Total bridges
482
Public highway bridges in Tuscaloosa County
County profile · official public datasets
Tuscaloosa County, AL
482 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 44.6% rated Good, 54.8% Fair, 0.6% Poor.
- 482
- Public bridges
- 44.6%
- Good condition
- 0.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Tuscaloosa County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 10%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 482
- public highway bridges
- 1981
- 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.
Tuscaloosa County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Tuscaloosa County ranks #7 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.6%). Tuscaloosa County, Alabama contains 482 public highway bridges. Roughly 44.6% are rated “Good,” 54.8% “Fair,” and 0.6% “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
44.6%
215 of 482 rated 7-9
Fair condition
54.8%
264 of 482 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.6%
3 of 482 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#7 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 482 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 44.6% (215)
Fair 54.8% (264)
Poor 0.6% (3)
Tuscaloosa County's Poor-condition bridges carry 17,670 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 5,890 crossings a day against 3,469 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 482 of 482 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
45.6% of Tuscaloosa County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
220 of the 482 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 44.6% 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 52.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US 11 over NORFOLK & SO. RR Active, built 1955, carries 9,300 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 17,670 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Tuscaloosa County's bridges were built
482 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 2
1900–1909
2 bridges
- 1920s 14
1920–1929
14 bridges
- 1930s 8
1930–1939
8 bridges
- 1940s 16
1940–1949
16 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
58 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
81 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
59 bridges
- 1980s 34
1980–1989
34 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
54 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
99 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
46 bridges
- 2020s 11
2020–2029
11 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 99 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 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1981, 7 years newer than the Alabama average of 1974.
How Tuscaloosa County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Tuscaloosa County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.6% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile County | 612 | 21.1% | 76.1% | 2.8% | 1980 |
| Montgomery County | 596 | 37.9% | 59.9% | 2.2% | 1975 |
| Tuscaloosa County (this page) | 482 | 44.6% | 54.8% | 0.6% | 1981 |
| Calhoun County | 386 | 32.9% | 63.2% | 3.9% | 1969 |
| Baldwin County | 381 | 48.3% | 50.4% | 1.3% | 1991 |
| Shelby County | 344 | 41% | 58.1% | 0.9% | 1981 |
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 Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AL (482 bridges here).
- Lycoming County, PA · 482 bridges
- Windsor County, VT · 483 bridges
- Lauderdale County, MS · 481 bridges
- Cattaraugus County, NY · 484 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1981 here).
- Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
- Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
- Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
- McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (215)
OLD GREENSBORO RD
GoodOver: RICE BRANCH
0.9 MI NE OF JCT NEW N 69, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1957 Load: 20.5 t ADT: 200
SIPSEY VALLEY ROA
GoodOver: HAMMER CREEK
4.4 MI N OF JCT CO NO 28, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1957 Load: 21.6 t ADT: 300
I-59
GoodOver: BLACK WARRIOR RIVER(+)
9.5 MI S TUSCALOOSA, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1971 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 30,000
I-59
GoodOver: COUNTY ROAD
2.2 MI N BROOKWOOD RD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1964 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 23,785
I-59
GoodOver: COUNTY ROAD
2.2 MI N BROOKWOOD RD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1964 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 23,785
I-59
GoodOver: WOODLAND LAKE RD (-)
2.0 MI S CAFFEE JCT, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1964 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 23,785
OLD JASPER ROAD
GoodOver: BRANCH
3.1 MI N OF JCT US NO 43, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1951 Load: 23.2 t ADT: 400
NORTHSIDE ROAD
GoodOver: WOLF CREEK
4.0 MI E OF JCT CO NO 35, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,000
HUNTER CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: TWO MILE CREEK
0.2 MI W US 82 BYPASS, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1986 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,980
ALBRIGHT RD
GoodOver: CRIBBS MILL CREEK
.3 Mi. N. J. Harrison, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2020 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 2,100
Smitherman Lane
GoodOver: Hurricane Creek
150 FT SOUTH OF US HWY 1, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2020 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 20
CR 85 BUTTERMILK
GoodOver: I-59
1.6 MI N OF COTTONDALE, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1989 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 8,015
US 11
GoodOver: BLACK WARRIOR RIVER
8.7 MI S TUSCALOOSA, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2000 Load: 25.5 t ADT: 4,281
VICKI DRIVE
GoodOver: UNNAMED CREEK
1.0 MI. S AL. #216, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1999 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 300
EASTERN VALLEY RD
GoodOver: COOLEY CREEK
2.7 MI NE OF JCT ALA 216, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2010 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 800
AL 69
GoodOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
2.8 MI N HALE CO LINE, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1970 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 15,840
BRADFORD BLVD.
