Total bridges
157
Public highway bridges in Lowndes County
County profile · official public datasets
Lowndes County, AL
157 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.3% rated Good, 55.4% Fair, 1.3% Poor.
- 157
- Public bridges
- 43.3%
- Good condition
- 1.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lowndes County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 24%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 1.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 157
- public highway bridges
- 1968
- 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.
Lowndes County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lowndes County ranks #16 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.3%). Lowndes County, Alabama contains 157 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.3% are rated “Good,” 55.4% “Fair,” and 1.3% “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
43.3%
68 of 157 rated 7-9
Fair condition
55.4%
87 of 157 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.3%
2 of 157 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#16 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 157 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 43.3% (68)
Fair 55.4% (87)
Poor 1.3% (2)
Lowndes County's Poor-condition bridges carry 22,870 vehicle crossings a day
That is 5.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 11,435 crossings a day against 875 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 157 of 157 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
66.2% of Lowndes County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
104 of the 157 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 43.3% 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 65.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I65 SBL over BRANCH, built 1966, carries 14,920 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 22,870 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Lowndes County's bridges were built
157 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s 13
1940–1949
13 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
36 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
41 bridges
- 1970s 16
1970–1979
16 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
22 bridges
- 1990s 14
1990–1999
14 bridges
- 2000s 5
2000–2009
5 bridges
- 2010s 2
2010–2019
2 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 41 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1968, 6 years older than the Alabama average of 1974.
How Lowndes County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Lowndes County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.3% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1968 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleburne County | 165 | 32.1% | 61.8% | 6.1% | 1973 |
| Randolph County | 165 | 37.6% | 57.6% | 4.8% | 1968 |
| Perry County | 162 | 19.8% | 75.9% | 4.3% | 1971 |
| Lowndes County (this page) | 157 | 43.3% | 55.4% | 1.3% | 1968 |
| Clarke County | 155 | 70.3% | 29.7% | 0% | 1973 |
| Choctaw County | 154 | 39.6% | 55.2% | 5.2% | 1971 |
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 Lowndes 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 Lowndes County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AL (157 bridges here).
- Jefferson County, IA · 157 bridges
- Franklin County, MS · 157 bridges
- Washington County, MO · 157 bridges
- Stark County, ND · 157 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1968 here).
- Montgomery County, PA · avg 1968 · 828 bridges
- San Joaquin County, CA · avg 1968 · 644 bridges
- Providence County, RI · avg 1968 · 476 bridges
- Imperial County, CA · avg 1968 · 444 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (157)
CO RD 16
FairOver: DRY CEDAR CREEK
1 1/2 MI WEST OF CORD 7, Lowndes, AL
Built 1950 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 360
CO RD 7
FairOver: DRY CEDAR CREEK
2 MI NORTH OF AL 21, Lowndes, AL
Built 1951 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 750
CO RD 40
FairOver: TALLAWASSEE CREEK
3MI WEST OF CO RD 37, Lowndes, AL
Built 1965 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 410
CO RD 23
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
2MI NORTH OF US 80, Lowndes, AL
Built 1954 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 460
CO RD 23
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK
4MI NORTH OF US HWY80, Lowndes, AL
Built 1954 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 460
CO RD 7
FairOver: GREEN BRANCH
4 MI NORTH OF AL 21, Lowndes, AL
Built 1956 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 710
CO RD 37
FairOver: CS XRR
2MI N. OF SR185, Lowndes, AL
Built 1954 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 660
US 80 EBL
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK RELIEF 2
5.0 MI. W. OF LOWNDESBORO, Lowndes, AL
Built 1946 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 4,275
US 80 EBL
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK RELIEF
4.7 MI. W. OF LOWNDESBORO, Lowndes, AL
Built 1946 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 4,275
US 80 EBL
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK RELIEF
4.5 MI. W. OF LOWNDESBORO, Lowndes, AL
Built 1946 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 4,275
AL 97
FairOver: I-65
INT. I-65 * AL.97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1965 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 1,740
CO RD 11
FairOver: CREEK
1 MI SOUTH OF AL 21, Lowndes, AL
Built 1969 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 250
AL 21
FairOver: MIDDLE CREEK
3.8 MI.N.OF WILCOX CO LIN, Lowndes, AL
Built 1947 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 440
CO RD 37
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
2MI SOUTH OF AL HWY97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1953 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 460
CO RD 37
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
2MI SOUTH OF AL HWY97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1953 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 460
CO RD 37
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK
2MI SOUTH OF AL HWY97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1953 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 460
CO 40
FairOver: CYPRESS CREEK
2MI EAST OF CO23 CO40 INT, Lowndes, AL
Built 1960 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 610
CO RD 17
FairOver: CREEK
5 MI SOUTH OF US 80, Lowndes, AL
Built 1956 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 430
AL 97
FairOver: BRANCH
2.0MILESSOUTHOFAL.#21, Lowndes, AL
Built 1940 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 960
CO RD 32
FairOver: STEEP CREEK
2 MI EAST CO RD 37, Lowndes, AL
Built 1959 Load: 23.1 t ADT: 350
CO 17 EAST TO CO
FairOver: CREEK
3MI EAST OF CO 17, Lowndes, AL
Built 1970 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 360
AL 21
FairOver: HAYNES CREEK
1.3 MI.N OF AL 263, Lowndes, AL
Built 1947 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 1,180
CO RD.
