Total bridges
165
Public highway bridges in Cleburne County
County profile · official public datasets
Cleburne County, AL
165 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 32.1% rated Good, 61.8% Fair, 6.1% Poor.
- 165
- Public bridges
- 32.1%
- Good condition
- 6.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Cleburne County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 54th
- of 67 on Poor share
- 6.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 165
- 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.
Cleburne County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Cleburne County ranks #54 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.1%). Cleburne County, Alabama contains 165 public highway bridges. Roughly 32.1% are rated “Good,” 61.8% “Fair,” and 6.1% “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
32.1%
53 of 165 rated 7-9
Fair condition
61.8%
102 of 165 rated 5-6
Poor condition
6.1%
10 of 165 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#54 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 165 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 32.1% (53)
Fair 61.8% (102)
Poor 6.1% (10)
Cleburne County's Poor-condition bridges carry 858 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 86 crossings a day against 700 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 165 of 165 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
58.2% of Cleburne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
96 of the 165 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 32.1% 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 52.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CO 65 over Muscadine CREEK, built 1957, carries 450 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 10-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 858 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Cleburne County's bridges were built
165 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 12
1920–1929
12 bridges
- 1930s 5
1930–1939
5 bridges
- 1940s 13
1940–1949
13 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
23 bridges
- 1960s 15
1960–1969
15 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
40 bridges
- 1980s 11
1980–1989
11 bridges
- 1990s 9
1990–1999
9 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
21 bridges
- 2010s 10
2010–2019
10 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 40 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1973) matches the Alabama average (1974).
How Cleburne County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Cleburne County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.1% Poor share is the 5th-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.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike County | 169 | 59.8% | 39.1% | 1.2% | 1975 |
| Wilcox County | 168 | 29.2% | 57.1% | 13.7% | 1974 |
| Cherokee County | 167 | 29.3% | 70.7% | 0% | 1960 |
| Randolph County | 165 | 37.6% | 57.6% | 4.8% | 1968 |
| Cleburne County (this page) | 165 | 32.1% | 61.8% | 6.1% | 1973 |
| Perry County | 162 | 19.8% | 75.9% | 4.3% | 1971 |
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 Cleburne 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 Cleburne County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AL (165 bridges here).
- Plumas County, CA · 165 bridges
- Leon County, FL · 165 bridges
- Hamilton County, IL · 165 bridges
- Lawrence County, IN · 165 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1973 here).
- Erie County, NY · avg 1973 · 906 bridges
- Davidson County, TN · avg 1973 · 832 bridges
- Lancaster County, PA · avg 1973 · 801 bridges
- Sacramento County, CA · avg 1973 · 740 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (165)
CO 70
GoodOver: TERRAPIN CREEK
1 I. W OF BORDEN SPRINGS, Cleburne, AL
Built 2002 Load: 78.0 t ADT: 459
C0 55
GoodOver: UNAMED CREEK
APPROX. 2 MI WEST OF CR49, Cleburne, AL
Built 2001 Load: 78.7 t ADT: 220
CO 35
GoodOver: ALEWINE CREEK
APROX. 1MI N OF HYW 78, Cleburne, AL
Built 2001 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 360
CO 13
GoodOver: SNAKE CREEK
BETWEEN HWY 9 * HWY 431, Cleburne, AL
Built 2003 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 900
SR9
GoodOver: CAHULGA CREEK
6.5 MI N JCT US431, Cleburne, AL
Built 2016 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,496
C0 94
PoorOver: TERRAPIN CREEK
TERRAPIN CREEK * CR 94, Cleburne, AL
Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 65
C0 863
PoorOver: TALLAPOOSA RIVER
CR 863 TALLAPOOSA RIVER, Cleburne, AL
Built 1951 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 45
CO 290
PoorOver: TALLAPOOSA RIVER
CR 290 TALLAPOOSA RIVER, Cleburne, AL
Built 1954 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 30
CO 50
PoorOver: MUSCADINE CREEK
.5 FROM CR49 * CR35 INT., Cleburne, AL
Built 1967 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 93
CO 84
PoorOver: TALLAPOOSA RIVER
CR 84 TALLAPOOSA RIVER, Cleburne, AL
Built 1951 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 60
CO 450
PoorOver: CANE CREEK
CR 450 CANE CREEK, Cleburne, AL
Built 1955 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 10
BRIDGE STREET
PoorOver: NORFOLK-SOUTHERN RR SYST
1 MI E OF EDWARDSVILLE, Cleburne, AL
Built 1958 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 50
CO 65
PoorOver: Muscadine CREEK
just south of Cr 49, Cleburne, AL
Built 1957 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 450
CO 290
PoorOver: UT MUSCADINE CREEK
CR 290 UT MUSCADINE CREEK, Cleburne, AL
Built 1954 Load: 8.4 t ADT: 40
C0 81
PoorOver: CARR CREEK
.5 MI SOTH of HOLLIS, Cleburne, AL
Built 1960 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 15
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