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Perry County, AL

162 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 19.8% rated Good, 75.9% Fair, 4.3% Poor.

162
Public bridges
19.8%
Good condition
4.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Perry County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

44th
of 67 on Poor share
4.3%
Poor-condition share
162
public highway bridges
1971
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.

Perry County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Perry County ranks #44 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.3%). Perry County, Alabama contains 162 public highway bridges. Roughly 19.8% are rated “Good,” 75.9% “Fair,” and 4.3% “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.

Total bridges

162

Public highway bridges in Perry County

Good condition

19.8%

32 of 162 rated 7-9

Fair condition

75.9%

123 of 162 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.3%

7 of 162 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#44 of 67

Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 162 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
19.8% (32)
Fair
75.9% (123)
Poor
4.3% (7)

Perry County's Poor-condition bridges carry 780 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 111 crossings a day against 466 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 162 of 162 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

64.2% of Perry County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

104 of the 162 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 19.8% 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 19.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

BATES STAT. CR25 over CHANEY CREEK, built 1966, carries 150 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 7-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 780 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Perry County's bridges were built

162 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 44 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1971) matches the Alabama average (1974).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Perry County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Perry County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.3% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1971 against a peer-group mean of 1969 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Perry County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Wilcox County 168 13.7%
Cherokee County 167 0%
Cleburne County 165 6.1%
Randolph County 165 4.8%
Perry County (this page) 162 4.3%
Lowndes County 157 1.3%

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 Perry 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 Perry County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (162 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1971 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 162 Good 32 Fair 123 Poor 7

Good-condition bridges (32)

COOKIE MAN RD

Good

Over: POLECAT CREEK

COOKIE MAN RD N AL14, Perry, AL

Built 1989 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 35

FAS 08 CR20

Good

Over: BOGUECHITTO CREEK

CR 20 LAKELAND FARM, Perry, AL

Built 1956 Load: 24.7 t ADT: 325

AL 175

Good

Over: OLD TOWN CREEK

1.3 MI S JCT SR 5, Perry, AL

Built 1971 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 281

Otto Webb RD

Good

Over: Big Prairie CRK

_, Perry, AL

Built 2023 Load: 27.8 t ADT: 50

CO RD 29

Good

Over: NONE

1.53 MI S OF HALE CO LINE, Perry, AL

Built 1970 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 641

AL 14

Good

Over: CAHABA RIVER

1.0 MI E JCT SR 175, Perry, AL

Built 1990 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 981

AL 183

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.8MI N JCT SR 14, Perry, AL

Built 1996 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 439

AL 14

Good

Over: BINGHAM CREEK

2.5 MI W DALLAS CO LN, Perry, AL

Built 1997 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,050

FAS 08 C.R.20

Good

Over: WASHINGTON CREEK

CR 20, Perry, AL

Built 1968 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 325

AL 14

Good

Over: GOOSE CREEK

1.0 MI E OF SPROTT, Perry, AL

Built 1994 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 690

CR211

Good

Over: Trib Oakmulgee Cr.

.5m N Dallas Co Line, Perry, AL

Built 2017 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 55

Levert Rd (CR49)

Good

Over: Potato Patch Creek

Co Rd. 49, Perry, AL

Built 2018 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 66

STEVENS MEM. CR46

Good

Over: TRIB. MUD CREEK

STEVENS MEM., Perry, AL

Built 1967 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 120

CO.RD.#4 MT. OLIVE

Good

Over: RICE CREEK

1 MI. EAST OF CO.RD. 45, Perry, AL

Built 2014 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 170

COUNTY ROAD 13

Good

Over: TAYLOE CREEK

TAYLOE RD. CR13, Perry, AL

Built 2003 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROAD 13

Good

Over: TAYLOE CREEK

TAYLOE RD CR13, Perry, AL

Built 2003 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 150

AL 14

Good

Over: Richey Lake Branch

2.0 MI W SUTTLE, Perry, AL

Built 1997 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 2,190

CR 23 W.TOLAR RD.

Good

Over: BRUSH CREEK

1.75M. WEST OF CR 15, Perry, AL

Built 2000 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROAD 46

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

2 MILES EAST OF SR 183, Perry, AL

Built 2004 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 60

COUNTY ROAD 64

Good

Over: OAKMULGEE CREEK

APPROX. 2600 E HWY 219, Perry, AL

Built 2005 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 66

COUNTY ROAD 24

Good

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

3.8 MI EAST OF COUNTY LIN, Perry, AL

Built 2006 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 102

AL 14

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

2.1 MI W OF MARION, Perry, AL

Built 1999 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 2,520

Levert Rd.

Good

Over: Potato Patch Creek

_Co. Rd. 49, Perry, AL

Built 2018 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 66

AL 14

Good

Over: UT SAND CREEK

1.6 MI W OF MARION, Perry, AL

Built 1999 Load: 49.1 t ADT: 2,520

Atkins Norfleet Rd

Good

Over: Dry Creek

_, Perry, AL

Built 2018 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 74

AL 14

Good

Over: POSSUM CREEK

0.9 MI W DALLAS CO LINE, Perry, AL

Built 1994 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 1,050

CR 24 AGNEW ROAD

Good

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

3.5 M.EAST CO. LINE, Perry, AL

Built 2002 Load: 54.0 t ADT: 150

Cosby Road - CR-69

Good

Over: Oakmulgee Creek

.5m East AL. Hwy 219, Perry, AL

Built 2015 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 53

COUNTY ROAD 29

Good

Over: BRUSH CREEK

NORTH PERRY, Perry, AL

Built 2004 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 305

STEPHENS CHURCH RD

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

2.7 MI EAST AL 183, Perry, AL

Built 1985 Load: 62.1 t ADT: 60

Medline Road

Good

Over: Williams Creek

County Rd. 92, Perry, AL

Built 2017 Load: 63.7 t ADT: 89

COUNTY ROAD 145

Good

Over: TRIB TO OAKMULGEE CREEK

0.2 MI NORTH CR 64, Perry, AL

Built 2005 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 15

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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.