Total bridges
314
Public highway bridges in Jackson County
County profile · official public datasets
Jackson County, AL
314 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 29% rated Good, 67.2% Fair, 3.8% Poor.
- 314
- Public bridges
- 29%
- Good condition
- 3.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Jackson County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 41st
- of 67 on Poor share
- 3.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 314
- public highway bridges
- 1961
- 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.
Jackson County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Jackson County ranks #41 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.8%). Jackson County, Alabama contains 314 public highway bridges. Roughly 29% are rated “Good,” 67.2% “Fair,” and 3.8% “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
29%
91 of 314 rated 7-9
Fair condition
67.2%
211 of 314 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.8%
12 of 314 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#41 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 314 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 29% (91)
Fair 67.2% (211)
Poor 3.8% (12)
Jackson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,409 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 201 crossings a day against 3,422 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 314 of 314 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
65.9% of Jackson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
207 of the 314 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 29% 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 29.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
OLD MT CARMEL RD over BENGESS CREEK, built 1965, carries 720 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 12-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,409 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Jackson County's bridges were built
314 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1920s 23
1920–1929
23 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
80 bridges
- 1940s 14
1940–1949
14 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
36 bridges
- 1960s 30
1960–1969
30 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
49 bridges
- 1980s 31
1980–1989
31 bridges
- 1990s 27
1990–1999
27 bridges
- 2000s 11
2000–2009
11 bridges
- 2010s 12
2010–2019
12 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 80 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1961, 13 years older than the Alabama average of 1974.
How Jackson County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Jackson County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.8% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1961 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 12 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby County | 344 | 41% | 58.1% | 0.9% | 1981 |
| Covington County | 332 | 31.9% | 63% | 5.1% | 1970 |
| Limestone County | 324 | 45.1% | 52.8% | 2.2% | 1972 |
| Jackson County (this page) | 314 | 29% | 67.2% | 3.8% | 1961 |
| DeKalb County | 300 | 31.3% | 62% | 6.7% | 1967 |
| Walker County | 275 | 36.4% | 58.2% | 5.5% | 1974 |
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 Jackson 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 Jackson County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AL (314 bridges here).
- Cloud County, KS · 314 bridges
- Douglas County, KS · 314 bridges
- Franklin County, MA · 314 bridges
- Audrain County, MO · 314 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1961 here).
- Westchester County, NY · avg 1961 · 774 bridges
- Tehama County, CA · avg 1961 · 450 bridges
- Berkshire County, MA · avg 1961 · 450 bridges
- Schuylkill County, PA · avg 1961 · 368 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (314)
SR 146
FairOver: MILL CREEK
0.7 MI W JCT SR79 * SR146, Jackson, AL
Built 1958 Load: 68.1 t ADT: 585
CO RD 140
FairOver: TRICE HOLLOW CREEK
1.6 MILES NORTH OF CO 141, Jackson, AL
Built 1987 Load: 76.5 t ADT: 65
CR 97
FairOver: MILLER CREEK
1.7 MI W JCT SR 71, Jackson, AL
Built 1986 Load: 86.5 t ADT: 102
SR 117
FairOver: FLAT ROCK CREEK
0.3 MI NW JCT SR71 *SR117, Jackson, AL
Built 1958 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,043
SR 117
FairOver: BRANCH
2 MI NW JCT SR71 * SR117, Jackson, AL
Built 1958 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,043
US 72 SR 2
FairOver: PARKELL CREEK
2.4 MI E JCT JC ROUTE 63, Jackson, AL
Built 1974 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 14,082
US 72 SR 2
FairOver: STREAM
0.1 MI E JCT JC ROUTE 11, Jackson, AL
Built 1974 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 14,082
US72 SR2
FairOver: STREAM
2.3 MI E JCT US 72 * SR65, Jackson, AL
Built 1979 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 16,503
SR 73
FairOver: LIVELY CREEK
2.9 MI N JCT SR71 * SR73, Jackson, AL
Built 1988 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,387
CO RT 358
FairOver: BRYANT CREEK
0.9 MI S JCT SR 71, Jackson, AL
Built 1991 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 154
US 72 RAMPS CO. 74
FairOver: STREAM
