Total bridges
181
Public highway bridges in Lamar County
County profile · official public datasets
Lamar County, AL
181 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 26% rated Good, 71.8% Fair, 2.2% Poor.
- 181
- Public bridges
- 26%
- Good condition
- 2.2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lamar County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 42%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 2.2%
- Poor-condition share
- 181
- public highway bridges
- 1966
- 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.
Lamar County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lamar County ranks #28 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.2%). Lamar County, Alabama contains 181 public highway bridges. Roughly 26% are rated “Good,” 71.8% “Fair,” and 2.2% “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
26%
47 of 181 rated 7-9
Fair condition
71.8%
130 of 181 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.2%
4 of 181 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#28 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 181 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 26% (47)
Fair 71.8% (130)
Poor 2.2% (4)
Lamar County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,856 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 714 crossings a day against 893 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 181 of 181 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
61.3% of Lamar County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
111 of the 181 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 26% 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 33.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
FIRST AVENUE EAST over YELLOW CK RELIEF, built 1928, carries 947 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,856 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Lamar County's bridges were built
181 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1920s
1920–1929
24 bridges
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1940s 12
1940–1949
12 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
53 bridges
- 1960s 16
1960–1969
16 bridges
- 1970s 7
1970–1979
7 bridges
- 1980s 20
1980–1989
20 bridges
- 1990s 13
1990–1999
13 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
23 bridges
- 2010s 8
2010–2019
8 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 53 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1966, 8 years older than the Alabama average of 1974.
How Lamar County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Lamar County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.2% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1966 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is 5 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers County | 185 | 51.9% | 40% | 8.1% | 1973 |
| St. Clair County | 183 | 27.3% | 71% | 1.6% | 1967 |
| Lamar County (this page) | 181 | 26% | 71.8% | 2.2% | 1966 |
| Blount County | 180 | 12.8% | 79.4% | 7.8% | 1968 |
| Hale County | 177 | 49.2% | 45.8% | 5.1% | 1972 |
| Macon County | 177 | 24.9% | 64.4% | 10.7% | 1973 |
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 Lamar 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 Lamar County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AL (181 bridges here).
- Jasper County, IL · 181 bridges
- Malheur County, OR · 181 bridges
- Lancaster County, SC · 181 bridges
- Potter County, TX · 181 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1966 here).
- Butler County, KS · avg 1966 · 591 bridges
- Grafton County, NH · avg 1966 · 544 bridges
- Queens County, NY · avg 1966 · 514 bridges
- Lehigh County, PA · avg 1966 · 381 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (130)
AL-118
FairOver: Branch
Sulligent, Lamar, AL
Built 1926 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 3,306
AL-118
FairOver: Branch
Beaverton, Lamar, AL
Built 1926 Load: 46.9 t ADT: 2,323
CR-9
FairOver: MUD CREEK RELIEF
8.2 MILES SW OF STAR, Lamar, AL
Built 2006 Load: 46.9 t ADT: 430
LOST CREEK RD
FairOver: LOST REED CREEK
3.4 MI. W. ALA. 17, Lamar, AL
Built 1969 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 120
AL-17
FairOver: Mud Creek
4.5 MI N OF MILLPORT, Lamar, AL
Built 1929 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 1,330
AL-17
FairOver: Drivers Creek
1.0 MI S of Millport, Lamar, AL
Built 1986 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 3,154
SPISEY FORK RD
FairOver: NORTHINGTON BRANCH
0.7 MILES WEST OF AL #17, Lamar, AL
Built 2011 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 380
AL-118
FairOver: Watson Creek
Mississippi State Line, Lamar, AL
Built 1928 Load: 52.3 t ADT: 2,320
FOUR OAKS ROAD
FairOver: CANTRELL MILL CREEK
2.5 MI. NE. HENSON SPRING, Lamar, AL
Built 2003 Load: 53.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY LAKE RD
FairOver: EALON BRANCH
3.3 MI. N. ALA. HWY. 18, Lamar, AL
Built 1953 Load: 53.2 t ADT: 340
MT GAP RD
FairOver: YELLOW CREEK
2.7 MI. N. CO. RD. 36, Lamar, AL
Built 1963 Load: 53.3 t ADT: 60
MUD CREEK RD
FairOver: MUD CREEK
2.3 MI NORTH OF FERNBANK, Lamar, AL
Built 2004 Load: 55.0 t ADT: 265
CR-34
FairOver: WILSON CREEK RELIEF
1.5 MI SOUTH OF MOLLOY, Lamar, AL
Built 2006 Load: 55.0 t ADT: 301
CR-34
FairOver: WILSON CREEK
1.5 MI S OF MOLLOY, Lamar, AL
Built 2006 Load: 55.0 t ADT: 301
CR-9
FairOver: MUD CREEK
8 MI SW STAR, Lamar, AL
Built 2002 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 430
ABERDEEN RD
FairOver: CUT BANK CREEK
7.5 MI NW VERNON, Lamar, AL
Built 2004 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 380
AL-17
FairOver: Clear Creek
3.1 MI S of Millport, Lamar, AL
Built 1929 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 2,330
AL-17
FairOver: Branch
1.8 MI S of Millport, Lamar, AL
Built 1929 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 3,154
AL-17
FairOver: Branch
0.5 MI S DETROIT, Lamar, AL
Built 1948 Load: 60.0 t ADT: 1,867
ABERDEEN RD
FairOver: WATSON CREEK
3.2 MI. N.W. VERNON, Lamar, AL
Built 1951 Load: 61.2 t ADT: 980
AL-118
FairOver: Owens Mill Branch
0.3 MI E of Crews, Lamar, AL
Built 1926 Load: 61.5 t ADT: 2,933
AL-18
FairOver: Stream
3.45 MI W Fayette Co Line, Lamar, AL
Built 1979 Load: 61.9 t ADT: 1,879
AL-17
FairOver: Rushing Creek
2.1 MI S of Millport, Lamar, AL
Built 1929 Load: 66.1 t ADT: 2,190
AL-17
FairOver: Branch
0.5 MI S MARION CO LINE, Lamar, AL
Built 1948 Load: 69.2 t ADT: 1,542
AL-96
FairOver: Kennedy Branch
Kennedy, Lamar, AL
Built 1929 Load: 86.3 t ADT: 1,710
AL-18
FairOver: Branch
1.0 MI W OF JCT AL 17, Lamar, AL
Built 1939 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 5,046
AL-17
FairOver: Branch
3.3 MI N JCT SR 118, Lamar, AL
Built 1947 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 1,610
AL-17
FairOver: Branch
4.4 MI N JCT SR 118, Lamar, AL
Built 1947 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 1,481
CR-9
FairOver: BRANCH
.6 MI. N.E. STAR, Lamar, AL
Built 1950 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 510
AL-118
FairOver: Turkey Creek
1.4 MI W Sulligent, Lamar, AL
Built 2001 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 4,271
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