GoodOver: COTTONDALE CREEK TRIB.
0.1 MI E REDBUD LANE, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1992 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 500
UPPER COLUMBUS RD.
GoodOver: Lake Lurleen Creek
3.1 MI NW OF JCT US NO 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1951 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 400
SHEPARD PARK RD.
GoodOver: PHILLIPS CREEK
1.3 MI S JCT US 43, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1994 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 250
Old Jasper Rd
GoodOver: North River
7.5 MI N JCT US 43, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2020 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 50
AL 297
GoodOver: ALAVE HOLTRD MNST RVR
RICE MINE * JACK WARNER, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2003 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 8,458
JVC ROAD
GoodOver: COTTONDALE CREEK TRIB.
1.1 MI E JCT #11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1987 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 873
WATERMELON ROAD
GoodOver: YELLOW CREEK
13.2 MI NE OF JCT US N 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1965 Load: 27.1 t ADT: 350
7TH STREET
GoodOver: G M * O RAILROAD
1- BLK E 32ND AVE, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2003 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,700
AL 297
GoodOver: ALAVE HOLTRD MNST RVR
RICE MINE * JACK WARNER, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2003 Load: 27.4 t ADT: 7,175
Maxwell Loop
GoodOver: Duck Creek
1.8 mi W of AL 69, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2019 Load: 28.3 t ADT: 20
CLEMENTS ROAD
GoodOver: WILLOW SWAMP CREEK
2.0 MI. S. BUTTERMILK RD., Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 28.7 t ADT: 800
CLEMENTS ROAD
GoodOver: TRIB.TO COTTONDALE CK.
1.5MI.S. OF BUTTERMILK RD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 28.7 t ADT: 500
JIM JONES ROAD
GoodOver: TRIB. TO COTTONDALE CK.
.6MI FM INT/W BUTTERMILK, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 28.7 t ADT: 500
US 82
GoodOver: SIPSEY RIVER RELIEF #1
0.9 MI. W SIPSEY RIVER, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 12,687
US 82
GoodOver: SIPSEY RIVER
4.9 MI. E TUSC CO. LINE, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 12,687
RUE ROAD
GoodOver: CARROLL CREEK
.7 MI. FROM INT. ALA 171, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2005 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 750
SLAYTON ROAD
GoodOver: BUNCH CREEK
.3 MI. E OF JCT W/US82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1990 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 500
CLEMENTS ROAD
GoodOver: MOTHERS BRANCH
2.1 MI. S. BUTTERMILK RD., Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 400
UNIVERSITY BLVD
GoodOver: KICKER ROAD
ALBERTA CITY, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2015 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 21,682
CO HIGHWAY NO 140
GoodOver: SIPSEY RIVER
1.6 MI WEST OF BUHL, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1978 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 900
Holly Springs Road
GoodOver: Lake Tuscaloosa-Binion
.1 Mile West of Hwy 43, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2022 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 250
WOODBANK PARKWAY
GoodOver: Wright Branch
0.3 MI. W OF US 69 SOUTH, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2022 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 300
19TH AVE E
GoodOver: L * N RAILROAD
1.0 MI S RIVER RD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2000 Load: 30.2 t ADT: 5,615
UPPER COLUMBUS RD.
GoodOver: SIPSEY RIVER
9.8 MI. NW JCT. US NO. 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2000 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 750
UPPER COLUMBUS RD.
GoodOver: Lake Lurleen Creek
2.5 MI NW OF JCT US NO 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1951 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 400
KEENES MILL ROAD
GoodOver: BEE BRANCH
1.9 MI E JCT AL 216, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1995 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 750
JACOBS TRAIL
GoodOver: BRANCH
1/2 MILE S OF ROMULUS RD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2006 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 45
LAKE ROBINWOOD RD
GoodOver: JAY CREEK
0.8 MI SW OF JCT US NO 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2011 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 400
NEW RIVER ROAD
GoodOver: CATES CREEK
5.4 MI NE OF JCT ALA 171, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2013 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 10
CURT CUNNINGHAM RD
GoodOver: CARROLL CREEK
.5 MI.NE US HWY 171, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2014 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 20
_MU0002
GoodOver: _CRIBBS MILL CREEK
.1 mi. s. of Hargrove Rd., Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2019 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 44
US 82
GoodOver: BOX CREEK
1.2 MI W OF SIPSEY RIVER, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 6,070
US 82
GoodOver: SIPSEY RIVER RELIEF #2
0.6 MI W SIPSEY RIVER, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 12,687
US 11
GoodOver: ABS RR Active TY ROGERS
0.1 MI W OF I-359, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1983 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 21,122
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