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)
CO. RD. 101
GoodOver: LITTLE CLAYBANK CR.
SEC-31 T-6-N R-24-E, Dale, AL
Built 1977 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 1,370
CO. RD.34 DEL0NY R
GoodOver: LITTLE CLAYBANK CR.
SEC-1 T-5-N R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 1991 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 1,180
COUNTY ROAD 20
GoodOver: BAGWELLS CREEK
SEC 28 T5N R25E, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 465
COUNTY ROAD 67
GoodOver: SEABES CREEK
SEC 19 T5N R26E, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 520
CO. RD. 63
GoodOver: KELLY CREEK
SEC. 3 T4N R25E, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 1,298
DIXON BRIDGE ROAD
GoodOver: JUDY CREEK
SEC 22 T7N R24E, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 50
DIRT RD. OFF 19
GoodOver: BLACKS CREEK
SEC 16 T7N R24E, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 48
SEC-8;T-5-N R-26-E
GoodOver: CO. HWY. 16
0000000000000000000000000, Dale, AL
Built 1998 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 256
US 84 MP 192.886
GoodOver: LITTLE CHOCTAWHATCHEE R.
DALE-HOUSTON CO. LINE, Dale, AL
Built 1994 Load: 43.6 t ADT: 9,165
CO RD 235 OFF CR36
GoodOver: SOUTH SPUR BEAVER DAM CK
S-16 T-6-N R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 1989 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 23
COUNTY ROAD 18
GoodOver: BAGWELL CREEK
SEC-29 T-5-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1956 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 884
US 84 MP 192.886
GoodOver: LITTLE CHOCTAWHATCHEE R.
DALE-HOUSTON CO.LINE, Dale, AL
Built 1994 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 9,165
SR 134 MP 41.291
GoodOver: HURRICANE CREEK
0.2 MI W JCT 123, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 4,400
HOPEFUL CH RD
GoodOver: BEAR CREEK
SEC-29 T-6-N R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 1991 Load: 46.4 t ADT: 407
COUNTY ROAD 53
GoodOver: WEST FORK DRY CREEK
SEC-6 T-7-N R-26-E, Dale, AL
Built 1966 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 60
CO. RD 122 .
GoodOver: BEAR CREEK
R-23E T7N SEC. 36, Dale, AL
Built 1900 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 75
SR 134 MP 38.717
GoodOver: KELLY MILL CREEK
3.8 MI. E. OF DALEVILLE, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 4,460
HWY 1
GoodOver: COWPEN CREEK
SEC-17 T-4-N R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 1981 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 502
COUNTY ROAD
GoodOver: WATSON BRANCH
SEC-10 T-4-N R-24-E, Dale, AL
Built 1983 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 200
WEST CR. 36
GoodOver: BEAVER DAM CREEK
SEC-15 T-6N R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 2002 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 771
CR 15
GoodOver: JUDY CREEK
S-6 T-6-N R25-E, Dale, AL
Built 2002 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 1,041
JIM BROOKS ROAD
GoodOver: CLAY BANK CREEK
SEC.26 T-6 R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 2003 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 36
BELL ROAD
GoodOver: BEAVER DAM CREEK
SEC.8 T6N.R23, Dale, AL
Built 2003 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 6
CR. 36
GoodOver: CLAY BANK CREEK
SEC 15 T-6N R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 2002 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 771
SR 51 MP 22.399
GoodOver: CSX R.R.
0.5 MI.S. SR 123, Dale, AL
Built 1976 Load: 47.8 t ADT: 2,030
COUNTY ROAD 506
GoodOver: SEABES CREEK
SEC-7 T-5-N R-26-E, Dale, AL
Built 1986 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 114
COUNTY ROAD 9
GoodOver: MOSSY CAMP BRANCH
SEC-30 T-4-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1983 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 491
HWY 31
GoodOver: BARR CREEK
SEC-14 T-4-N R-24-E, Dale, AL
Built 1983 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 310
CO RD 59
GoodOver: KELLY CREEK
SEC-11 T-4-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1996 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 1,255
COUNTY ROAD 54
GoodOver: CEDAR CREEK
SEC-15 T-6-N R-25-E, Dale, AL
Built 1979 Load: 57.6 t ADT: 391
CO. RD. 14
GoodOver: BLACKWOOD CREEK
SEC. 34 T5N R26E, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 64.1 t ADT: 442
ROY PARKER ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE CLAYBANK CREEK
INT JODIE PARKER ROAD, Dale, AL
Built 2014 Load: 68.1 t ADT: 3,626
COUNTY ROAD67
GoodOver: BELLS BRANCH
SEC.18 T-6-NR-26-E, Dale, AL
Built 1947 Load: 68.2 t ADT: 934
SR-85 MP 14.355
GoodOver: BRACKINS MILL CK.
1.8 MI.N JCT.SR-167, Dale, AL
Built 1994 Load: 70.4 t ADT: 2,130
SR 37 MP .305
GoodOver: LITTLE CLAYBANK CREEK
JCT. DALE CO. 114, Dale, AL
Built 1984 Load: 83.7 t ADT: 3,400
US-84 MP 191.391
GoodOver: BRANCH
2.5 MI.E.OF DALEVILLE, Dale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 9,165
CO RD 26
GoodOver: BRACKIN MILL CREEK
SEC 17 T3N R23E, Dale, AL
Built 1996 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 167
COUNTY RD.108
GoodOver: BEAR CREEK
SEC.1 T-6-N R-23-E, Dale, AL
Built 2007 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 145
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