Total bridges
243
Public highway bridges in Talladega County
County profile · official public datasets
Talladega County, AL
243 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 44.9% rated Good, 51.9% Fair, 3.3% Poor.
- 243
- Public bridges
- 44.9%
- Good condition
- 3.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Talladega 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.
- 38th
- of 67 on Poor share
- 3.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 243
- public highway bridges
- 1967
- 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.
Talladega County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Talladega County ranks #38 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.3%). Talladega County, Alabama contains 243 public highway bridges. Roughly 44.9% are rated “Good,” 51.9% “Fair,” and 3.3% “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.
Good condition
44.9%
109 of 243 rated 7-9
Fair condition
51.9%
126 of 243 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.3%
8 of 243 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#38 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 243 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 44.9% (109)
Fair 51.9% (126)
Poor 3.3% (8)
Talladega County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,510 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 439 crossings a day against 4,143 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 243 of 243 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
66.7% of Talladega County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
162 of the 243 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 44.9% 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 36.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
COUNTY ROAD 102 over FOURMILE CREEK, built 1987, carries 1,275 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 3,510 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Talladega County's bridges were built
243 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
20 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
34 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
50 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
43 bridges
- 1970s 13
1970–1979
13 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
21 bridges
- 1990s 14
1990–1999
14 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
27 bridges
- 2010s 11
2010–2019
11 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 50 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1967, 7 years older than the Alabama average of 1974.
How Talladega County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Talladega County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.3% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1967 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 6 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston County | 247 | 47.4% | 52.2% | 0.4% | 1978 |
| Cullman County | 246 | 29.3% | 64.6% | 6.1% | 1970 |
| Talladega County (this page) | 243 | 44.9% | 51.9% | 3.3% | 1967 |
| Sumter County | 241 | 48.5% | 46.1% | 5.4% | 1969 |
| Etowah County | 236 | 50.4% | 47.5% | 2.1% | 1976 |
| Pickens County | 233 | 41.6% | 50.2% | 8.2% | 1970 |
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 Talladega 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 Talladega County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AL (243 bridges here).
- Newton County, MS · 243 bridges
- Pettis County, MO · 243 bridges
- Gloucester County, NJ · 243 bridges
- Columbia County, NY · 243 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1967 here).
- Los Angeles County, CA · avg 1967 · 3,547 bridges
- Allegheny County, PA · avg 1967 · 1,294 bridges
- Sonoma County, CA · avg 1967 · 609 bridges
- Merced County, CA · avg 1967 · 528 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (243)
CO. ROAD 310
FairOver: TALLADEGA CREEK
2.3 MI N CO209 AT CHANDLE, Talladega, AL
Built 1930 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 230
CO 82
FairOver: KELLY CREEK
500 FT W CO 399, Talladega, AL
Built 1937 Load: 2.6 t ADT: 385
OLD TALL. HWY
FairOver: CREEK
0.2 MI EST. AL 21, Talladega, AL
Built 1952 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 104
CO 485 BASS LN
FairOver: UN - NAMED CREEK
.2 MI E OF JCT CHEAHA RD., Talladega, AL
Built 1965 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 53
CO 191
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
4 MI W OF JONESVIEW, Talladega, AL
Built 1964 Load: 5.7 t ADT: 1,510
BRICKYARD RD.
FairOver: CREEK
0.2 MILES STH. HWY 148, Talladega, AL
Built 1950 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 77
COUNTY ROAD 466
FairOver: CREEK
0.6 MI. WEST CO 005, Talladega, AL
Built 1999 Load: 6.3 t ADT: 280
ST. IVES ROAD
FairOver: SMALL PERODIC BRANCH
.1 MI.N JCT. OLD TRAM RD., Talladega, AL
Built 1970 Load: 6.8 t ADT: 68
CO 303
FairOver: DRY CREEK
1.0 MI W INT CO 509* 303, Talladega, AL
Built 1963 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 670
CO 207
FairOver: TALLADEGA CREEK
0.8 MI S CO 203, Talladega, AL
Built 1956 Load: 9.6 t ADT: 872
CO 073
FairOver: SHELTON CREEK
