Total bridges
133
Public highway bridges in Henry County
County profile · official public datasets
133 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.4% rated Good, 58.6% Fair, 0% Poor.
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.
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.
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
Share of 133 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
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.
133 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
1920–1929
2 bridges
1930–1939
1 bridges
1940–1949
9 bridges
1950–1959
19 bridges
1960–1969
26 bridges
1970–1979
16 bridges
1980–1989
27 bridges
1990–1999
23 bridges
2000–2009
8 bridges
2010–2019
1 bridges
2020–2029
1 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).
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.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe County | 142 | 55.6% | 40.8% | 3.5% | 1980 |
| Bullock County | 136 | 20.6% | 77.9% | 1.5% | 1970 |
| Henry County (this page) | 133 | 41.4% | 58.6% | 0% | 1975 |
| Clay County | 129 | 25.6% | 67.4% | 7% | 1966 |
| Bibb County | 126 | 45.2% | 54% | 0.8% | 1965 |
| Coosa County | 126 | 20.6% | 75.4% | 4% | 1970 |
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.
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Henry County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Nearest county inventories outside AL (133 bridges here).
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.
Over: PANTHER CREEK
RC BRIDGE CULVT. ONFAS 18, Henry, AL
Over: DOUGLAS BRANCH
BR. CULVT. ON PAVEDRD. 6, Henry, AL
Over: INDIAN CREEK
BR. CULVT. ON PAVEDRD. 75, Henry, AL
Over: DESHAZO BRANCH
RC CULVT. ON PAVED RD. 8, Henry, AL
Over: BOGGY CREEK
1 MI.N.HENRY CO.37, Henry, AL
Over: STANLEY BRANCH
BR. CULVT. ON PAVEDRD. 31, Henry, AL
Over: BRANCH
5.8 MI.E. SR 105, Henry, AL
Over: LITTLE OMUSSE CREEK
HOUSTON COUNTY LINE, Henry, AL
Over: BEAVER CREEK
RC PRECAST BR. ON FAS 23, Henry, AL
Over: HAWKINS FORD
RC BR. CULVT. ON FAS 23, Henry, AL
Over: PANTHER CREEK
RC CULVERT ON FAS RT. 18, Henry, AL
Over: JONES BRANCH
RC BR. CULVT.ON WOODS RD, Henry, AL
Over: HOG BRANCH
2.1 MI.S. ABBEVILLE, Henry, AL
Over: WARDS MILL CREEK
.5 MI.N OF CO. RD. 66, Henry, AL
Over: WALDEN BRANCH
RC BR. CULVT. WALDEN RD., Henry, AL
Over: OWENS BRANCH
0.5 MI. N. ABBEVILLE, Henry, AL
Over: BENNETT CREEK
RC CULVERT ON FAS RT. 12, Henry, AL
Over: LITTLE ABBIE CREEK
3.5 MI. N.ABBEVILLE, Henry, AL
Over: SPIVEY MILL CREEK
1.6 MI. NORTH OF HEADLAND, Henry, AL
Over: ARMSTRONG BRANCH
BR.CULVT. ON PAVED RD. 8, Henry, AL
Over: CULPEPPER BRANCH
RC BR. CULVT. ON PAV. 4, Henry, AL
Over: SPIVEY CREEK
1 MI. N. HOUSTON CO. L., Henry, AL
Over: HALLS BRANCH
RC CULVT. ON FAS RT. 12, Henry, AL
Over: PETERMAN CREEK
RC BR. CULVERT ON FAS 17, Henry, AL
Over: SANDY CREEK
1MI. N. HENRY CO. #12, Henry, AL
Over: STREAM
0.7 MI. N. HENRY CO. #18, Henry, AL
Over: MATHIS CREEK
1.2 MILE N HENRY CO #18, Henry, AL
Over: STREAM
JCT. HENRY CO. 32, Henry, AL
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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.