FairOver: I65
4.5 MI.N.OF BUTLER CO., Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 628
US 80 EBL
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK RELIEF 1
5.3 MI. W. OF LOWNDESBORO, Lowndes, AL
Built 1946 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 4,275
I65 SBL
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK
4.7 MI.N.OF BUTLER CO., Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 13,925
I65 NBL
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK
4.7 MI.N.OF BUTLER CO., Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 13,925
I65 SBL
FairOver: CHERRY CREEK
3.1 MI.S.OF AL.97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 13,925
I65 NBL
FairOver: CHERRY CREEK
3.1 MI.S.OF AL.97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 13,925
AL.263
FairOver: MUSCLE CREEK RELIEF
0.6 MI.N.OF BUTLER CO LIN, Lowndes, AL
Built 1967 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 730
AL 263
FairOver: MUSCLE CREEK
0.8 MI.N.OF BUTLER CO LIN, Lowndes, AL
Built 1967 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 730
AL 97
FairOver: L*NRR
2.2MI.NORTHOFI65INTERCHAN, Lowndes, AL
Built 1938 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,740
AL 21
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
2.3 MI. S. CO RD 45, Lowndes, AL
Built 1947 Load: 28.0 t ADT: 1,390
CO 2 EAST TO AL2
FairOver: CREEK
3 MI WEST OF AL 21, Lowndes, AL
Built 1963 Load: 28.0 t ADT: 460
AL 185
FairOver: I-65
INT. I-65 * AL 185, Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 2,610
US 80 EBL
FairOver: PINTLALA CREEK
MONTG.AND LOWNDES CO LINE, Lowndes, AL
Built 1961 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 6,155
US 80 WBL
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK
5.5 MI.W.OF LOWNDESBORO, Lowndes, AL
Built 1976 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 4,275
US 80 WBL
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK RELIEF 2
5.0 MI. W. OF LOWNDESBORO, Lowndes, AL
Built 1976 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 4,275
US 80 WBL
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK RELIEF
4.7 MI. W. OF LOWNDESBORO, Lowndes, AL
Built 1976 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 4,275
US 80 WBL
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK RELIEF
4.5 MI. W. OF LOWNDESBORO, Lowndes, AL
Built 1976 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 4,275
US 80 EBL
FairOver: TALLAWASSEE CREEK
2.4 MI. E. OF LOWNDESBORO, Lowndes, AL
Built 1976 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 4,085
PAYNE RD US 31 E
FairOver: PINCHONY CREEK
1 MI EAST OF US 31, Lowndes, AL
Built 1991 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 55
AL 21
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK RELIEF
1.9 MI.S.OF HAYNEVILLE, Lowndes, AL
Built 1979 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 3,930
I65 SBL
FairOver: STREAM
1.8 MI.N.OF AL 97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1965 Load: 31.2 t ADT: 14,090
JULIANTOWN ROAD
FairOver: I65
1.7 MI.S.OF AL.97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 32.5 t ADT: 375
I65 SBL
FairOver: DOUBLE GAP. RD.
4.3 MI.S.OF AL. 97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,925
I65 NBL
FairOver: DOUBLE GAP RD
4.3 MI S OF AL 97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,925
AL 21
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK
1 MI N OF COUNTY RD 2, Lowndes, AL
Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,930
CO RD 17
FairOver: CREEK
4 MI SOUTH OF US 80, Lowndes, AL
Built 1956 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 440
CO RD 7
FairOver: CREEK
1 MI NORTH OF CO RD16, Lowndes, AL
Built 1956 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 710
CO RD 6
FairOver: I65
1.1 MI.S.OF MONTG.CO.LINE, Lowndes, AL
Built 1965 Load: 34.1 t ADT: 455
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