0.7 MI OF CO RT 074, Talladega, AL
Built 1940 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 245
CO 149
FairOver: BRANCH
0.2 MI E CO RT 123, Talladega, AL
Built 1950 Load: 10.6 t ADT: 235
COUNTY ROAD 34
FairOver: COHOBIE CREEK
0.5 MI WEST CO 8 FAYETTEV, Talladega, AL
Built 1955 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 51
FARR LANE
FairOver: UNNAMED PEROIDIC BRANCH
0.2 MI EAST OF JCT.AL 21, Talladega, AL
Built 1980 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 33
CO 213
FairOver: PRIDGEN BRANCH
1.0 MI W CO 238, Talladega, AL
Built 1978 Load: 11.6 t ADT: 452
COUNTY ROAD 211
FairOver: WEEWOKA CREEK
0.3 MI S CO302 AT BERNEYS, Talladega, AL
Built 1982 Load: 12.2 t ADT: 440
CO# 92
FairOver: WATERS BRANCH
0.7 MI. E. CO 8, Talladega, AL
Built 1982 Load: 12.6 t ADT: 482
CO 008
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
LOCATED IN FAYETTE-VILLE, Talladega, AL
Built 1952 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 905
CO 400
FairOver: KELLEY CREEK
0.5 MI W CO RT 399, Talladega, AL
Built 1932 Load: 14.4 t ADT: 375
CO 483
FairOver: SALT CREEK
1.5 MI S ALA 21, Talladega, AL
Built 1956 Load: 15.7 t ADT: 147
SELLWOOD ROAD
FairOver: BRYANT BRANCH
0.6 MILES STH. AL 76, Talladega, AL
Built 1955 Load: 16.1 t ADT: 52
CO 486
FairOver: SALT CREEK
4.0 MI E CO RT 385, Talladega, AL
Built 1920 Load: 17.4 t ADT: 113
COUNTY ROAD 178
FairOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
3 MILES EAST CHILDERSBURG, Talladega, AL
Built 1986 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 510
CO 177
FairOver: BRANCH
05 MI E CO 105, Talladega, AL
Built 1930 Load: 18.3 t ADT: 480
CO. RD.044 COBB RD
FairOver: SILVER RUN CREEK
1.8 MI E CO58 AT SILVER R, Talladega, AL
Built 1912 Load: 18.4 t ADT: 430
SR21
FairOver: KELLY CREEK
CITY OF TALLADEGA, Talladega, AL
Built 1942 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 5,607
CO 123
FairOver: TALASSEEHATCHEE CREEK
2.9 MI. N OF AL 21, Talladega, AL
Built 1950 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 805
CO 385
FairOver: CHEAHA CREEK
3.3 MI E ALA 21, Talladega, AL
Built 1952 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 500
CO. ROAD 128
FairOver: DRY BRCH TO CHOCCOLOCCO
1 MI E STATE21 ON CO 128, Talladega, AL
Built 1935 Load: 20.1 t ADT: 523
CO 013
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
1.0 MI S CO 026, Talladega, AL
Built 1968 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 945
COUNTY ROAD 399
FairOver: CHEAHA CREEK
1.5 MI N STATE ROAD 21, Talladega, AL
Built 1970 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 927
CO 007
FairOver: BLUE EYE CREEK
.8 MI.W.OF 78/LINCOLN, Talladega, AL
Built 1953 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 1,490
CO 207
FairOver: POORHOUSE BRANCH
5.1 MI S I20, Talladega, AL
Built 1964 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 1,275
South St. W
FairOver: ISBELL BRANCH
0.1 MI East of Ft Lashley, Talladega, AL
Built 1955 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,011
SR 76
FairOver: TALLASEEHATCHEE CREEK
CITY OF CHILDERSBURG, Talladega, AL
Built 1941 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 5,894
CO 123
FairOver: EMAUHEE CREEK
5.3 MI E MAINE AVE, Talladega, AL
Built 1956 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 548
SR 235
FairOver: TALLADEGA CREEK
1.8 MI E JCT US 280, Talladega, AL
Built 1980 Load: 23.1 t ADT: 3,008
COUNTY ROAD 385
FairOver: DRY CREEK
0.4 MI N CO 385 LAKE ELLI, Talladega, AL
Built 1940 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 720
SR 77
FairOver: CHOCCOLOCCO CREEK
5.9 MI NO JCT SR 34, Talladega, AL
Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,085
N SPRING STREET
FairOver: ISBELL BRANCH
TALLADEGA, Talladega, AL
Built 1940 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 500
SR 148
FairOver: CROOKED CREEK
CITY OF SYLACAUGA, Talladega, AL
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,647
COUNTY HWY 511
FairOver: CROOKED CREEK
1.0 MI.STH AL HWY 21?????, Talladega, AL
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,205
CO 103-SILVER RUN
FairOver: I-20
2.0 MI E EXIT 179, Talladega, AL
Built 1967 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 1,623
SR 235
FairOver: TALLASEEHATCHEE CREEK
0.8 MI E JCT US 280, Talladega, AL
Built 1980 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 5,134
CHEAHA PARK RD
FairOver: TATER CREEK
0.2 MI N OF S PARK BDRY, Talladega, AL
Built 1952 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 211
CO79/DRY VALLEY RD
FairOver: I-20
1.8 MI E JCT SR 77, Talladega, AL
Built 1964 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 974
SR 21
FairOver: TUSKEHADKY BRANCH
4.1 MI S OF OXFORD, Talladega, AL
Built 1942 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 5,357
SR 34
FairOver: POOR HOUSE BRANCH
0.1 MI E JCT CO 61, Talladega, AL
Built 1985 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,708
SR 77
FairOver: CHOCCOLOCCO CREEK
5.9 MI NORTH JCT SR 34, Talladega, AL
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,085
COUNTY ROAD 385
FairOver: FAYNE CREEK
INT CO398 *C0385 MCELDERY, Talladega, AL
Built 1950 Load: 24.8 t ADT: 710
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