 1957 Load: 72.8 t ADT: 100

GATES DRIVE

Good

Over: STREAM

THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1995 Load: 74.2 t ADT: 800

CO ROUTE 23

Good

Over: BULLET CREEK

4 MI WEST INTER CO 23 * 3, Clarke, AL

Built 1981 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 80

CO. RT 31

Good

Over: WEST BEND CREEK

0.5 MI NORTH WEST BEND, Clarke, AL

Built 1957 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 125

SR 154

Good

Over: BRANCH

9.8 MI. W OF THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1963 Load: 76.7 t ADT: 310

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