Total bridges
205
Public highway bridges in Geneva County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
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
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 3
1920–1929
3 bridges
- 1930s 1
1930–1939
1 bridges
- 1940s 9
1940–1949
9 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
48 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
33 bridges
- 1970s 10
1970–1979
10 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
24 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
41 bridges
- 2000s 17
2000–2009
17 bridges
- 2010s 17
2010–2019
17 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).
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.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale County | 206 | 42.7% | 57.3% | 0% | 1973 |
| Russell County | 205 | 34.6% | 62.4% | 2.9% | 1974 |
| Geneva County (this page) | 205 | 34.6% | 62% | 3.4% | 1976 |
| 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 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).
- Wilson County, KS · 205 bridges
- Bell County, KY · 205 bridges
- Carroll County, MD · 205 bridges
- Prentiss County, MS · 205 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1976 here).
- Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
- Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
- Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
- Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Poor-condition bridges (7)
REVELS FARM ROAD
PoorOver: DOUBLE BRIDGES CREEK
4 MILES EAST SAMSON, Geneva, AL
Built 1900 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 55
CALDWELL RD.
PoorOver: SANDY CREEK
5 MI SE OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL
Built 1958 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 33
DOUG MOCK ROAD
PoorOver: CORNER CREEK TRIBUTARY
1 MI W OF HACODA, Geneva, AL
Built 1925 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50
GALBERRY RD.
PoorOver: UT-FAULK MILL CK
5 MILES N.W. OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL
Built 1996 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 39
ROUNDABOUT RD.
PoorOver: ROUNDABOUT CREEK
3 MI. NE OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL
Built 1987 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 111
POOLE RD.
PoorOver: LITTLE BEAVER DAM CK
1 MI NE OF COFFEE SPRINGS, Geneva, AL
Built 1950 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 65
REVELS FARM ROAD
PoorOver: BUSHY BRANCH
3 MILES NORTH OF LYTLE, Geneva, AL
Built 1985 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 150
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