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Pike County, AL

169 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 59.8% rated Good, 39.1% Fair, 1.2% Poor.

169
Public bridges
59.8%
Good condition
1.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Pike County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 21%
lowest Poor share in state
1.2%
Poor-condition share
169
public highway bridges
1975
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.

Pike County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Pike County ranks #14 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.2%). Pike County, Alabama contains 169 public highway bridges. Roughly 59.8% are rated “Good,” 39.1% “Fair,” and 1.2% “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

169

Public highway bridges in Pike County

Good condition

59.8%

101 of 169 rated 7-9

Fair condition

39.1%

66 of 169 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.2%

2 of 169 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#14 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 169 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
59.8% (101)
Fair
39.1% (66)
Poor
1.2% (2)

Pike County's Poor-condition bridges carry 95 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 48 crossings a day against 763 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 168 of 169 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

59.8% of Pike County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

101 of the 169 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 59.8% 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 78.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

COUNTY ROAD 2228 over BIG CREEK, built 1940, carries 75 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 95 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Pike County's bridges were built

169 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 46 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 (1975) matches the Alabama average (1974).

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

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

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Pike County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.2% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Pike County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Colbert County 172 1.7%
Marshall County 172 8.7%
Crenshaw County 171 1.8%
Pike County (this page) 169 1.2%
Wilcox County 168 13.7%
Cherokee County 167 0%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (169 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1975 here).

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

All 169 Good 101 Fair 66 Poor 2

Good-condition bridges (101)

COUNTY ROAD 5513

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

SEC 35 T10N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 1956 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 275

COUNTY ROAD 7702

Good

Over: PANTHER CREEK

SEC 15 T12N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 2004 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 38

COUNTY ROAD 7759

Good

Over: TRIB TO MILL CREEK

SEC5 T10N R22E, Pike, AL

Built 2004 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 22

COUNTY ROAD 2241

Good

Over: BROAD HEAD CREEK

SEC 10 T8N R19E, Pike, AL

Built 1956 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 280

COUNTY ROAD 3307

Good

Over: TRIB TO WALNUT CREEK

SEC 27 T9N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 1981 Load: 38.4 t ADT: 75

COUNTY ROAD 1106

Good

Over: OLUSTEE CREEK

SEC 10 T11N R19E, Pike, AL

Built 1990 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 75

COUNTY ROAD 1105

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

SECT 9 T11N R19E, Pike, AL

Built 1986 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 60

COUNTY ROAD 1172

Good

Over: PANTHER CREEK

SEC 31 T10N R19E, Pike, AL

Built 2005 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 16

COUNTY ROAD 4419

Good

Over: SANDY RUN CREEK

SEC 28 T9W R23E, Pike, AL

Built 2005 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 110

COUNTY ROAD 7761

Good

Over: TRIB TO MILL CREEK

SEC8 T10N R22E, Pike, AL

Built 2004 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 70

COUNTY ROAD 6600

Good

Over: CONECUH RIVER RELIEF

SEC 17 T11N R22E, Pike, AL

Built 2007 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 305

COUNTY ROAD 6600

Good

Over: CONECUH RIVER

SEC 20 T11N R22E, Pike, AL

Built 2006 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 305

COUNTY ROAD 7708

Good

Over: PANTHER CREEK

SEC 15 T12N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 1958 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROAD 6626

Good

Over: TRIB TO BUCKHORN CREEK

SEC 9 T10N R23E, Pike, AL

Built 2003 Load: 42.9 t ADT: 18

COUNTY ROAD 1123

Good

Over: BOYDS MILL CREEK

SEC31 T11N R20E, Pike, AL

Built 2003 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 55

COUNTY ROAD 6645

Good

Over: CONNORS CREEK

SEC 30 T10N R24E, Pike, AL

Built 2004 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 13

US 29 MP 119.148

Good

Over: BUCKHORN CREEK

2.5 MI. N. OF SR 130, Pike, AL

Built 1987 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 1,230

County Road 6650

Good

Over: Buckhorn Creek

Sec 34 T10N R23E, Pike, AL

Built 2020 Load: 44.1 t

COUNTY ROAD 5513

Good

Over: PERSIMMON CREEK

EAST SIDE OF TROY AL, Pike, AL

Built 2015 Load: 44.3 t ADT: 2,190

COUNTY ROAD 7735

Good

Over: LOG CREEK

SEC16 T11N R22E, Pike, AL

Built 2004 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 56

COUNTY ROAD 7703

Good

Over: MANNINGS CREEK

SEC8 T12N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 2003 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 70

