Total bridges
171
Public highway bridges in Crenshaw County
County profile · official public datasets
171 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45% rated Good, 53.2% Fair, 1.8% Poor.
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Crenshaw County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
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.
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Crenshaw County ranks #24 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.8%). Crenshaw County, Alabama contains 171 public highway bridges. Roughly 45% are rated “Good,” 53.2% “Fair,” and 1.8% “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
171
Public highway bridges in Crenshaw County
Good condition
45%
77 of 171 rated 7-9
Fair condition
53.2%
91 of 171 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.8%
3 of 171 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#24 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Share of 171 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 192 crossings a day against 879 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 171 of 171 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
74 of the 171 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 45% 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.
COUNTY ROAD 11 over BEAVER BRANCH RELIEF, built 1961, carries 555 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 575 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
171 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
1920–1929
5 bridges
1930–1939
12 bridges
1940–1949
4 bridges
1950–1959
21 bridges
1960–1969
24 bridges
1970–1979
11 bridges
1980–1989
25 bridges
1990–1999
33 bridges
2000–2009
19 bridges
2010–2019
16 bridges
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 33 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Alabama average (1974).
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Crenshaw County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.8% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1970 is 8 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colbert County | 172 | 31.4% | 66.9% | 1.7% | 1972 |
| Marshall County | 172 | 38.4% | 52.9% | 8.7% | 1970 |
| Crenshaw County (this page) | 171 | 45% | 53.2% | 1.8% | 1978 |
| 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 |
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 Crenshaw County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Crenshaw County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Nearest county inventories outside AL (171 bridges here).
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1978 here).
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Over: MILL BRANCH
BEST RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: SHINGLEPILE CREEK
MT. IDA RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: DELVIN BRANCH
S. GLENWOOD RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: POND CREEK
GOURDNECK ROAD, Crenshaw, AL
Over: BRYAN MILL CREEK
CLUB POND RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: POND CREEK
POND CREEK ROAD, Crenshaw, AL
Over: PINEY WOODS CREEK
MULBERRY RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: BLUE CREEK
BRADLEYTON RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: BROADHEAD CREEK
N. GOSHEN RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: CEDAR CREEK
GOLDEN RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: BRANCH
6.5 MI.N.JCT.US331, Crenshaw, AL
Over: DANIELS MILL BRANCH
DANIEL BRANCH RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: SUCKER CREEK
.6 MI.E.CRENSHAW 77, Crenshaw, AL
Over: POND CREEK
LIVE OAK RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: HORSE CREEK
MCGOUGH RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: BRANCH
4.6 MI.E.BUTLER LINE, Crenshaw, AL
Over: CAT CREEK
LAPINE HWY., Crenshaw, AL
Over: DOUBLE BRANCH
WALLACE RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: SANDY CREEK
S. GLENWOOD RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: PROVIDENCE CREEK
GIN CREEK RD, Crenshaw, AL
Over: LITTLE PATSALIGA CREEK
TAYLORS CROSSROAD, Crenshaw, AL
Over: SKIPPER MILL BRANCH
CENTER RIDGE RD, Crenshaw, AL
Over: PANTHER CREEK
IVY CREEK RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: SILOAM CREEK
IVY CREEK RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: BRAIR BRANCH
WRIGHT RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: CEDAR CREEK
S. GOSHEN RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: SPINCER BRANCH
S. GLENWOOD RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: BRANCH
2 MI. N. OF BRANTLEY, Crenshaw, AL
Over: CANE CREEK
EL BETHEL RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: TAN CREEK TRIBUTARY
NEW BETHEL CHURCH RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: LITTLE PINEY WOODS CREEK
1.MI.E.BUTLER CO.LINE, Crenshaw, AL
Over: BRANCH
3.5 MI.N.OF BRANTLEY, Crenshaw, AL
Over: DRY CREEK
2.4 MI.N. OF BRANTLEY, Crenshaw, AL
Over: BRANCH
0.9 MI. S. SR 106, Crenshaw, AL
Over: STRINGER MILL CREEK
DANIELVILLE RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: GIN CREEK
GIN CREEK RD, Crenshaw, AL
Over: POND CREEK TRIBUTARY
LIVE OAK RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: BLUE CREEK TRIBUTARY
LAPINE HWY., Crenshaw, AL
Over: PINEY WOODS CREEK
2.8 M.E.BUTLER CO.LINE, Crenshaw, AL
Over: TAN CREEK
NEW BETHEL CHURCH RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: MOODY MILL CREEK
CLUB POND RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: BRANCH
0.5 MI.S. SR 106, Crenshaw, AL
Over: PARKER CREEK
PARKER CREEK RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: SIKES MILL CREEK
FERRENE RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: WOLFPIT CREEK
0.1 MI. N. OF DOZIER, Crenshaw, AL
Over: BEDSOLE BRANCH
SURLES RD, Crenshaw, AL
Over: LITTLE PATSALIGA CREEK
.5 MI.W.OF RUTLEDGE, Crenshaw, AL
Over: STREAM
LUVERNE, Crenshaw, AL
Over: PINEY WOODS CREEK
BRADLEYTON RD., Crenshaw, AL
Over: POSSUM BRANCH
1.4 MI. N. SR 106, Crenshaw, AL
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.