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Henry County, AL

133 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.4% rated Good, 58.6% Fair, 0% Poor.

133
Public bridges
41.4%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Henry County posts a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 6%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
133
public highway bridges
1975
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.

Henry County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Henry County ranks #4 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Henry County, Alabama contains 133 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.4% are rated “Good,” 58.6% “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.

Total bridges

133

Public highway bridges in Henry County

Good condition

41.4%

55 of 133 rated 7-9

Fair condition

58.6%

78 of 133 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 133 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#4 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 133 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
41.4% (55)
Fair
58.6% (78)
Poor
0% (0)

52.6% of Henry County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

70 of the 133 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 41.4% 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 Henry County's bridges were built

133 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 27 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Alabama average (1974).

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

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

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Henry 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 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1970 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Henry County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Monroe County 142 3.5%
Bullock County 136 1.5%
Henry County (this page) 133 0%
Clay County 129 7%
Bibb County 126 0.8%
Coosa County 126 4%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (133 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1975 here).

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

Fair-condition bridges (78)

COUNTY ROAD NO40

Fair

Over: PANTHER CREEK

RC BRIDGE CULVT. ONFAS 18, Henry, AL

Built 1974 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 200

ROAD

Fair

Over: DOUGLAS BRANCH

BR. CULVT. ON PAVEDRD. 6, Henry, AL

Built 1972 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 90

ROAD

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

BR. CULVT. ON PAVEDRD. 75, Henry, AL

Built 1974 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 250

ROAD

Fair

Over: DESHAZO BRANCH

RC CULVT. ON PAVED RD. 8, Henry, AL

Built 1959 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 100

SR 95 MP 51.559

Fair

Over: BOGGY CREEK

1 MI.N.HENRY CO.37, Henry, AL

Built 1984 Load: 41.3 t ADT: 900

ROAD

Fair

Over: STANLEY BRANCH

BR. CULVT. ON PAVEDRD. 31, Henry, AL

Built 1955 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 63

SR 10 MP 212.073

Fair

Over: BRANCH

5.8 MI.E. SR 105, Henry, AL

Built 1946 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 1,710

HENRY CO #22 RD

Fair

Over: LITTLE OMUSSE CREEK

HOUSTON COUNTY LINE, Henry, AL

Built 1989 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 2,120

COUNTY ROAD NO75

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

RC PRECAST BR. ON FAS 23, Henry, AL

Built 1990 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 225

COUNTY ROAD NO54

Fair

Over: HAWKINS FORD

RC BR. CULVT. ON FAS 23, Henry, AL

Built 1955 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 350

COUNTY ROAD NO40

Fair

Over: PANTHER CREEK

RC CULVERT ON FAS RT. 18, Henry, AL

Built 1974 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 200

ROAD

Fair

Over: JONES BRANCH

RC BR. CULVT.ON WOODS RD, Henry, AL

Built 1960 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 320

SR 95 MP 41.803

Fair

Over: HOG BRANCH

2.1 MI.S. ABBEVILLE, Henry, AL

Built 1984 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 1,020

COUNTY ROAD #99

Fair

Over: WARDS MILL CREEK

.5 MI.N OF CO. RD. 66, Henry, AL

Built 1990 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 850

ROAD

Fair

Over: WALDEN BRANCH

RC BR. CULVT. WALDEN RD., Henry, AL

Built 1958 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 665

SR 95 MP 46.374

Fair

Over: OWENS BRANCH

0.5 MI. N. ABBEVILLE, Henry, AL

Built 1964 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 1,050

COUNTY ROAD NO47

Fair

Over: BENNETT CREEK

RC CULVERT ON FAS RT. 12, Henry, AL

Built 1956 Load: 76.5 t ADT: 130

SR 95 MP 49.317

Fair

Over: LITTLE ABBIE CREEK

3.5 MI. N.ABBEVILLE, Henry, AL

Built 1950 Load: 83.9 t ADT: 630

COUNTY RD. NO. 99

Fair

Over: SPIVEY MILL CREEK

1.6 MI. NORTH OF HEADLAND, Henry, AL

Built 1955 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,320

ROAD NO.8

Fair

Over: ARMSTRONG BRANCH

BR.CULVT. ON PAVED RD. 8, Henry, AL

Built 1963 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 200

ROAD

Fair

Over: CULPEPPER BRANCH

RC BR. CULVT. ON PAV. 4, Henry, AL

Built 1964 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 200

US 431 MP 23.616

Fair

Over: SPIVEY CREEK

1 MI. N. HOUSTON CO. L., Henry, AL

Built 1966 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 16,050

HENRY CO.ROAD 112

Fair

Over: HALLS BRANCH

RC CULVT. ON FAS RT. 12, Henry, AL

Built 1968 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 120

COUNTY ROAD 65

Fair

Over: PETERMAN CREEK

RC BR. CULVERT ON FAS 17, Henry, AL

Built 1982 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 500

US 431 MP 30.997

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK

1MI. N. HENRY CO. #12, Henry, AL

Built 1984 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 11,800

US 431 MP 33.455

Fair

Over: STREAM

0.7 MI. N. HENRY CO. #18, Henry, AL

Built 1984 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 11,800

US 431 MP 33.972

Fair

Over: MATHIS CREEK

1.2 MILE N HENRY CO #18, Henry, AL

Built 1984 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 11,800

US 431 MP 35.472

Fair

Over: STREAM

JCT. HENRY CO. 32, Henry, AL

Built 1984 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 10,380
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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