COUNTY ROAD 2262

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

SEC12 T8N R20E, Pike, AL

Built 2004 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 385

COUNTY ROAD 7759

Good

Over: BROWNS MILL CREEK

SEC5 T10N R22E, Pike, AL

Built 2004 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 25

COUNTY ROAD 7755

Good

Over: BROWNS MILL CREEK

SEC1 T10N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 2004 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 370

COUNTY ROAD 2262

Good

Over: SILERS MILL CREEK

SEC21 T8N R20E, Pike, AL

Built 2005 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 370

COUNTY ROAD 7707

Good

Over: MANNINGS CREEK

SEC 21 T12N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 1998 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROAD 7748

Good

Over: TRIB TO CONECUH RIVER

SEC11 T10N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 2004 Load: 46.5 t ADT: 57

US 29 MP 118.461

Good

Over: LITTLE BUCKHORN CREEK

1.8 MI. N. OF SR 130, Pike, AL

Built 1987 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 1,230

SR 10 MP 183.601

Good

Over: SANDY RUN CREEK

2 MI. E. OF BRUNDIDGE, Pike, AL

Built 1986 Load: 47.9 t ADT: 1,940

Witherington Dr.

Good

Over: Branch

City of Troy, Pike, AL

Built 2017 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 250

South Dozier Trail

Good

Over: Branch

City of Troy, Pike, AL

Built 2017 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 150

Trojan Parkway

Good

Over: Branch

City of Troy, Pike, AL

Built 2017 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 200

Trojan Parkway

Good

Over: Branch

City of Troy, Pike, AL

Built 2017 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROAD 6643

Good

Over: BRIDGE CREEK

SEC. 22 T10N R23E, Pike, AL

Built 1963 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 275

COUNTY ROAD 7707

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

SEC 20 T12N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 1998 Load: 52.0 t ADT: 300

_County Road 6618

Good

Over: _BuckHorn Branch

_SECT 9 T10 RE, Pike, AL

Built 2022 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 198

COUNTY ROAD 2201

Good

Over: ROBERTSON BRANCH

SEC 28 T9N R29E, Pike, AL

Built 2017 Load: 54.5 t ADT: 1,080

COUNTY ROAD 1126

Good

Over: BOYDS MILL CREEK

SEC 5 T10N R20E, Pike, AL

Built 2006 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 104

County Road 6618

Good

Over: Buckhorn Creek

SEC 8 T10N R23E, Pike, AL

Built 2018 Load: 55.4 t ADT: 77

COUNTY ROAD 3336

Good

Over: MIMS CREEK

SEC19 T8N R22E, Pike, AL

Built 2004 Load: 55.6 t ADT: 105

COUNTY ROAD 1107

Good

Over: OLUSTEE CREEK

SEC11 T11N R19E, Pike, AL

Built 2004 Load: 55.6 t ADT: 125

US 29 MP 115.156

Good

Over: RICHLAND CREEK

2 MI. N. OF BANKS, Pike, AL

Built 1987 Load: 58.3 t ADT: 1,570

COUNTY ROAD 2225

Good

Over: SMART BRANCH

SEC 1 T8N R20E, Pike, AL

Built 1961 Load: 60.9 t ADT: 225

COUNTY ROAD 2227

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

SEC. 18 T9N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 1962 Load: 72.5 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROAD 3223

Good

Over: CLEARWATER CREEK

SEC 26 T8N R22E, Pike, AL

Built 1964 Load: 76.1 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROAD 1143

Good

Over: TRIB TO YOUNGBLOOD CREEK

SEC 7 T10N R20E, Pike, AL

Built 1966 Load: 77.3 t ADT: 275

COUNTY ROAD 7735

Good

Over: TRIB TO CONECUH RIVER

SEC 25 T11N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 1994 Load: 83.6 t ADT: 100

GEORGE WALLACE DR

Good

Over: PERSIMMON BRANCH

City of Troy, Pike, AL

Built 1951 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 3,000

COUNTY ROAD 3339

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

SEC 27 T8N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 1960 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROAD 3328

Good

Over: WEST CLEARWATER CREEK

SEC 34 T8N R22E, Pike, AL

Built 1963 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 250

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