Total bridges
206
Public highway bridges in Dale County
County profile · official public datasets
Dale County, AL
206 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 42.7% rated Good, 57.3% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 206
- Public bridges
- 42.7%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Dale County posts a top-1% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 1%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 206
- public highway bridges
- 1973
- 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.
Dale County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Dale County ranks #1 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Dale County, Alabama contains 206 public highway bridges. Roughly 42.7% are rated “Good,” 57.3% “Fair,” and 0% “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
42.7%
88 of 206 rated 7-9
Fair condition
57.3%
118 of 206 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 206 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#1 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 206 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 42.7% (88)
Fair 57.3% (118)
Poor 0% (0)
48.5% of Dale County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
100 of the 206 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 42.7% 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.
When Dale County's bridges were built
206 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1940s 12
1940–1949
12 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
50 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
26 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
33 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
31 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
38 bridges
- 2000s 8
2000–2009
8 bridges
- 2010s 3
2010–2019
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 50 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1973) matches the Alabama average (1974).
How Dale County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Dale County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale County (this page) | 206 | 42.7% | 57.3% | 0% | 1973 |
| Geneva County | 205 | 34.6% | 62% | 3.4% | 1976 |
| Russell County | 205 | 34.6% | 62.4% | 2.9% | 1974 |
| Greene County | 204 | 45.1% | 52% | 2.9% | 1973 |
| Marengo County | 203 | 61.1% | 33% | 5.9% | 1984 |
| Elmore County | 202 | 29.2% | 67.8% | 3% | 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 Dale 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 Dale County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AL (206 bridges here).
- Henry County, IN · 206 bridges
- Audubon County, IA · 206 bridges
- Bourbon County, KS · 206 bridges
- Pemiscot County, MO · 206 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1973 here).
- Erie County, NY · avg 1973 · 906 bridges
- Davidson County, TN · avg 1973 · 832 bridges
- Lancaster County, PA · avg 1973 · 801 bridges
- Sacramento County, CA · avg 1973 · 740 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (88)
SR 27 MP 38.326
GoodOver: BRANCH RELIEF
1.7 MI.N.COFFEE LINE, Dale, AL
Built 1929 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 2,710
COUNTY ROAD 36
GoodOver: WEST CHOCTAWHATCHEE R
SEC-22 T-6-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1952 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 1,595
COUNTY ROAD 36
GoodOver: JUDY CREEK
SEC-30 T-6-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1952 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 1,790
COUNTY ROAD 36
GoodOver: JUDY CREEK
SEC-30 T-6-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1952 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 1,790
HWY 68
GoodOver: WEST CHOCTAWHATCHEE R
SEC-10 T-7-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1959 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 89
HWY 83
GoodOver: EAST CHOCTAWHATCHEE R
SEC-10 T-5-N R-26-E, Dale, AL
Built 1959 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 552
COUNTY ROAD 20
GoodOver: JUDY CREEK
SEC-32 T-6-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1965 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 465
CR. 54
GoodOver: COTTON CREEK
SEC-8 T-6-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1947 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 391
COUNTY ROAD 72
GoodOver: JUDY CREEK
SEC-3 T-7-N R-24-E, Dale, AL
Built 1982 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 393
COUNTY ROAD 46
GoodOver: TURKEY CREEK
7SEC-4 T-5-N R-26-E, Dale, AL
Built 1961 Load: 23.2 t ADT: 165
SR 123 MP 30.788
GoodOver: C.S.X.T. RAILROAD
JCT. ROY PARKER ROAD, Dale, AL
Built 1986 Load: 23.2 t ADT: 2,620
FORESTRY ACCESS RD
GoodOver: BLACKS MILL CRK
NW OF STRUCTURE 25447, Dale, AL
Built 1998 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 100
FORESTRY ACESS RD
GoodOver: TRIB OF STEEPHEAD CRK
NW OF STRUCTURE 25457, Dale, AL
Built 1998 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 20
FORESTRY ACESS RD
GoodOver: WHITAKER CRK
NE OF STRUCTURE 24229, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 10
COUNTY ROAD 47
GoodOver: HARRISON MILL CREEK
SEC-1 T-3-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1951 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 298
COUNTY ROAD 16
GoodOver: TURKEY CREEK
SEC-10 T-5-N R-26-E, Dale, AL
Built 1957 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 256
SR 27 MP 54.059
GoodOver: W. CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER
JCT. DALE COUNTY # 18, Dale, AL
Built 1985 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 1,280
COUNTY ROAD 33
GoodOver: COTTON CREEK
SEC-33 T-7-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1959 Load: 25.5 t ADT: 898
CO. HWY. 33
GoodOver: ROBERTS CREEK
SEC 10 T-7-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1951 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 410
COUNTY ROAD 3
GoodOver: CREEK
SEC-3 T-7-N R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 1956 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 723
DIXON BRIDGE ROAD
GoodOver: SANDY CREEK
SEC 28 T7N R24E, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 40
SR 134 MP 38.078
GoodOver: DILLY BRANCH
3.6 MI.E.OF DALEVILLE, Dale, AL
Built 1994 Load: 26.7 t ADT: 4,460
SR 92 MP 7.527
GoodOver: CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER
DALE-HOUSTON COUNTY LINE, Dale, AL
Built 1984 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 1,940
HARRY WALKER ROAD
GoodOver: HURRICANE CREEK
SEC-15 T-5-N R-24-E, Dale, AL
Built 1982 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 12
COUNTY ROAD 2
GoodOver: CLAYBANK CREEK
SEC-34 T-7-N R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 1982 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 89
COUNTY ROAD 13
GoodOver: JUDY CREEK
SEC-35 T-7-N R-24-E, Dale, AL
Built 1982 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 506
SR 85 MP 22.292
GoodOver: WIREGRASS CENTRAL R.R.
