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Geneva County, AL

205 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 34.6% rated Good, 62% Fair, 3.4% Poor.

205
Public bridges
34.6%
Good condition
3.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Geneva County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

39th
of 67 on Poor share
3.4%
Poor-condition share
205
public highway bridges
1976
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.

Geneva County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Geneva County ranks #39 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.4%). Geneva County, Alabama contains 205 public highway bridges. Roughly 34.6% are rated “Good,” 62% “Fair,” and 3.4% “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

205

Public highway bridges in Geneva County

Good condition

34.6%

71 of 205 rated 7-9

Fair condition

62%

127 of 205 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.4%

7 of 205 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#39 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 205 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
34.6% (71)
Fair
62% (127)
Poor
3.4% (7)

Geneva County's Poor-condition bridges carry 503 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 72 crossings a day against 1,015 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 205 of 205 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

49.8% of Geneva County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

102 of the 205 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 34.6% 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 29.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

REVELS FARM ROAD over BUSHY BRANCH, built 1985, carries 150 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 7-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 503 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Geneva County's bridges were built

205 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 48 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Alabama average (1974).

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

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

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Geneva County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.4% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Geneva County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Dale County 206 0%
Russell County 205 2.9%
Geneva County (this page) 205 3.4%
Greene County 204 2.9%
Marengo County 203 5.9%
Elmore County 202 3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (205 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1976 here).

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

All bridges (205)

WHITE OAK ROAD

Fair

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

4 MILES S W OF SLOCOMB, Geneva, AL

Built 1990 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 40

CORNER CREEK RD.

Fair

Over: CORNER CREEK

1 MILE SE OF HACODA, Geneva, AL

Built 1954 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 29

LINE RD

Fair

Over: EIGHT MILE CREEK

6 MILES SOUTH OF HACODA, Geneva, AL

Built 1964 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50

ROARING ROAD

Fair

Over: ROARING CREEK

5 MILES W OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1950 Load: 8.3 t ADT: 6

NEW HOPE RD.

Fair

Over: BELL CREEK

BELLWOOD, Geneva, AL

Built 1957 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 50

CHESTNUT RD.

Fair

Over: CHESTNUT BRANCH

4 MI S OF MALVERN, Geneva, AL

Built 1987 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 61

CO RD 76

Fair

Over: THREE MILE BRANCH

CITY OF GENEVA, Geneva, AL

Built 1994 Load: 11.5 t ADT: 60

BARKER MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: BARKER MILL CREEK

8 MILES S.W.OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1976 Load: 13.4 t ADT: 51

HIGHNOTE RD.

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

5 MILES SOUTH OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1996 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 40

STEPHENS FERRY RD.

Fair

Over: FLAT CREEK

8 MILES S E OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1957 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 17

CORBIN RD.

Fair

Over: UT PATES CREEK

4.5 MI NE OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1995 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 20

CAMPBELL HILL RD.

Fair

Over: CAMPBELL MILL CREEK

2 MILES E OF CHANCELLOR, Geneva, AL

Built 1961 Load: 16.9 t ADT: 55

SANDY CREEK RD.

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK

5 MI W. OF GENEVA, Geneva, AL

Built 1971 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 55

RC COLLINS ROAD

Fair

Over: ADAMS CREEK

4 MI SE OF COFFEE SPRINGS, Geneva, AL

Built 1957 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 35

HORNSBY RD.

Fair

Over: UT to PUMPKIN CREEK

.8mi E of 16 on HornsbyRd, Geneva, AL

Built 1957 Load: 19.3 t ADT: 40

SPEARS HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: DOUBLE BRIDGES CREEK

1.8 MI NE OF Sellersville, Geneva, AL

Built 1913 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 45

L. VAUGHN RD.

Fair

Over: ADAMS CREEK

6 MI NORTH OF GENEVA, Geneva, AL

Built 1947 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 35

TINDILL CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: TINDILL BRANCH

3 MI. SE OF SLOCOMB, Geneva, AL

Built 1947 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 127

STEWART RD.

Fair

Over: PATES CREEK BRANCH

4 MI N OF SLOCOMB, Geneva, AL

Built 1966 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 25

MACEDONIA RD.

