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Pickens County, AL

233 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.6% rated Good, 50.2% Fair, 8.2% Poor.

233
Public bridges
41.6%
Good condition
8.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

62nd
of 67 on Poor share
8.2%
Poor-condition share
233
public highway bridges
1970
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.

Pickens County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Pickens County ranks #62 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.2%). Pickens County, Alabama contains 233 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.6% are rated “Good,” 50.2% “Fair,” and 8.2% “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.

Total bridges

233

Public highway bridges in Pickens County

Good condition

41.6%

97 of 233 rated 7-9

Fair condition

50.2%

117 of 233 rated 5-6

Poor condition

8.2%

19 of 233 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#62 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 233 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
41.6% (97)
Fair
50.2% (117)
Poor
8.2% (19)

Pickens County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,380 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 336 crossings a day against 676 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 233 of 233 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

49.4% of Pickens County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

115 of the 233 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 41.6% 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 66.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

CO RD 30 over BURDINE CREEK, built 1929, carries 4,270 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 19-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 6,380 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Pickens County's bridges were built

233 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 51 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1970) matches the Alabama average (1974).

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

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

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Pickens County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.2% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Pickens County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Talladega County 243 3.3%
Sumter County 241 5.4%
Etowah County 236 2.1%
Pickens County (this page) 233 8.2%
Dallas County 225 3.1%
Conecuh County 224 6.3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (233 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1970 here).

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

All 233 Good 97 Fair 117 Poor 19

Good-condition bridges (97)

COUNTY RT #246

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK BRANCH

0.4 MI N OF STATE RT 159, Pickens, AL

Built 1992 Load: 11.9 t ADT: 75

COUNTY RT #249

Good

Over: LITTLE BEAR CREEK

0.7 MI E OF CO RT #106, Pickens, AL

Built 1994 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 75

COUNTY RT 75

Good

Over: MAGBY CREEK

3.5 MI NORTH OF US HWY 82, Pickens, AL

Built 1959 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 350

CO RD 30

Good

Over: Branch of Kincaid Ck.

1.0 MI W OF MCSHAN, Pickens, AL

Built 1930 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 4,270

COUNTY RT 63

Good

Over: BENEVOLA BRANCH

12 MI EAST OF JCT SR 14, Pickens, AL

Built 1954 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 600

COUNTY RT 63

Good

Over: ROSS SANDERS BRANCH

15.6 MI EAST OF SR 14, Pickens, AL

Built 1954 Load: 23.1 t ADT: 600

CR24 HOUSTON WINDL

Good

Over: LUBBUB CREEK

0.5 MILES E OF JCT SR 17, Pickens, AL

Built 1968 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 300

AL-86

Good

Over: Tombigbee River Relief

0.8 MI E Miss State Line, Pickens, AL

Built 1983 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 2,207

COUNTY RT #75

Good

Over: RELIEF OF KINCAIDE CREEK

4.2 MI NO OF SR #14, Pickens, AL

Built 1955 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 550

AL-86

Good

Over: BNSF Railroad

0.3 MI W Pickensville, Pickens, AL

Built 1984 Load: 24.7 t ADT: 1,653

COUNTY RT 63

Good

Over: KIRK BRANCH

22.5MI E OF SR14, Pickens, AL

Built 1955 Load: 24.8 t ADT: 600

COUNTY RD 35

Good

Over: ROBINSON BRANCH

7.6 MI N OF CARROLLTON, Pickens, AL

Built 1954 Load: 25.1 t ADT: 315

COUNTY RT 35

Good

Over: LITTLE COALFIRE CREEK

7.6 MI N OF CARROLLTON, Pickens, AL

Built 1954 Load: 25.1 t ADT: 300

CR5 DILLBURG RD

Good

Over: LUBBUB CREEK

0.6 MI EAST OF SR 17, Pickens, AL

Built 1966 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 300

CR5 DILLBURG RD

Good

Over: LITTLE LUBBUB CREEK

0.8 MI EAST OF JCT SR #17, Pickens, AL

Built 1966 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 300

COUNTY RT #3

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

3.8 MI EAST OF JCT SR 17, Pickens, AL

Built 1965 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 300

COUNTY RT 49

Good

Over: GOOSE CREEK BRANCH

0.9 MI EAST OF JCT US 82, Pickens, AL

Built 1957 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 500

COUNTY ROUTE #185

Good

Over: KINCAIDE CREEK

1.9 MILE SO SR #82, Pickens, AL

Built 1984 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 45

COUNTY RT 75

Good

Over: CARSON BRANCH

5.6 MI NORTH US 82, Pickens, AL

Built 1951 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 350

PORTER ROAD

Good

Over: DUNNS CREEK

0.7 MI. EAST OF AL159, Pickens, AL

Built 2006 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 60

COUNTY RT # 3

Good

Over: KYLES BRANCH

1.0 MI E OF SR RT 17, Pickens, AL

Built 1980 Load: 27.6 t ADT: 300

CO RT 48 /BASINGER

Good

Over: WOOLBANK CREEK

3.8 MI NORTH OF SR #86, Pickens, AL

Built 1980 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 50

RT #2/BENEVOLA RD.

