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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.

Total bridges

126

Public highway bridges in Coosa County

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

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).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Coosa County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Bullock County 136 1.5%
Henry County 133 0%
Clay County 129 7%
Bibb County 126 0.8%
Coosa County (this page) 126 4%
Autauga County 118 2.5%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1970 here).

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

All 126 Good 26 Fair 95 Poor 5

All bridges (126)

CR-41

Good

Over: Ditch Branch

0.23 Miles NE of CR-29, Coosa, AL

Built 1992 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 747

CR-29

Good

Over: Hatchet Creek

1.73 Mi N of SR-22, Coosa, AL

Built 2006 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 197

CR-66

Good

Over: Hatchet Creek

1.8 MI. E MT. OLIVE, Coosa, AL

Built 2005 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 398

CR-118

Good

Over: Jones Creek

2.91 Miles NE of Lyle, Coosa, AL

Built 1989 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 115

SR 9

Good

Over: LITTLE SOCAPATOY CK. REL

7 MI N JCT SR 22, Coosa, AL

Built 1938 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 1,819

CR-49

Good

Over: Matthews Creek

2.52 Mi NE of US-231, Coosa, AL

Built 1980 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 1,201

SR38/US280

Good

Over: AL.9

3 MI. WEST OF ALEX CITY, Coosa, AL

Built 1999 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 5,661

CR-56

Good

Over: Weogufka Creek

0.76 Miles E of Weogufka, Coosa, AL

Built 2019 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 107

CR-56

Good

Over: Spear Branch

0.82 Miles E of Weogufka, Coosa, AL

Built 2019 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 107

CR-49

Good

Over: NS Railroad

94 ft north of CR-511, Coosa, AL

Built 2019 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 238

SR 9

Good

Over: TRIB. TO ELKAHATCHEE CK

3 MI NO JCT SR 22, Coosa, AL

Built 1928 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 1,776

Self Road

Good

Over: Bethesda Creek

0.47 Miles West of CR 98, Coosa, AL

Built 2015 Load: 46.1 t ADT: 24

CR-15

Good

Over: Weogufka Creek

1.22 Miles North of CR-29, Coosa, AL

Built 2019 Load: 46.4 t ADT: 69

Cook Road

Good

Over: Parker Creek

1.10 Miles North of CR 2, Coosa, AL

Built 2016 Load: 47.5 t ADT: 21

CR-78

Good

Over: Jennings Branch

0.9 MI. E CR-29, Coosa, AL

Built 1999 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 511

CR-70

Good

Over: Guy Branch

0.74 MI. W. CR-41, Coosa, AL

Built 1991 Load: 51.9 t ADT: 574

CR-125

Good

Over: Paint Creek

1.85 miles south of CR-5, Coosa, AL

Built 2018 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 20

CR-15

Good

Over: Finikochika Creek

2.0 MI. NW CR-29, Coosa, AL

Built 2007 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 69

CR-68

Good

Over: Shelton Creek

1.12 miles east of US 231, Coosa, AL

Built 2016 Load: 55.2 t ADT: 68

SR 259

Good

Over: BLACKMAN CREEK

10.7 N JCT. SR 9, Coosa, AL

Built 1984 Load: 60.2 t ADT: 1,661

CR-89

Good

Over: Harold Creek

0.51 MI N CR-65, Coosa, AL

Built 2003 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 171

CR-28

Poor

Over: Baker Creek

0.7 MI. N. W. SOCAPATOY, Coosa, AL

Built 1930 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 46

CR-127

Poor

Over: Socapatoy Creek

4.5 MI. S. W.US.280, Coosa, AL

Built 1915 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 25

CR-112

Poor

Over: Weogufka Creek

0.04 MI. E. CR-29, Coosa, AL

Built 1960 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 23

Needmore Road

Poor

Over: Paint Creek

0.92 MI. N. of CR-56, Coosa, AL

Built 1945 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 8

SR 38 / US280

Poor

Over: SOCAPATOY CREEK

12.2 MI E. TALL CO LINE, Coosa, AL

Built 1972 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 11,322

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