Total bridges
126
Public highway bridges in Coosa County
County profile · official public datasets
Coosa County, AL
126 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 20.6% rated Good, 75.4% Fair, 4% Poor.
- 126
- Public bridges
- 20.6%
- Good condition
- 4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Coosa County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 43rd
- of 67 on Poor share
- 4%
- Poor-condition share
- 126
- public highway bridges
- 1970
- 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.
Coosa County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Coosa County ranks #43 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4%). Coosa County, Alabama contains 126 public highway bridges. Roughly 20.6% are rated “Good,” 75.4% “Fair,” and 4% “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
20.6%
26 of 126 rated 7-9
Fair condition
75.4%
95 of 126 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4%
5 of 126 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#43 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 126 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 20.6% (26)
Fair 75.4% (95)
Poor 4% (5)
Coosa County's Poor-condition bridges carry 11,424 vehicle crossings a day
That is 6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,285 crossings a day against 750 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 126 of 126 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
52.4% of Coosa County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
66 of the 126 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 20.6% 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 99.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 38 / US280 over SOCAPATOY CREEK, built 1972, carries 11,322 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 11,424 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Coosa County's bridges were built
126 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
17 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
12 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
13 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
11 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
24 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
17 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
15 bridges
- 2000s 4
2000–2009
4 bridges
- 2010s 9
2010–2019
9 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 24 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1970) matches the Alabama average (1974).
How Coosa County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Coosa County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullock County | 136 | 20.6% | 77.9% | 1.5% | 1970 |
| Henry County | 133 | 41.4% | 58.6% | 0% | 1975 |
| Clay County | 129 | 25.6% | 67.4% | 7% | 1966 |
| Bibb County | 126 | 45.2% | 54% | 0.8% | 1965 |
| Coosa County (this page) | 126 | 20.6% | 75.4% | 4% | 1970 |
| Autauga County | 118 | 39% | 58.5% | 2.5% | 1977 |
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 Coosa 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 Coosa County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AL (126 bridges here).
- Lawrence County, AR · 126 bridges
- Coffee County, GA · 126 bridges
- Twin Falls County, ID · 126 bridges
- Iron County, MO · 126 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1970 here).
- Hamilton County, OH · avg 1970 · 783 bridges
- Yavapai County, AZ · avg 1970 · 543 bridges
- Garfield County, OK · avg 1970 · 504 bridges
- San Luis Obispo County, CA · avg 1970 · 401 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (126)
CR-5
FairOver: Branch
1.06 Mi S of Tall Co Line, Coosa, AL
Built 1964 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 463
CR-29
FairOver: Breastworks Creek
0.55 MI S CR-78, Coosa, AL
Built 1952 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 761
SR38 / US280
FairOver: HATCHET CREEK
7.8 MI E TALLADEGA LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1976 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 5,963
SR38 / US280
FairOver: HATCHET CREEK
7.8 MI E. TALL CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1976 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 5,963
CR-40
FairOver: Bow Creek
0.92 Miles West of SR-9, Coosa, AL
Built 1977 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 545
SR 38 / US280
FairOver: STREAM
11.3 MI E TALL CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1972 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 11,926
CR-66
FairOver: Weogufka Creek
0.7 MI. E. CO. 41, Coosa, AL
Built 1979 Load: 38.4 t ADT: 469
CR-4
FairOver: Swamp Creek
0.50 MI NE of CR-18, Coosa, AL
Built 1978 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 256
CR-18
FairOver: Unnamed Branch
0.31 MI N OF CR-14, Coosa, AL
Built 1959 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 159
CR-33
FairOver: Bethesda Creek
0.37 Mi S SR-9, Coosa, AL
Built 1950 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 32
