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Elmore County, AL

202 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 29.2% rated Good, 67.8% Fair, 3% Poor.

202
Public bridges
29.2%
Good condition
3%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Elmore County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

35th
of 67 on Poor share
3%
Poor-condition share
202
public highway bridges
1980
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.

Elmore County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Elmore County ranks #35 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3%). Elmore County, Alabama contains 202 public highway bridges. Roughly 29.2% are rated “Good,” 67.8% “Fair,” and 3% “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

202

Public highway bridges in Elmore County

Good condition

29.2%

59 of 202 rated 7-9

Fair condition

67.8%

137 of 202 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3%

6 of 202 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#35 of 67

Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 202 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
29.2% (59)
Fair
67.8% (137)
Poor
3% (6)

Elmore County's Poor-condition bridges carry 10,470 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,745 crossings a day against 2,935 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 202 of 202 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

32.7% of Elmore County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

66 of the 202 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 29.2% 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 47.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

AL 111 over LAKE JORDAN, built 1966, carries 5,020 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 10,470 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Elmore County's bridges were built

202 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 53 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1980, 6 years newer than the Alabama average of 1974.

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

How Elmore County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Elmore County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Elmore County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Geneva County 205 3.4%
Russell County 205 2.9%
Greene County 204 2.9%
Marengo County 203 5.9%
Elmore County (this page) 202 3%
Escambia County 200 1.5%

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 Elmore 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 Elmore County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (202 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1980 here).

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

All 202 Good 59 Fair 137 Poor 6

All bridges (202)

