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Russell County, AL

205 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 34.6% rated Good, 62.4% Fair, 2.9% Poor.

205
Public bridges
34.6%
Good condition
2.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 49%
lowest Poor share in state
2.9%
Poor-condition share
205
public highway bridges
1974
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.

Russell County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Russell County ranks #33 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.9%). Russell County, Alabama contains 205 public highway bridges. Roughly 34.6% are rated “Good,” 62.4% “Fair,” and 2.9% “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

205

Public highway bridges in Russell County

Good condition

34.6%

71 of 205 rated 7-9

Fair condition

62.4%

128 of 205 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.9%

6 of 205 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#33 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 205 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
34.6% (71)
Fair
62.4% (128)
Poor
2.9% (6)

Russell County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,407 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 735 crossings a day against 1,603 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 205 of 205 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

47.8% of Russell County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

98 of the 205 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 34.6% 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 33.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 26 over KING BRANCH, built 1926, carries 1,490 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 4,407 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Russell County's bridges were built

205 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 42 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Alabama average (1974).

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

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

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Russell County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.9% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Russell County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Dale County 206 0%
Geneva County 205 3.4%
Russell County (this page) 205 2.9%
Greene County 204 2.9%
Marengo County 203 5.9%
Elmore County 202 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 Russell 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 Russell County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (205 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1974 here).

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

All 205 Good 71 Fair 128 Poor 6

Good-condition bridges (71)

12th Avenue

Good

Over: Holland Creek

Phenix City, Russell, AL

Built 2016 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 1,000

COUNTY ROAD 30

Good

Over: BR OFF HIGH LOG CREEK

2.2 MI. S. OF INT.30*26, Russell, AL

Built 2005 Load: 45.5 t ADT: 400

COUNTY ROAD 30

Good

Over: HATCHECHUBBEE CREEK

1MI SE HATCHECHUBBEE, Russell, AL

Built 1997 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 500

CR 427 OPELIKA RD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

100 West of CR RD 296, Russell, AL

Built 2020 Load: 46.8 t ADT: 9,632

CO 39

Good

Over: IGAHEE CREEK

15.5 MI S W PHENIX CITY, Russell, AL

Built 1960 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 750

CO 20

Good

Over: RR ST HURTSBORO CK

HURTSBORO, Russell, AL

Built 1996 Load: 48.2 t ADT: 250

Uchee Hill Hwy

Good

Over: uchee creek relief

4 mi. S of Phenix City, Russell, AL

Built 2015 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 150

CO 29

Good

Over: BELLAMY BRANCH

8.5KM S HUGLEY, Russell, AL

Built 1993 Load: 55.2 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROAD 4A

Good

Over: PITTS POND BRANCH

0.5 MILES EAST OF PITTSVI, Russell, AL

Built 2002 Load: 55.2 t ADT: 399

COTTONTON ROAD

Good

Over: WEOLUSTEE CREEK

0.5 MI EAST HWY 431, Russell, AL

Built 2010 Load: 57.7 t ADT: 1,400

CO 35

Good

Over: LONG BRANCH

3.7MI E CRAWFORD, Russell, AL

Built 1996 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 200

SOUTH RAILROAD ST

Good

Over: HOLLAND CREEK

SOUTH RR STREET, Russell, AL

Built 1994 Load: 60.1 t ADT: 2,905

CO 30

Good

Over: WEOLUSTEE CREEK

3MI SW SEALE, Russell, AL

Built 1996 Load: 65.9 t ADT: 200

LAKEWOOD DRIVE

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.1 MI W 280 * 431, Russell, AL

Built 1965 Load: 68.7 t ADT: 8,500

AL 26

Good

Over: High Log Creek

7.2 MI E JCT 51, Russell, AL

Built 2015 Load: 69.6 t ADT: 1,980

CO 33

Good

Over: SNAKE CREEK

5.7 MI N E UCHEE, Russell, AL

Built 1986 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 400

SANDFORT ROAD

Good

Over: COCHGALECHEE CREEK

SANDFORT ROAD, Russell, AL

Built 1972 Load: 85.5 t ADT: 2,200

CO 4

Good

Over: BRANCH

4.5 MI E PITTSVIEW, Russell, AL

Built 1989 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 575

CO. 04

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

1.5 MI W OF COTTONTON, Russell, AL

Built 1989 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 310

04

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK BRANCH

.7 MI W OF COTTONTON, Russell, AL

Built 1989 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 310

CO RD 20

Good

Over: BRANCH OFF HURSBORO CK

1.8 MI E HURTSBORO, Russell, AL

Built 2006 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 35

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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.