CR-56
FairOver: Paint Creek
1.58 Miles E of CR-5, Coosa, AL
Built 1963 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 327
SR21 / US231
FairOver: SWAMP CREEK
6 MI N ELMORE CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1938 Load: 40.1 t ADT: 2,636
SR 9
FairOver: LITTLE SOCAPATOY CREEK
7 MI N JCT SR 22, Coosa, AL
Built 1938 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 1,881
SR21 / US231
FairOver: HATCHET CREEK
3.5 MI N ROCKFORD, Coosa, AL
Built 1939 Load: 41.6 t ADT: 3,012
CR-63
FairOver: Branch
1.87 Mi S of SR-22, Coosa, AL
Built 1984 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 318
CR-459
FairOver: Proctor Creek
0.80 MI. S. AL 22, Coosa, AL
Built 1971 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 306
CR-74
FairOver: Weogufka Creek
0.65 MI SE of CR-150, Coosa, AL
Built 1993 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 245
CR-56
FairOver: Finikochika Creek
0.76 Mi E of Unity, Coosa, AL
Built 1951 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 327
SR38/US280
FairOver: AL. 9
3 MI WEST OF ALEX CITY, Coosa, AL
Built 1999 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 5,661
SR21 / US231
FairOver: HOSTLER CREEK
.15MI S TALLADEGA CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1939 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 5,133
SR 22
FairOver: PROCTOR CREEK
8.6 MI E COOSA CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1985 Load: 48.7 t ADT: 1,054
CR-18
FairOver: Hachemedega Creek
0.92 Mi W OF CR-40, Coosa, AL
Built 1986 Load: 49.7 t ADT: 156
CR-5
FairOver: Peckerwood Creek
1.10 Mi S Tall Co Line, Coosa, AL
Built 1964 Load: 52.3 t ADT: 463
CR-18
FairOver: Swamp Creek
2.84 MILES NW OF CR-14, Coosa, AL
Built 1991 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 159
SR 22
FairOver: BRANCH
1 MI E SWAMP CREEK, Coosa, AL
Built 1930 Load: 52.8 t ADT: 1,175
CR-55
FairOver: Clay Creek
7.1 MI SW UNITY, Coosa, AL
Built 1993 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 363
CR-1
FairOver: Proctor Creek
0.3 MI. W. CO. 19, Coosa, AL
Built 1965 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 270
CR-63
FairOver: Rocky Ford Creek
0.90 Mi E SR-9, Coosa, AL
Built 1984 Load: 58.9 t ADT: 318
CR-66
FairOver: Unnamed Branch
1.4 MI. E. MT. OLIVE, Coosa, AL
Built 1954 Load: 59.4 t ADT: 398
CR-16
FairOver: Mill Branch
Junction CR-16/CR-29, Coosa, AL
Built 1991 Load: 59.7 t ADT: 184
CR-29
FairOver: Mill Branch
0.08 Mi NE of CR-16, Coosa, AL
Built 1991 Load: 61.8 t ADT: 685
SR 38 / US280
FairOver: VARDAMAN CREEK
6.4 MI E TALLADEG CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1972 Load: 62.2 t ADT: 11,926
AL 9
FairOver: BAKER CREEK
2.5 MI N JCT US 280/AL9, Coosa, AL
Built 1986 Load: 67.0 t ADT: 3,559
CR-74
FairOver: Weogufka Creek
0.22 Mi S of CR-150, Coosa, AL
Built 1989 Load: 68.6 t ADT: 245
SR21 / US231
FairOver: HAMILTON BRANCH
1.1 MI N ELMORE CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1995 Load: 68.9 t ADT: 2,631
CR-42
FairOver: Jacks Creek
1.97 Miles NE of CR-40, Coosa, AL
Built 1990 Load: 72.0 t ADT: 119
CR-18
FairOver: Little Sam Jack Creek
4.08 MILES NW OF CR-14, Coosa, AL
Built 1959 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 159
SR21 / US231
FairOver: BRANCH
3.5 MI N HANOVER, Coosa, AL
Built 1939 Load: 82.6 t ADT: 3,500
CR-511
FairOver: Wildcat Creek
3.8 MI E CLAY CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1939 Load: 86.0 t ADT: 1,708
SR21 / US231
FairOver: LYBRAND CREEK
3 MI N ELMORE CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1938 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,561
SR21 / US231
FairOver: HACHEMEDEGA CREEK
7 MI N ELMORE CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1938 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,475
CR-57
FairOver: Pinchoulee Creek
0.36 MI. N. CR-459, Coosa, AL
Built 1960 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 105
CR-37
FairOver: Proctor Creek
1.2 MI. S. ALA. 22, Coosa, AL
Built 1971 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 270
SR 38 / US 280
FairOver: SHELTON CREEK
.7 MI E. TALLADEG CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1973 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 13,113
SR21 / US231
FairOver: SPEED CREEK
2.2 MI N ELMORE CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1995 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,631
CR-107
GoodOver: Hatchet Creek
4 MI. N. W.ROCKFORD, Coosa, AL
Built 1980 Load: 24.8 t ADT: 176
SR 22
GoodOver: SWAMP CREEK
9.2 MI E COOSA CO LINE, Coosa, AL
Built 1985 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 1,054
CR-29
GoodOver: Stewart Branch
0.44 MI S CR-35, Coosa, AL
Built 1997 Load: 31.9 t ADT: 746
CR-29
GoodOver: Weogufka Creek
2.5 MI. S. WEOGUFKA, Coosa, AL
Built 1982 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 775
CR-49
GoodOver: Mill Creek
1.5 MI N HANOVER, Coosa, AL
Built 1946 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,201
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