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Tallapoosa County, AL

149 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 34.2% rated Good, 55% Fair, 10.7% Poor.

149
Public bridges
34.2%
Good condition
10.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Tallapoosa 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.

66th
of 67 on Poor share
10.7%
Poor-condition share
149
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.

Tallapoosa County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Tallapoosa County ranks #66 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 10.7%). Tallapoosa County, Alabama contains 149 public highway bridges. Roughly 34.2% are rated “Good,” 55% “Fair,” and 10.7% “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

149

Public highway bridges in Tallapoosa County

Good condition

34.2%

51 of 149 rated 7-9

Fair condition

55%

82 of 149 rated 5-6

Poor condition

10.7%

16 of 149 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#66 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 149 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
34.2% (51)
Fair
55% (82)
Poor
10.7% (16)

Tallapoosa County's Poor-condition bridges carry 7,181 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 10.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 449 crossings a day against 1,620 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 149 of 149 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

55.7% of Tallapoosa County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

83 of the 149 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 34.2% 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 37.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 22 over TIMBER GUT CREEK, built 1939, carries 2,681 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 16-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 7,181 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Tallapoosa County's bridges were built

149 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 25 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 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 Tallapoosa County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Tallapoosa County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 10.7% Poor share is the 6th-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 Tallapoosa County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Perry County 162 4.3%
Lowndes County 157 1.3%
Clarke County 155 0%
Choctaw County 154 5.2%
Tallapoosa County (this page) 149 10.7%
Monroe County 142 3.5%

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 Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (149 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 149 Good 51 Fair 82 Poor 16

All bridges (149)

US 280

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

0.1 MI W SR 49, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2002 Load: 36.8 t ADT: 14,547

LOWE RD

Good

Over: STONE CREEK

0.6 MI NORTH ALA 14, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1963 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 315

LOWER TUSKEGEE RD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.6 MI N OF MACON CO LINE, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2003 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 745

CR 89 NORTH

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK SPUR

1.4 M N INT CO 48 * AL 50, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1960 Load: 39.7 t ADT: 335

AL63

Good

Over: PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS

.5 MI N WINDERMERE RD, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2011 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,220

SR 22

Good

Over: MILLS FALL CREEK

0.5 MI E OF DAVISTON, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1993 Load: 40.3 t ADT: 869

SR 259

Good

Over: ELKAHATCHEE CREEK

1 MI N COOSA CO LINE, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1993 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 1,707

US 280

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

.1 MI W JCT SR49, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2005 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 7,273

ELKAHATCHEE RD

Good

Over: ELKAHATCHEE CREEK

5.4 MI NORTH OF HWY 63, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2002 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 1,285

SR 50

Good

Over: WIND CREEK

0.5 MI E TALLAPOOSA RIV, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1995 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 1,337

ELDER RD

Good

Over: JAYBIRD CREEK

1.1 M E ALA 49, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1956 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 190

SR38 / US280

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

1.0 MI E JUNCT SR50, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2004 Load: 44.3 t ADT: 6,627

SR38 / US280

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

1.0 MI E JUNCT SR50, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2004 Load: 44.3 t ADT: 6,627

HERREN STREET

Good

Over: CHATTASOFKA CREEK

DADEVILLE, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1986 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 138

AL 63

Good

Over: ELKAHATCHEE CREEK

9.8 MI.NO.OF ELMORE CO., Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2000 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 5,725

W. GANTTS MILL RD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

08. MI. E. OF CO. RD. 015, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2001 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 265

LOVELADY RD

Good

Over: SOUGHATCHEE CREEK

3.8 MI N ALA NO 49, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1995 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 405