Fair

Over: COX MILL CREEK

2.5 MI NORTH OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1961 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 55

CHIPOLA ROAD

Fair

Over: CHESTNUT BRANCH

3 MILES S.W.OF MALVERN, Geneva, AL

Built 1944 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 50

OLD MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: WHEELER MILL BRANCH

3 MI W OF BLACK, Geneva, AL

Built 1946 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 53

UNION HILL RD.

Fair

Over: PINE LOG BR.

3 MI SW OF SLOCOMB, Geneva, AL

Built 1946 Load: 20.3 t ADT: 47

COUNTY ROAD 41

Fair

Over: BARNES CREEK

6 MILES WEST OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1954 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 752

CO. RD. 1

Fair

Over: NATURAL BRIDGES CREEK

10 MI SW OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1962 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 120

TENING RD.

Fair

Over: PALMER BR.

6 MI. NE OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1957 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 50

OLD ELBA ROAD

Fair

Over: BULL BRANCH

3 MILES NW OF COFFEE SPRI, Geneva, AL

Built 1997 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 45

BALD HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: PATES CREEK BRANCH

4 MI NW OF SLOCOMB, Geneva, AL

Built 1939 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 50

COUNTY HWY 17

Fair

Over: PEA RIVER

4 MILES SOUTH OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1964 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 812

COUNTY HWY 55

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

2 MILES NORTH OF BLACK, Geneva, AL

Built 1956 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 126

COUNTY HWY 41

Fair

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

5 MILE NORTH OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1958 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 180

COUNTY HWY 64

Fair

Over: TIGHT EYE CREEK

2 MI EAST PINEY GROVE, Geneva, AL

Built 1959 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 134

HWY # 68

Fair

Over: NEWTON CREEK

3 MI N OF MALVERN, Geneva, AL

Built 1961 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 480

COUNTY HWY 64

Fair

Over: DOUBLE BRIDGES CREEK

5 MI W COFFEE SPGS, Geneva, AL

Built 1961 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 129

ROSEWOOD RD.

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK

4 MILES SE OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1969 Load: 21.6 t ADT: 25

HWY #10

Fair

Over: EIGHT MILE CREEK

9 MI SW OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1956 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 132

PUBLIC WORKS RD.

Fair

Over: EIGHT MILE CREEK

7 MILES S.W. OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1996 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 39

CHANCELLOR ST.

Fair

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

1 MILE N. OF CHANCELLOR, Geneva, AL

Built 1995 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 50

PILGRIMS REST RD.

Fair

Over: KIRKLAND BRANCH

6 MILES S.E. OF SLOCOMB, Geneva, AL

Built 1996 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 50

HWY # 16

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK BRANCH

6 MI SE OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1969 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 99

SR 167 MP 13.703

Fair

Over: CHOCTAWH. RIVER RELIEF

4.3 MI.N.OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1959 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 2,870

SR 167 MP 13.879

Fair

Over: CHOCTAWH.RV.REL.2

4.5 MI.N.OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1959 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 2,870

SR 87 MP 0.200

Fair

Over: PEA RIVER

0.2 MI N FL ST LINE, Geneva, AL

Built 1951 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,800

SR 153 MP 4.059

Fair

Over: FLAT CREEK

4.1 MI. N. FLA. LINE, Geneva, AL

Built 1948 Load: 22.9 t ADT: 1,900

County Road 75

Fair

Over: BEAVER DAM CREEK

1 MI N OF COFFEE SPRINGS, Geneva, AL

Built 1960 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 315

COUNTY HWY 70

Fair

Over: NEWTON CREEK

1 MILE NE MALVERN, Geneva, AL

Built 1965 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 220

WHEELER MILL RD.

Fair

Over: WHEELER MILL BRANCH

2 MILES E. OF GENEVA, Geneva, AL

Built 1996 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 25

TENING ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE PALMER CREEK

5 MI N OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1951 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 36

BEAR BR. RD.

Fair

Over: BEAR BRANCH

.5mi N of CR20 on Bear Br, Geneva, AL

Built 1997 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 77

WESTMONT ST.

Fair

Over: UT OF CHOC. RV.

1 MILE S. OF GENEVA, Geneva, AL

Built 1996 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 40
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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