0.8 MI WEST TENN ST LINE, Jackson, AL
Built 1995 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 16,873
JC 61
GoodOver: BRANCH
0.4 MI EAST JCT 126, Jackson, AL
Built 1983 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 65
SR 35
GoodOver: TENNESSEE RIVER
0.5 MI N JCT SR 40/35, Jackson, AL
Built 2016 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 8,167
SR 65
GoodOver: BRANCH
4.7 MI N JCT US72 * SR65, Jackson, AL
Built 1922 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 999
CR 55
GoodOver: Tributary to Mud Creek
0.7 MI N JCT CR 42, Jackson, AL
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 104
CR 158
GoodOver: WIMBERLY BRANCH
1.0 MI W JCT CR 75, Jackson, AL
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50
CO RT 206
GoodOver: BRANCH of JONES CREEK
1.4 MI W JCT SR 72, Jackson, AL
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 250
CO RT 88
GoodOver: BRANCH
1.35 MI E JCT SR 71, Jackson, AL
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 242
CR 92
GoodOver: MILLER BRANCH
0.8 MI W JCT SR 71, Jackson, AL
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 60
CO RT 11
GoodOver: YELLOW BRANCH
.45 MI N JCT US 72, Jackson, AL
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 130
CO RT 5
GoodOver: BRANCH
1.1 MI S JCT US 72, Jackson, AL
Built 1936 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 370
SR 71
GoodOver: BRANCH
0.3 MI N JCT SR 35 * 71, Jackson, AL
Built 1927 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,591
CR 75
GoodOver: DITCH
1 MI N STEVENSON, Jackson, AL
Built 1997 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 520
CR 566
GoodOver: LITTLE COON CREEK
300FT.BEHINDCAVESPRINGCH., Jackson, AL
Built 1989 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10
US 72; SR 2
GoodOver: YELLOW BRANCH
0.1 MI E JCT JC ROUTE 63, Jackson, AL
Built 1975 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 7,678
US 72; SR 2
GoodOver: YELLOW BRANCH
0.1 MI E JCT JC ROUTE 63, Jackson, AL
Built 1975 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 7,678
US 72; SR 2
GoodOver: PAINT ROCK RIVER
4.2 MI E JCT US72 * SR65, Jackson, AL
Built 1978 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 2,961
US 72; SR 2
GoodOver: PAINT ROCK RIVER
4.2 MI E JCT US72 * SR65, Jackson, AL
Built 1985 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 8,961
CO RT 140
GoodOver: ESTILL FORK
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Built 2013 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 7
JC142
GoodOver: BRANCH
0.15MISOUTHJCTAL146, Jackson, AL
Built 1984 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 70
U.S. 72
GoodOver: JONES CREEK
1.9 MI WEST TENN ST LINE, Jackson, AL
Built 1997 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 5,360
US 72 SR 2
GoodOver: JONES CREEK
1.9 MI WEST TENN ST LINE, Jackson, AL
Built 1997 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 5,360
CO RT 33
GoodOver: ROBINSON CREEK
6.0 M NW JCT SR 72, Jackson, AL
Built 1956 Load: 27.4 t ADT: 272
SR 35
GoodOver: STREAM
3.5MI N JCT SR 35 *CO 17, Jackson, AL
Built 1934 Load: 28.3 t ADT: 1,534
SR 65
GoodOver: BRANCH
3.1MI N JCT U S 72 * SR65, Jackson, AL
Built 1998 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 1,549
US 72; SR 2
GoodOver: CROW CREEK
1 MI W JCT US 72 * SR 117, Jackson, AL
Built 1988 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 14,086
US 72; SR 2
GoodOver: CROW CREEK
1 MI W JCT US 72 * SR 117, Jackson, AL
Built 1992 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 14,086
SR 279
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
E CITY LIMITS OF SBORO, Jackson, AL
Built 1929 Load: 29.3 t ADT: 3,526
SR 35
GoodOver: STREAM
1.2MI N JCT SR 35 *CO 17, Jackson, AL
Built 1934 Load: 30.9 t ADT: 1,534
SR 35
GoodOver: STREAM
2.1MI N JCT SR 35 *CO 17, Jackson, AL
Built 1934 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 1,534
SR 35
GoodOver: STREAM
2.9 MI N JCT CO RD 119, Jackson, AL
Built 1934 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 1,534
CO RD 83
GoodOver: BRYANT CREEK
1.0 MI E SR 71, Jackson, AL
Built 2003 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 170
CO RT 119
GoodOver: BRANCH
0.2 MI N JCT SR 35, Jackson, AL
Built 1924 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 170
Co Rd 493
GoodOver: BIG CULVERT CREEK
0.2 MI W INT CR 93, Jackson, AL
Built 1935 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40
CO RT 67
GoodOver: BRANCH
0.5 MI NE LANGSTON, Jackson, AL
Built 1936 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 420
CO RD 38
GoodOver: STRINGER CREEK
0.1 MI S CO RD 19, Jackson, AL
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 240
CR 165
GoodOver: BRANCH
0.6 MI E JCT 88, Jackson, AL
Built 1983 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 89
SR 35
GoodOver: STREAM
3.5 MI N JCT CO RD 119, Jackson, AL
Built 1934 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 1,534
SR 71
GoodOver: BRYANT CREEK
2 MI. N JCT. 71 * 40, Jackson, AL
Built 2004 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 2,356
COUNTY ROAD 142
GoodOver: PAINT ROCK RIVER
0.1 MILE JUT SR 65, Jackson, AL
Built 2007 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 93
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