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Randolph County, AL

165 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 37.6% rated Good, 57.6% Fair, 4.8% Poor.

165
Public bridges: 37.6%
Good condition: 4.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Randolph County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

46th
of 67 on Poor share: 4.8%
Poor-condition share: 165
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.

Randolph County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Randolph County ranks #46 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.8%). Randolph County, Alabama contains 165 public highway bridges. Roughly 37.6% are rated “Good,” 57.6% “Fair,” and 4.8% “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

165

Public highway bridges in Randolph County

Good condition

37.6%

62 of 165 rated 7-9

Fair condition

57.6%

95 of 165 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.8%

8 of 165 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#46 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 165 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

37.6% (62)

Fair

57.6% (95)

Poor

4.8% (8)

Randolph County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,388 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 174 crossings a day against 563 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 165 of 165 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

61.2% of Randolph County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

101 of the 165 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 37.6% 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 43.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

FRANKLIN ROAD over GRAVES CREEK, built 1965, carries 600 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 1,388 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

2
1920s

9
1930s

17
1940s

9
1950s

23
1960s

32
1970s

15
1980s

15
1990s

27
2000s

10
2010s

5
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 32 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.4% 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 Randolph County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Randolph County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.8% Poor share is the 4th-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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Randolph County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Pike County	169	59.8%	39.1%	1.2%	1975
Wilcox County	168	29.2%	57.1%	13.7%	1974
Cherokee County	167	29.3%	70.7%	0%	1960
Cleburne County	165	32.1%	61.8%	6.1%	1973
Randolph County (this page)	165	37.6%	57.6%	4.8%	1968
Perry County	162	19.8%	75.9%	4.3%	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 Randolph 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 Randolph County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (165 bridges here).

Plumas County, CA · 165 bridges
Leon County, FL · 165 bridges
Hamilton County, IL · 165 bridges
Lawrence County, IN · 165 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 165 Good 62 Fair 95 Poor 8

All bridges (165)

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Randolph County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Randolph County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,388 vehicle crossings a day

61.2% of Randolph County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 43.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

All bridges (165)

CO. RD. 37

SR 22

SR 22

SR 48

CO RD 53

CO.RD.406

LAFAYETTE HWY.

SR 48

SR 22

CO.RD.475

CO RD 51

SR 22

SR 48

CO. RD. 23

LOUINA ST

CO.RD. 14

COUNTY ROAD 649

CO RD 456

SR 48

SR1/US431

AL1/US 431

CO. RD. 113

CO RD 7

CO RD 621

HILLCREST AVE

CO.RD.15

SR1/US431

SR 48

CO RD 855

SR 22

CO.RD.18

SR 22

SR 22

SR 48

CO. RD. 92

SR 77

CO.RD.44

SR1/US431

CO RD 59

CO. RD. 17

SR1/US431

SR1 / US 431

CO. RD.16

SR1 / US 431

SR1/US431

CO. RD. 26

CO. RD. 619

CO. RD. 82

CO. RD. 133

CO RD 88

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