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Conecuh County, AL

224 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 24.1% rated Good, 69.6% Fair, 6.3% Poor.

224
Public bridges: 24.1%
Good condition: 6.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

56th
of 67 on Poor share: 6.3%
Poor-condition share: 224
public highway bridges: 1977
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.

Conecuh County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Conecuh County ranks #56 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.3%). Conecuh County, Alabama contains 224 public highway bridges. Roughly 24.1% are rated “Good,” 69.6% “Fair,” and 6.3% “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

224

Public highway bridges in Conecuh County

Good condition

24.1%

54 of 224 rated 7-9

Fair condition

69.6%

156 of 224 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6.3%

14 of 224 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#56 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 224 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

24.1% (54)

Fair

69.6% (156)

Poor

6.3% (14)

Conecuh County's Poor-condition bridges carry 15,246 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,089 crossings a day against 1,405 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 224 of 224 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

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

112 of the 224 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 24.1% 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 86.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

I-65 NB over SEPULGA RIVER RELIEF, built 1960, carries 13,163 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 14-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 15,246 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

1
1920s

2
1930s

1
1940s

14
1950s

54
1960s

40
1970s

5
1980s

19
1990s

41
2000s

29
2010s

16
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 54 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Alabama average (1974).

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

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Conecuh County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.3% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Conecuh County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Pickens County	233	41.6%	50.2%	8.2%	1970
Dallas County	225	26.2%	70.7%	3.1%	1971
Conecuh County (this page)	224	24.1%	69.6%	6.3%	1977
Coffee County	216	58.3%	41.2%	0.5%	1974
Lawrence County	215	52.1%	45.1%	2.8%	1976
Lee County	214	40.7%	57.9%	1.4%	1980

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (224 bridges here).

Sac County, IA · 224 bridges
Riley County, KS · 224 bridges
Clarke County, MS · 224 bridges
Sullivan County, MO · 224 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1977 here).

San Diego County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,632 bridges
King County, WA · avg 1977 · 1,238 bridges
Riverside County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,117 bridges
Shelby County, TN · avg 1977 · 1,077 bridges

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

All 224 Good 54 Fair 156 Poor 14

Good-condition bridges (54)

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Conecuh County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Conecuh County's Poor-condition bridges carry 15,246 vehicle crossings a day

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

One structure carries 86.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (54)

BURDESHAW RD.

COUNTY ROAD

RAINES RD.

COUNTY ROAD

HUGH HAGOOD DT RD

Lizard Lope Road

CALLAWAY ROAD

COUNTY ROAD

CO ROAD 22

COUNTY ROAD 20

CALLOWAY ROAD

COUNTY ROAD

BUCKET BRANCH RD.

CO RT 33

CO ROAD 30

US 84

SR 83

JIM DEAN RD

SR 83

COUNTY ROAD 22

CO RD 79

TWO BRIDGE ROAD

COUNTY ROAD 24

CO RT 78

CO RT 30

CO RT 18

CO RT 79

CO RT 2

CO RD 85

CO RT 42

COUNTY ROAD 49

COUNTY ROAD 6

CO RT 106

C.R.6

CO RT 73

CO RD 79 D

CO RT 29

COUNTY ROAD 29

COUNTY ROAD 22

CO RT 42

CO RT 51

CO ROAD 20

COUNTY ROAD 42

COUNTY ROAD 30

CO RT 25

LEANING TREE RD.

CO. RT. 6

COUUNTY 29 SOUTH

I-65

I-65

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