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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 205 Good 71 Fair 127 Poor 7

Good-condition bridges (71)

SR 54 MP 11.025

Good

Over: CORNER CREEK

.04 MI. E. GENEVA CO. 10, Geneva, AL

Built 2001 Load: 52.1 t ADT: 890

IRON BRIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

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

Built 2006 Load: 53.3 t ADT: 90

Windy Hill Road

Good

Over: Wide Branch

2.5 mlles west of Black, Geneva, AL

Built 2015 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 24

ALAFLO ROAD

Good

Over: UT Limestone Creek

12 Miles South of Samson, Geneva, AL

Built 2018 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 26

Emmett Road (CR74)

Good

Over: Unnamed Trib to Flat Cr

2 miles south of Kinston, Geneva, AL

Built 2017 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 9

Wilson Jones Road

Good

Over: Long Branch

1.5 miles SE of Coffee, Geneva, AL

Built 2017 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 7

Spring Creek Road

Good

Over: Spring Creek

5 miles SW of Hartford, Geneva, AL

Built 2017 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 12

Bobby Jones Road

Good

Over: Long Branch

6 Miles North of Geneva, Geneva, AL

Built 2017 Load: 54.5 t ADT: 6

COUNTY ROAD 4

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

3 MI EAST OF GENEVA, Geneva, AL

Built 2002 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 2,180

COUNTY ROAD 69

Good

Over: PATES CREEK

6 MILES NE OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 2005 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 202

HWY #17

Good

Over: BEE BRANCH

2 MI NW OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1959 Load: 56.8 t ADT: 365

CO. HWY. 69

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

3 MILES NE. OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1996 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 210

CO ROAD 16

Good

Over: JUSTICE MILL CREEK

2 MI SW OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1985 Load: 58.4 t ADT: 107

LEISURE ROAD

Good

Over: SIMMONS CREEK

1 MILE N.E. OF GENEVA, Geneva, AL

Built 1999 Load: 58.6 t ADT: 22

SR 52 MP 51.028

Good

Over: BRANCH

2.5 MI. EAST OF SLOCOMB, Geneva, AL

Built 1927 Load: 64.3 t ADT: 6,260

SR 52 MP54.941

Good

Over: BRANCH

1 MILE EAST MALVERN, Geneva, AL

Built 2012 Load: 65.5 t ADT: 7,760

CLARK RD.

Good

Over: JOHN BRANCH

BLACK ALABAMA, Geneva, AL

Built 1999 Load: 69.7 t ADT: 35

CO. HWY. 17

Good

Over: PEA RIVER BRANCH

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

Built 1999 Load: 77.7 t ADT: 1,119

HWY #8

Good

Over: LONG BRANCH

4.5 MI SW OF COFFEE SPRI, Geneva, AL

Built 1969 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 125

COUNTY HIGHWAY 85

Good

Over: SANDY BRANCH

6 MI NE OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1994 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 120

Kelly Road

Good

Over: Blue Branch

3 miles East of Eunola, Geneva, AL

Built 2015 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 43

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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.