Whipporwill Road

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

SEC 17 T19N R20E, Elmore, AL

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100

Whipporwill Road

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

SEC 17 T19N R20E, Elmore, AL

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100

Rigsby Road

Good

Over: GOODWATER CREEK

SEC 24 T17N R20E, Elmore, AL

Built 1991 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 20

CO RD NO 054

Good

Over: MORTAR CREEK

SEC 29 T19N R17E, Elmore, AL

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 20

DEATSVILLE HIGHWAY

Good

Over: KENNER CREEK

2.6M NORTH OF AL 14, Elmore, AL

Built 2004 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,776

ALA RIVER PARKWAY

Good

Over: NO NAME BRANCH

0.2 MI S OF AL 143, Elmore, AL

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,200

Weoka Road

Good

Over: YELLOW WATER CREEK

1 MI N OF AL 231, Elmore, AL

Built 1976 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 400

Peace Church Road

Good

Over: BRENSON BRANCH

SEC 24 T17N R19E, Elmore, AL

Built 1978 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 3,710

EAST PATTON ROAD

Good

Over: GRAVEYARD CREEK

SEC 12 T18N R21E, Elmore, AL

Built 1978 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 300

Rifle Range Road

Good

Over: NO NAME BRANCH

SEC 16 T17N R19E, Elmore, AL

Built 1978 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 4,160

Rifle Range Road

Good

Over: NO NAME STREAM

SEC 16 T17N R19E, Elmore, AL

Built 1978 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 4,200

Upper River Road

Good

Over: BUCKNER CREEK

SEC.1 T18N R21E, Elmore, AL

Built 1978 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 400

CO RD NO 159

Good

Over: BUCKNER CREEK

SEC.36 T19N R21E, Elmore, AL

Built 1980 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 50

Old Salem Road

Good

Over: TOWNSEND CREEK

SEC.22 T19N R20E, Elmore, AL

Built 1981 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 474

Burt Mill Road

Good

Over: WALLAHATCHEE CREEK

SEC 9 T18N R21E, Elmore, AL

Built 1982 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 125

Claud Fleahop Road

Good

Over: WALLAHATCHEE CREEK

SEC 25 T19N R20E, Elmore, AL

Built 1984 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 330

Foreman Road

Good

Over: CALLOWAY CREEK

SEC 8 T19N R17E, Elmore, AL

Built 1984 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 30

Atkins Road

Good

Over: CHANNAHATCHEE CREEKSPUR

SEC 9 T19N R21E, Elmore, AL

Built 1986 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 235

Venable Road

Good

Over: CHUBBEHATCHEE CREEK

SEC 13 T19N R19E, Elmore, AL

Built 1986 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 60

Avant Road

Good

Over: CHANNAHATCHEE CREEK

SEC 35 T20N R20E, Elmore, AL

Built 1978 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 40

CO RD NO 357

Good

Over: CHANNAHATCHEE CREEK

SEC.10 T19N R21E, Elmore, AL

Built 1992 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 60

LOBOE ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE WEOKA CREEK SPUR

2.0 MI W AL 9, Elmore, AL

Built 1996 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 20

Friendly Pine Road

Good

Over: COTTON FORD CREEK

SEC 14 T18N R17E, Elmore, AL

Built 1999 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 50

Murphy Road

Good

Over: NO NAME BRANCH

SEC 33 T19N R21E, Elmore, AL

Built 1973 Load: 34.1 t ADT: 45

Rifle Range Road

Good

Over: BRENSEN BRANCH

SEC 23 717N R19E, Elmore, AL

Built 1974 Load: 34.1 t ADT: 4,160

CO RD 043

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

SEC 10 T18N R17E, Elmore, AL

Built 1973 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 20

Fleahop Road

Good

Over: Tumkeehatchee Creek

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Built 1949 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 780

Co Rd 79

Good

Over: Calloway Creek

Sec 8 T 18N R 18E, Elmore, AL

Built 2017 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 323

US 231

Good

Over: BRANCH

0.2MI. SOUTH OF JCT 111, Elmore, AL

Built 1954 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 27,530

Coosada Parkway

Good

Over: Coosada Creek

SEC 25 T18 N R 17 E, Elmore, AL

Built 2015 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 6,147

COUNTY RD NO 465

Good

Over: LITTLE WEOKA CREEK

SEC9 T20 R19, Elmore, AL

Built 1988 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 100

Airport Road

Good

Over: COOSADA CREEK

.5 MI. S OF AL ST. HWY 14, Elmore, AL

Built 2002 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 1,200

Ingram Road

Good

Over: Middle Creek

Sec9 T18N R17E, Elmore, AL

Built 2017 Load: 40.1 t ADT: 1,261

Harris Road

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

SEC 9 T18N R17E, Elmore, AL

Built 1994 Load: 40.3 t ADT: 40

CR 55

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

4 MI NE OF AL 9, Elmore, AL

Built 2008 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 100

NOBLE ROAD

Good

Over: GRAVE YARD CREEK

0.7 MILE NORTH OF AL 14, Elmore, AL

Built 2005 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 257

Ingram Road

Good

Over: Cottonford Creek

SEC 16 T18N R17E, Elmore, AL

Built 2016 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 2,829

Rifle Range RD

Good

Over: Goodwater CRK

SEC 11 T20N R17E, Elmore, AL

Built 2022 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 542

COUNTY ROAD NO 26

Good

Over: SHOAL CREEK

SEC 4 T19N R17E, Elmore, AL

Built 1985 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 100

Titus Road

Good

Over: WEOKA CREEK

SEC 32 T20N R18E, Elmore, AL

Built 2009 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 1,333

Redland Road

Good

Over: Harwell Mill Creek

Sec 17 T 17N R 19E, Elmore, AL

Built 2022 Load: 55.2 t ADT: 11,530

Wolf Road

Good

Over: STILL CREEK SPUR

SEC 5 717N R17E, Elmore, AL

Built 1989 Load: 55.9 t ADT: 38

AL 14

Good

Over: CSX

In town of Elmore, Elmore, AL

Built 2017 Load: 62.8 t ADT: 21,370

AL 14

Good

Over: MORTAR CREEK

1.5 MI. W.OF ELMORE, Elmore, AL

Built 2017 Load: 66.9 t ADT: 21,370

Cossada Parkway

Good

Over: ????????????????????????

SEC 17 T17N R15E, Elmore, AL

Built 1996 Load: 69.8 t ADT: 4,830

Cobbs Ford Road

Good

Over: Steel Creek

?????????????????????????, Elmore, AL

Built 1999 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,941

CO RD 667

Poor

Over: SOFKAHATCHEE CREEK

SEC.14 T 19N 218E, Elmore, AL

Built 1931 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60

Robinson Road

Poor

Over: CHANNAHATCHEE CREEK

SEC 7 T19N R21E, Elmore, AL

Built 1963 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 196

Weldon Road

Poor

Over: NO NAME BRANCH

SEC 33 T19N R21E, Elmore, AL

Built 1993 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 314

AL.170

Poor

Over: FLAT BRANCH

2.3MI.E.JCT.AL.#14, Elmore, AL

Built 1972 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 4,820

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