FORT RUCKER GATE, Dale, AL
Built 1975 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 11,910
SR 27 MP 41.843
GoodOver: CLAYBANK CREEK
2.5 MI.S. U.S. 231, Dale, AL
Built 1989 Load: 30.3 t ADT: 2,710
SR 27 MP 42.302
GoodOver: BEAR CREEK
2 MI. S. JCT. US 231, Dale, AL
Built 1989 Load: 30.3 t ADT: 2,570
COUNTY ROAD 24
GoodOver: CLAYBANK CREEK
SEC-27 T-4-N R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 1968 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 1,406
COUNTY ROAD 20
GoodOver: W CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER
SEC-28 T-5-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1973 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 465
SR 27 MP 54.370
GoodOver: W. CHOCTAWHATCHEE RELIEF
0.3 MI.E. DALE #18, Dale, AL
Built 1985 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,280
SR 134 MP 41.594
GoodOver: GIN BRANCH
0.9 MI W JCT 123, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 31.3 t ADT: 4,400
SR 85 MP 15.439
GoodOver: CLAYBANK CREEK
3.1 MI.N.SR 167, Dale, AL
Built 1985 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 2,820
WHY 57 WARDS BR
GoodOver: WEST CHOCTAWHATCHEE R
SEC-12 T-6-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1979 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 391
CO 79
GoodOver: MCKAYS MILL CREEK
SEC-10 T-4-N R-26-E, Dale, AL
Built 1963 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 196
COUNTY ROAD 54
GoodOver: WEST CHOCTAWHATCHEE R
SEC-12 T-6-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1979 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 391
FORESTRY ACCESS RD
GoodOver: UNNAMED CREEK
NORTH EAST OF 25443, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15
CR. 560 (DEAN RD)
GoodOver: DEAN CREEK
_, Dale, AL
Built 2019 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 289
US 84 MP 187.378
GoodOver: CLAYBANK CREEK
1 MI. W. SR 85, Dale, AL
Built 1984 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 9,465
CO RD 31
GoodOver: HWY 31
SEC 29 T4N R4E, Dale, AL
Built 1996 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 612
US 84 MP 191.811
GoodOver: CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER
3 MI.E. OF DALEVILLE, Dale, AL
Built 1994 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 9,165
CR 114
GoodOver: SPUR OFF CLAY BANK CREEK
R-23-E T-4-N SEC-22, Dale, AL
Built 2001 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 4,340
COUNTY ROAD 24
GoodOver: LINE CREEK
SEC-5 T-3-N R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 1968 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,406
J.D. CUMMINGS RD
GoodOver: SEVEN MILE CREEK
SEC 11 T6N R24E, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 203
CO HWY 45
GoodOver: SCONYERS BRANCH
SEC-12 T-3-N R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 1959 Load: 40.4 t ADT: 600
CO. HWY. 95
GoodOver: BLACKS CREEK
SEC-7 T-7-N R-24-E, Dale, AL
Built 1961 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 203
BRUER DRIVE
GoodOver: LITTLE CLAYBANK CREEK
DALEVILLE, Dale, AL
Built 1990 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 100
SR 27 MP 63.939
GoodOver: DEAL CREEK RELIEF
0.8 MI.S.HENRY CO. L., Dale, AL
Built 1929 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 960
FAULK MILL ROAD
GoodOver: CLAYBANK CREEK
SEC 26 T6N R23E, Dale, AL
Built 2003 Load: 42.7 t ADT: 50
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