Good

Over: STERING LAKE BRANCH

3.2 MI EAST OF ST RT 14, Pickens, AL

Built 1948 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 600

RT 2/BENEVOLA RD.

Good

Over: COW CREEK

1 MILE EAST OF AL 14??, Pickens, AL

Built 2003 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 550

COUNTY RT 57

Good

Over: LUBBUB CREEK

1 MI. EAST OF CO RT #3, Pickens, AL

Built 1970 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 215

CO RT #34

Good

Over: MCGANEY BRANCH

5.0 MI EAST OF CO RT #75, Pickens, AL

Built 1968 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 200

#29/FRANCONIA RD.

Good

Over: PUCKET BRANCH

0.3 MI SOUTH ST. RT#17, Pickens, AL

Built 1985 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 200

COUNTY RT 75

Good

Over: RELIEF OF MAGBY CREEK

3.4 MI NORTH OF US HWY 82, Pickens, AL

Built 1959 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 280

COUNTY RT 63

Good

Over: SANDERS BRANCH

12.2 MI EAST OF JCTSR 14, Pickens, AL

Built 1954 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 600

COUNTY RT #34

Good

Over: BUNCOMB CREEK

3.2 MI EAST CO RT #75, Pickens, AL

Built 1951 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 200

COUNTY RT 053

Good

Over: MAGBY CREEK

1.4 MI N JCT US 82, Pickens, AL

Built 1979 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 150

CO RT #104

Good

Over: Little Bear Creek

.2 MILES NO. OF CR #30, Pickens, AL

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROUTE #17

Good

Over: NASH CREEK

0.5 MI N OF OLD SR82, Pickens, AL

Built 1984 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 100

CR 57

Good

Over: HOLLY CREEK

1MI. SOUTH OF US#82, Pickens, AL

Built 2002 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 150

Bradford Rd (CR47)

Good

Over: Beaver Creek

_, Pickens, AL

Built 2018 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 150

COUNTY RT #76

Good

Over: MOCCASIN BRANCH

1.2 MI E OF JCT # 159, Pickens, AL

Built 1964 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROAD #225

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

0.4 MI. E. OF CO RT #63, Pickens, AL

Built 2002 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 32

CO RT #35

Good

Over: SOUTHRAIL RAILROAD

9.2 MI N OF CARROLLTON, Pickens, AL

Built 1992 Load: 33.8 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROAD 37

Good

Over: BRANCH OF COALFIRE CREEK

3.3 MI NORTH OF CR#35, Pickens, AL

Built 2006 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 180

AL-17

Good

Over: LineBarger Branch

3.8 MI N of Reform, Pickens, AL

Built 1929 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 1,618

#22/RAY BASS RD.

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

8.1 MI EAST OF ST. RT.#17, Pickens, AL

Built 1970 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 100

CR-26

Good

Over: Coalfire Creek

6.8 Miles North of SR #86, Pickens, AL

Built 2018 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 596

COUNTY RT #134

Good

Over: LUBBUB SLOUGH

0.9 MI EAST OF CO RT #3, Pickens, AL

Built 1987 Load: 35.5 t ADT: 50

COUNTY RT #149

Good

Over: COAL FIRE CREEK

4.4 MI EAST OF CO RT #27, Pickens, AL

Built 1970 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 200

COUNTY RT #63

Good

Over: BRANCH OFF SIPSEY RIVER

11.7 MI EAST OF ST RT #14, Pickens, AL

Built 1954 Load: 36.8 t ADT: 500

COUNTY RT #134

Good

Over: LUBBUB CREEK

0.7 MI EAST OF CO RT #3, Pickens, AL

Built 1987 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 50

AL-86

Good

Over: Jenning Creek

5.5 MI E Carrolton, Pickens, AL

Built 1961 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 2,988

COUNTY RT 63

Good

Over: BOX BRANCH

13.6 MI EAST OF SR #14, Pickens, AL

Built 1954 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 600

COUNTY ROAD 34

Good

Over: MAGBY CREEK

0.3 MI. EAST CR#75, Pickens, AL

Built 2003 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 269

LUM FIFE ROAD

Good

Over: WELLS BRANCH

1.8 MI. EAST OF CR#63, Pickens, AL

Built 2006 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 70

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