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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.

Total bridges

243

Public highway bridges in Talladega County

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

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.

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Talladega County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Houston County 247 0.4%
Cullman County 246 6.1%
Talladega County (this page) 243 3.3%
Sumter County 241 5.4%
Etowah County 236 2.1%
Pickens County 233 8.2%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1967 here).

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

All 243 Good 109 Fair 126 Poor 8

All bridges (243)

17TH ST

Good

Over: ISBELL BRANCH

TALLADEGA, Talladega, AL

Built 2012 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 3,000

SR235

Good

Over: FANNING BRANCH

8.3 MI E JCT US280, Talladega, AL

Built 2017 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 1,520

CO RD 139

Good

Over: TALLASEEHATCHEE CRK

1.5MI N CO RD 121, Talladega, AL

Built 1997 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 610

COUNTY ROAD 139

Good

Over: WEEWOKA CREEK

2.0 MILES NORTH CO RD 175, Talladega, AL

Built 1955 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 225

AL 77

Good

Over: TALLADEGA CREEK

WALDO, Talladega, AL

Built 2003 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 3,177

CO 045 OLD.SYL.HWY

Good

Over: UNNAMED PERIODIC BRANCH

0.5MI S.INT FLAG.MT.RD, Talladega, AL

Built 1955 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 2,015

OLD US 280

Good

Over: SHIRTEE CREEK

CITY OF SYLAUGA, Talladega, AL

Built 1997 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 6,500

County Hwy 207

Good

Over: Choccolocco Creek

1.5 mi. S of JCT INTST 20, Talladega, AL

Built 2018 Load: 46.9 t ADT: 3,080

SR 76

Good

Over: BRYANT BRANCH

0.1 MI E JCT CO RD 16, Talladega, AL

Built 1940 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 2,678

CO 511

Good

Over: SHELTON CREEK

0.8 MI W CLAY *TALLLINE, Talladega, AL

Built 1941 Load: 48.2 t ADT: 1,290

COUNTY ROAD 303

Good

Over: TALLADEGA CREEK

AT INT.W/TAYLOR"S MILL RD, Talladega, AL

Built 2004 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 695

SR-34

Good

Over: POOR HOUSE BRANCH

.2 MI W JCT CO RD 332, Talladega, AL

Built 2022 Load: 49.7 t ADT: 3,458

COUNTY ROAD 234

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

.3 MILES SOUTH CO.RD. 302, Talladega, AL

Built 2004 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 395

CO 366

Good

Over: POORHOUSE BRANCH

.01 MI. N. HWY 34, Talladega, AL

Built 1967 Load: 51.3 t ADT: 472

SR77

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN R/R

.8 MI. N JCT US78, Talladega, AL

Built 2012 Load: 51.3 t ADT: 9,637

AL 21

Good

Over: TALLASEEHATCHEE CREEK

N CITY LIMITS SYLACAUGA, Talladega, AL

Built 1997 Load: 51.4 t ADT: 8,567

SR 21

Good

Over: CHOCCOLOCCO CREEK RELIEF

1.1 MI. S OF OXFORD, Talladega, AL

Built 2006 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 6,790

SR 21

Good

Over: CHOCCOLOCCO CREEK RELIEF

1.1 MI S OF OXFORD, Talladega, AL

Built 2005 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 6,846

COUNTY ROAD 106

Good

Over: BRANCH TO WEEWOKA CREEK

1 MI E HWY 21 AT WINTERBO, Talladega, AL

Built 1950 Load: 52.0 t ADT: 515

COUNTY HWY O34

Good

Over: KAHATCHEE CREEK

0.8 MI. WEST JCT CO. 008?, Talladega, AL

Built 2000 Load: 52.4 t ADT: 508

CHANDLER SPRINGS R

Good

Over: UNAMED BRANCH

0.2 MI STH INT HORN LK R, Talladega, AL

Built 1965 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 345

AL38 / US280

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN R/R

TOWN OF CHILDERSBURG, Talladega, AL

Built 2019 Load: 53.8 t ADT: 24,518

SR21

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN R/R

MUNFORD, Talladega, AL

Built 2018 Load: 54.1 t ADT: 9,390

COUNTY ROAD 238

Good

Over: WEEWOKA CREEK

INTER CO211 CO238 WINTERB, Talladega, AL

Built 1925 Load: 57.8 t ADT: 362

SR 21

Good

Over: TUSKEHADKY BRANCH

4.1MI S OF OXFORD, Talladega, AL

Built 2000 Load: 59.3 t ADT: 4,881

SR77

Good

Over: BLUE EYE CREEK

1.6 MI N JCT US78, Talladega, AL

Built 2019 Load: 59.8 t ADT: 9,367

COUNTY ROAD 7

Good

Over: LAKE THAT LEADS TO BR

0.5 MI S CALHOUN COUNTY, Talladega, AL

Built 1960 Load: 60.4 t ADT: 1,290

Coosa St West

Good

Over: Isbell Branch

200 East of West St, Talladega, AL

Built 2019 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 1,730

SR 21

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

2.5MI S OF OXFORD, Talladega, AL

Built 2004 Load: 66.6 t ADT: 9,762

CO 191

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

0.3 MI E CO 207, Talladega, AL

Built 1974 Load: 67.8 t ADT: 1,785

CO 211

Good

Over: GREASEHEAD BRANCH

INTERSECTION CO 211* 213, Talladega, AL

Built 1964 Load: 77.7 t ADT: 625

COUNTY ROAD 207

Good

Over: GREASY HEAD BRANCH

0.9 MI W ST21 ON CORD 207, Talladega, AL

Built 1955 Load: 82.5 t ADT: 1,350

MCINTOSH ROAD

Good

Over: DRY BRANCH

3.0 KM E OF AL 21, Talladega, AL

Built 1998 Load: 87.5 t ADT: 970

AL 34

Good

Over: POORHOUSE BRANCH

INT AL 34 * AL 77, Talladega, AL

Built 1994 Load: 87.8 t ADT: 3,458

SR38 / US280

Good

Over: TAR WATER BRANCH

2.79 MI N JCT AL 21, Talladega, AL

Built 1995 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 21,424

CO 082

Poor

Over: KELLEY CREEK

0.5 MI E CO RT 005, Talladega, AL

Built 1930 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 515

NORTH STREET WEST

Poor

Over: ISBELL BRANCH

TALLADEGA, Talladega, AL

Built 1940 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 350

CANAAN WAY(GARVIN)

Poor

Over: ISBELL BRANCH

TALLADEGA, Talladega, AL

Built 1940 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 125

CO 211

Poor

Over: TALLADEGA CREEK

4.0 MI E TALLADEGA ON CO, Talladega, AL

Built 1952 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 670

CO. ROAD 132

Poor

Over: CROOKED CREEK

SYLACAUGA, Talladega, AL

Built 1925 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROAD 132

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF CROOKED CREEK

2.8 MI E OF AL HWY 21, Talladega, AL

Built 1986 Load: 15.3 t ADT: 125

COUNTY ROAD 102

Poor

Over: FOURMILE CREEK

1.2 MI E US 280, Talladega, AL

Built 1987 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 1,275

CITY STREET

Poor

Over: DARBY CREEK

SYLACAUGA SYLVEST PLANT, Talladega, AL

Built 1955 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 300

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