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.
Fair-condition bridges (126)
SR 76
FairOver: TRIB. TO BRYANT BRANCH
4.2 MI E CHILDERSBURG, Talladega, AL
Built 1940 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 3,043
AL 21
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
CITY OF TALLADEGA, Talladega, AL
Built 1987 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 3,934
CO 399
FairOver: CHOCCOLOCCO CREEK
9.0 MI W AL 21, Talladega, AL
Built 1963 Load: 43.9 t ADT: 610
SR 21
FairOver: CHOCCOLOCCO CREEK
.9 MI S OF OXFORD, Talladega, AL
Built 2006 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 6,790
CO 207
FairOver: DRAIN - COLBERT
1.5 MI N CO 203, Talladega, AL
Built 1956 Load: 45.2 t ADT: 1,120
SR 77
FairOver: POORHOUSE BRANCH
JCT SR 34 * SR 77, Talladega, AL
Built 1939 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 14,789
SR 21
FairOver: BRANCH
0.6 MI N JCT CO 96, Talladega, AL
Built 1942 Load: 49.1 t ADT: 9,233
SR 21
FairOver: PENNINGTON BRANCH
3 MI N OF SYLACAUGA, Talladega, AL
Built 1937 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 9,228
ALLEN STREET
FairOver: BRANCH
100 FT W OF JUDY CIR, Talladega, AL
Built 1940 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 400
SR 76
FairOver: BRANCH
TOWN OF CHILDERSBURG, Talladega, AL
Built 1940 Load: 64.7 t ADT: 5,965
HORNS LAKE RD
FairOver: BLUE CREEK
0.1 MI N CO 009 INTERSECT, Talladega, AL
Built 1965 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 590
SR 77
FairOver: BLUE CREEK
1.3 MI. N CLAY CO. LINE, Talladega, AL
Built 1974 Load: 67.2 t ADT: 2,895
SR 34
FairOver: POOR HOUSE BRANCH
JCT CO 61, Talladega, AL
Built 1984 Load: 70.7 t ADT: 2,708
CO. ROAD 394
FairOver: FAYNE CREEK
0.6 MI N CO385 AT IRONATO, Talladega, AL
Built 1945 Load: 72.7 t ADT: 605
SR 38/US280
FairOver: BRANCH
CITY OF CHILDERBURG, Talladega, AL
Built 1935 Load: 73.8 t ADT: 26,597
I-20
FairOver: BRANCH
5.5 MI E JCT SR 77, Talladega, AL
Built 1965 Load: 88.5 t ADT: 44,364
AL 21
FairOver: GREASY HEAD BRANCH
1.6 MI N JCT SR 76, Talladega, AL
Built 1937 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 9,228
CITY STREET
FairOver: CREEK
SYLACAUGA W 4TH STREET, Talladega, AL
Built 1955 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,000
I-20
FairOver: BRANCH
2.5 MI E JCT SR 77, Talladega, AL
Built 1965 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 42,350
SR 148
FairOver: CHARTEE CREEK
1.8 MI E OF SYLACAUGA, Talladega, AL
Built 1965 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 1,300
SR 148
FairOver: TALLASEEHATCHEE CK.
3 MI EAST SYLACAUGA, Talladega, AL
Built 1965 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 979
I-20
FairOver: SNOWS BRANCH
2.1 MI E EXIT 179, Talladega, AL
Built 1967 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 45,888
SR 275
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
CITY OF TALLADEGA, Talladega, AL
Built 1986 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 8,720
SR 275
FairOver: BRANCH
CITY OF TALLADEGA, Talladega, AL
Built 1986 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 10,625
COUNTY ROAD # 511
FairOver: UNNAMED BRANCH
0.1 MI.STH.JCT.OVERBROOK, Talladega, AL
Built 1955 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 2,950
WOODLAWN AVENUE
FairOver: BIG DITCH
250 S OF W. 8TH ST, Talladega, AL
Built 2002 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 300
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