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 17
FairOver: BUCK CREEK
2 MI SOUTH OF US 80, Lowndes, AL
Built 1956 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 415
CO RD 33
FairOver: CREEK
3 MI WEST OF CO RD 37, Lowndes, AL
Built 1958 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 460
AL 21
FairOver: STREAM
2.2 MI.N.OF HAYNEVILLE, Lowndes, AL
Built 1940 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 3,500
AL 97
FairOver: STREAM
0.7 MI.N.OF AL 21, Lowndes, AL
Built 1940 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 1,510
AL 21
FairOver: STREAM
6.0 MI.N. OF COUNTY RD.45, Lowndes, AL
Built 1930 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 1,810
AL 21
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK RELIEF
0.1 MI. N. COUNTY RD2., Lowndes, AL
Built 1982 Load: 35.2 t ADT: 3,930
AL 21
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK RELIEF
.3 MI N OF COUNTY RD.2, Lowndes, AL
Built 1982 Load: 35.2 t ADT: 3,930
CO RD 45
FairOver: BEAVER CREEK
2.5 MI NW OF FT DEPOSIT, Lowndes, AL
Built 1982 Load: 35.2 t ADT: 710
AL.185
FairOver: L*N RR
3.0 MI.S.OF I65, Lowndes, AL
Built 1982 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 3,570
CO RD 40
FairOver: CREEK
7MI W OF CO RD 23, Lowndes, AL
Built 1996 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 300
AL 21
FairOver: INDIAN CRK.
0.4 MI.N.OF WILCOX CO.LIN, Lowndes, AL
Built 1929 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 900
GOLSON RD
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK
3MI S OF CO37, Lowndes, AL
Built 1970 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 120
BENTON ROAD
FairOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK
5 MI WEST OF CO RD 23, Lowndes, AL
Built 1995 Load: 42.7 t ADT: 310
DAVIS RD 263-185
FairOver: CREEK
4 MI WEST OF AL 185, Lowndes, AL
Built 1992 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 130
CO RD 16
FairOver: DRY CEDAR CREEK
2 MI WEST OF CO RD 7, Lowndes, AL
Built 1950 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 210
US 31
FairOver: PINCHONY CREEK
0.5 MI NORTH OF AL 97, Lowndes, AL
Built 2002 Load: 49.4 t ADT: 1,790
AL 263
FairOver: STREAM
4.5 MI.N.OF BUTLER CO., Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 50.5 t ADT: 730
US 31
FairOver: STREAM
0.6MI N BUTLER CO LINE, Lowndes, AL
Built 1950 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 1,230
AL 97
FairOver: BRANCH
3.7MI.NOF LETAHATCHEE, Lowndes, AL
Built 1940 Load: 52.4 t ADT: 960
COUNTY ROAD 7
FairOver: DRY CEDAR CREEK
7.8 MI. NORTH OF ST. 21, Lowndes, AL
Built 2005 Load: 55.0 t ADT: 799
KNIGHT PLACE ROAD
FairOver: MUSSEL CREEK
1 MI EAST OF AL 263, Lowndes, AL
Built 2004 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 5
I65 NBL
FairOver: STREAM
1.8 MI.N.OF AL 97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1965 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 14,090
I65
FairOver: BRANCH
I65 AND AL.185 INTERCHANG, Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 58.5 t ADT: 29,840
AL 97
FairOver: STREAM
1.4 MI.N.OF US 31 JCT., Lowndes, AL
Built 1932 Load: 59.2 t ADT: 1,980
CO17 EAST TO CO
FairOver: CREEK
2 1/2 MI EAST OF CO17, Lowndes, AL
Built 1970 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 360
AL 21
FairOver: STREAM
3.8MI.NOFJCT.AL.263, Lowndes, AL
Built 1928 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 1,390
US 80 WBL
FairOver: DRY CREEK
3.1 MI.E.OF AL 97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1925 Load: 82.2 t ADT: 4,085
CO RD 37
FairOver: DRY CREEK
1 MI SOUTH OF US 80, Lowndes, AL
Built 1961 Load: 88.2 t ADT: 420
CO RD 40
FairOver: CREEK
2 MI EAST OF CO RD 29, Lowndes, AL
Built 1964 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 410
I65 SBL
FairOver: STREAM
1.2 MI.N.OF AL 97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1965 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 14,090
I65 NBL
FairOver: STREAM
1.2 MI.N.OF AL.97, Lowndes, AL
Built 1965 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 14,090
I65 SBL
FairOver: STREAM
MONTG.AND LOWNDES CO.LINE, Lowndes, AL
Built 1965 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 16,060
I65 NBL
FairOver: BRANCH
0.5 MI.N.OF BUTLER CO., Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 14,920
S.W.RAMP A
FairOver: BRANCH
I65 * AL.185 INTERCHANGE, Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,984
I65 N.E. RAMP
FairOver: BRANCH
I65 * AL.185 INTERCHANGE, Lowndes, AL
Built 1966 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,785
US 80 EBL
FairOver: DRY CREEK
3.1 MI. E. OF LOWNDESBORO, Lowndes, AL
Built 1975 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 4,085
AL 97
FairOver: STREAM
3.7 MI.N.OF US 31, Lowndes, AL
Built 1985 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 1,370
US 80 WBL
GoodOver: BIG SWAMP CREEK RELIEF 1
5.3 MI. W. OF LOWNDESBORO, Lowndes, AL
Built 1976 Load: 23.1 t ADT: 4,275
CO 17 EAST TO CO
GoodOver: CREEK
2 3/4 MI EAST OF CO17, Lowndes, AL
Built 1970 Load: 23.2 t ADT: 360
TEMPLE GATE CEM
GoodOver: CREEK
1 MI SOUTH OF AL 21, Lowndes, AL
Built 1990 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 45
CO RD 17
GoodOver: CREEK
3 MI SOUTH OF US 80, Lowndes, AL
Built 1956 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 415
CO17 EAST TO CO
GoodOver: CREEK
2 1/2MI EAST OF CO 17, Lowndes, AL
Built 1970 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 360
CO 2 EAST TO AL2
GoodOver: CREEK
3 MI WEST OF AL 21, Lowndes, AL
Built 1963 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 460
CO RD 33
GoodOver: CREEK
3 MI SOUTH OF AL 21, Lowndes, AL
Built 1958 Load: 25.1 t ADT: 480
CO RD 33
GoodOver: CREEK
3 MI WEST OF CO RD 37, Lowndes, AL
Built 1958 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 460
CO17 EAST TO CO
GoodOver: CREEK
2 1/2 MI EAST OF CO17, Lowndes, AL
Built 1970 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 360
DAVIS RD 263-185
GoodOver: BEAVER CREEK
5 MI WEST OF AL 185, Lowndes, AL
Built 1987 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 135
CO RD 17
GoodOver: BUCK CREEK
1 MI SOUTH OF US 80, Lowndes, AL
Built 1956 Load: 28.3 t ADT: 415
CO RD 37
GoodOver: CREEK
3 MI SOUTH OF US 80, Lowndes, AL
Built 1961 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 410
STREETY RD 21 TO8
GoodOver: CREEK
4 MI NORTH OF AL 21, Lowndes, AL
Built 1987 Load: 31.2 t ADT: 110
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