Total bridges
332
Public highway bridges in Covington County
County profile · official public datasets
Covington County, AL
332 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 31.9% rated Good, 63% Fair, 5.1% Poor.
- 332
- Public bridges
- 31.9%
- Good condition
- 5.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Covington County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 48th
- of 67 on Poor share
- 5.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 332
- 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.
Covington County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Covington County ranks #48 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.1%). Covington County, Alabama contains 332 public highway bridges. Roughly 31.9% are rated “Good,” 63% “Fair,” and 5.1% “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
31.9%
106 of 332 rated 7-9
Fair condition
63%
209 of 332 rated 5-6
Poor condition
5.1%
17 of 332 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#48 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 332 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 31.9% (106)
Fair 63% (209)
Poor 5.1% (17)
Covington County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,590 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 152 crossings a day against 1,391 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 332 of 332 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
53.9% of Covington County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
179 of the 332 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 31.9% 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 17% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
COUNTY RD 38 over POLEY CREEK, built 1963, carries 440 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 17-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,590 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Covington County's bridges were built
332 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 8
1900–1909
8 bridges
- 1920s 13
1920–1929
13 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
36 bridges
- 1940s 18
1940–1949
18 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
47 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
47 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
23 bridges
- 1980s 18
1980–1989
18 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
53 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
53 bridges
- 2010s 12
2010–2019
12 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 53 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1970) matches the Alabama average (1974).
How Covington County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Covington County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin County | 381 | 48.3% | 50.4% | 1.3% | 1991 |
| Shelby County | 344 | 41% | 58.1% | 0.9% | 1981 |
| Covington County (this page) | 332 | 31.9% | 63% | 5.1% | 1970 |
| Limestone County | 324 | 45.1% | 52.8% | 2.2% | 1972 |
| Jackson County | 314 | 29% | 67.2% | 3.8% | 1961 |
| DeKalb County | 300 | 31.3% | 62% | 6.7% | 1967 |
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 Covington 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 Covington County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AL (332 bridges here).
- Franklin County, KS · 332 bridges
- Dutchess County, NY · 332 bridges
- Goodhue County, MN · 333 bridges
- Passaic County, NJ · 333 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.
Poor-condition bridges (17)
CO. RD. NO 107
PoorOver: PIGEON CREEK
7 MI. N RED LEVEL, Covington, AL
Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100
COUNTY DIRT RD
PoorOver: BIG CREEK
Waycross Road, Covington, AL
Built 1938 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 140
COUNTY RD 38
PoorOver: POLEY CREEK
Potter Road, Covington, AL
Built 1963 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 440
COUNTY RD 47
PoorOver: INDIAN CREEK
BETWEEN HWY331* HORN HILL, Covington, AL
Built 1963 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 350
COUNTY DIRT RD
PoorOver: TURKEY CREEK
Turkey Creek Road, Covington, AL
Built 1932 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 80
COUNTY RD 59
PoorOver: NO NAME BRANCH
Oakey Streak Rd, Covington, AL
Built 1971 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 80
COUNTY DIRT RD
PoorOver: NO NAME BRANCH
Bush Isle Road, Covington, AL
Built 1950 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 360
Grider Mock Road
PoorOver: COPELAND CREEK
Grider Mock Road, Covington, AL
Built 1975 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 50
COUNTY DIRT ROAD
PoorOver: LARKIN CREEK
Booth Road, Covington, AL
Built 1926 Load: 7.8 t ADT: 40
COUNTY DIRT RD
PoorOver: FEAGIN CREEK
Green Road, Covington, AL
Built 1932 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 80
COUNTY DIRT RD
PoorOver: NO NAME BRANCH
Al Baisden Rd., Covington, AL
Built 1971 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 80
Hog Foot Road
PoorOver: HOG FOOT CREEK
Hog Foot Road, Covington, AL
Built 1930 Load: 10.4 t ADT: 110
COUNTY DIRT RD
PoorOver: FEGIN CREEK
Lord Hill Road, Covington, AL
Built 1934 Load: 12.8 t ADT: 80
BUSHY BRANCH RD.
PoorOver: NO NAME CREEK
Bushy Branch Road, Covington, AL
Built 2008 Load: 15.7 t ADT: 50
COUNTY RD 86
PoorOver: GANTT LAKE
DUNNS BRIDGE, Covington, AL
Built 1954 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 360
COUNTY DIRT RD
PoorOver: INDIAN CREEK
2 MI SOUTH OF HORN HILL, Covington, AL
Built 1952 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 80
COUNTY DIRT RD
PoorOver: INDIAN CREEK
EAST OF HOLLOWAY BRIDGE, Covington, AL
Built 1948 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 110
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