SR49

Good

Over: SAUGAHATCHEE CREEK

5.6 MI N JCT SR14, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2006 Load: 47.8 t ADT: 1,961

SR 49

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN R/R

0.82 MI N JCT US 280, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1975 Load: 48.5 t ADT: 2,326

SR 22

Good

Over: GREASY CREEK

2.8 MI E OF DAVISTON, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1993 Load: 49.4 t ADT: 927

CHURCHILL RD

Good

Over: WIND CREEK

1 M N CO RD 071, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1962 Load: 51.3 t ADT: 240

HAMPTON RD

Good

Over: COUNTY LINE CREEK

1.1 M N OF CR 44, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2016 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 100

DENVER RD

Good

Over: COUNTY LINE CREEK

0.9 M E OF CO RD 530, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2003 Load: 54.9 t ADT: 50

MANOY DRIVE

Good

Over: MCNOY CREEK

0.3 M E OF CO RD 308, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1957 Load: 57.3 t ADT: 400

FREDRIC FERRY RD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

DAVISTON, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1989 Load: 63.7 t ADT: 91

COWPENS ROAD W.

Good

Over: DEWBERRY BRANCH

1.75 MI.N.AL.22/NEW SITE, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1985 Load: 68.3 t ADT: 255

SR 22

Good

Over: GIN POND CREEK

7 MILE E JCT SR 49, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1984 Load: 69.2 t ADT: 904

OAK RIDGE RD

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

0.6 M E CO RD 411, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2003 Load: 69.9 t ADT: 120

MADWIND RD

Good

Over: MANOY CREEK

2 MI N CO RD 305, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1984 Load: 70.4 t ADT: 255

S.CHURCHILL RD

Good

Over: MITCHELL CREEK

1.0 MI N OF AL HWY 49S, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2002 Load: 84.7 t ADT: 505

COWPENS RD

Good

Over: JOSIE LEG CREEK

005 MI W ALA 22, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1983 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 640

Church Road

Good

Over: Jaybird Creek

0.6 MI N INT AL HWY 49 N, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2002 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 180

SCOTT ROAD

Good

Over: COLEY CREEK

Scott Road, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2019 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 350

DADE STREET

Poor

Over: BRANCH

DADEVILLE, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1920 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 175

N Thornton Road

Poor

Over: Blue Creek

2.6 M N AL 50, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1925 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 115

OLDMILLERFERRY RD.

Poor

Over: BUCK CREEK

DADEVILLE, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1947 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 130

Jack Wilson Road

Poor

Over: N Fork Sandy Creek

0.89 MI N AL 50, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1996 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 10

Bill Price Road

Poor

Over: Emuckfaw Creek

1.4 M E OF RD NO. 556, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1920 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 45

STATE LAND ROAD

Poor

Over: SPUR OFF NO. FORK CREEK

0.8 MI NO. OF AL 50, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1919 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 20

Buttston Road

Poor

Over: Unnamed Creek

0.9 M N CO RD 520, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1920 Load: 3.4 t ADT: 105

OAK HEIGHTS RD.

Poor

Over: STONE CREEK

0.2 MI E ALA 14:TALLASSEE, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1928 Load: 3.4 t ADT: 2,000

Old Dutch Road

Poor

Over: Emuckfaw Creek

0.7 MI E CO INT 557 * 558, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1922 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 70

Churchill Road

Poor

Over: Blue Creek

2.4 M N AL 50, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1937 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 55

Buck Creek Road

Poor

Over: Buck Creek

1.4 M E CO RD 046, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1930 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 220

WILLOUGHBY RD

Poor

Over: GALLAWAY CREEK

1.7 M E OF CO 532, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1921 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 85

PARISH ST.

Poor

Over: BRANCH

0.2 MI E AL 63, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1990 Load: 7.4 t ADT: 400

Abbett Drive

Poor

Over: Gin House Branch

2.8 M N US 280, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1922 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 70

MAIN ST.

Poor

Over: CENTRAL OF GA RAIL-ROAD

JACKSONS GAP, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1930 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 1,000

SR 22

Poor

Over: TIMBER GUT CREEK

5 MI E HILLABEE CREEK, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1939 Load: 83.1 t ADT: 2,681

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