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.
All bridges (482)
KAULOOSA AVE
FairOver: CRIBBS MILL CREEK
WASTE TREATMENT PLANT, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1968 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 7,600
WOODLAND ROAD
FairOver: I-59
JCT I-59 (MP 75.1), Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1969 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 3,586
AL 216
FairOver: I-59 I-20 US-11 AL-5
OVER I59 3.2 MI E US11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1965 Load: 28.7 t ADT: 14,931
WESTERN BYPASS
FairOver: BLACK WARRIOR RIVER
NORTHPORT-TUSCALOOSA, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1998 Load: 28.7 t ADT: 7,835
OLD FAYETTE ROAD
FairOver: POLE BRIDGE CREEK
1.0 MI NW OF JCT ALA NO43, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1992 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 750
US 82
FairOver: BIG CREEK (-)
0.2 MI W CO RD 140, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1957 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 9,445
US 82
FairOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
0.4 MI E OF DUNCANVILLE, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1960 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,540
I-59
FairOver: WARRIOR RVR REL (-)
3.3 MI S JCT I-359, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1969 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 13,235
US 11
FairOver: I-59 (EXIT 97)
CAFFEE JUNCTION, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1965 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 14,160
NORTH HAGLER ROAD
FairOver: NORTH RIVER
0.8 MI NE OF JCT US NO 43, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1966 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 500
I-59
FairOver: WARRIOR RVR REL (+)
2.6 MI S JCT I-359, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1969 Load: 29.6 t ADT: 34,450
I-59
FairOver: ABS RR* REESE PHIFER (-)
0.3 MI S JCT I-359, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1970 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 15,645
SIPSEY VALLEY ROAD
FairOver: ENGINE CREEK
1.6 MI N OF JCT CO NO 28, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1957 Load: 30.3 t ADT: 350
HAGLER COALING RD
FairOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
3.9 MI N OF JCT US NO 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1968 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 150
GOODWATER ROAD
FairOver: BLUE CREEK
1.6 MI E OF JCT US NO 69, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1969 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 100
MIDDLE COALING RD.
FairOver: BEATTY BRANCH
0.6 MILES SOUTH U.S. 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2001 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 400
US 11
FairOver: GRANTS CREEK
2.5 MI S WARRIOR RIVER, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1954 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 3,500
AL 215
FairOver: GM&O * NS RR Active
STAFFARD ELEM. SCHOOL, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1962 Load: 31.3 t ADT: 30,383
US 82
FairOver: SIPSEY RIVER RELIEF #4
0.2 MI. W OF SIPSEY RV., Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 6,070
US 11
FairOver: LITTLE HURRICANE CREEK
Coaling / Cedar Cove, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1945 Load: 31.6 t ADT: 7,791
ROAD # 6208
FairOver: MUD CREEK
TANNEHILL STATE PARK, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1995 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 40
BUTTERMILK ROAD
FairOver: COTTONDALE CREEK
0.6 MI S OF JCT US NO 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1965 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,050
US 11
FairOver: WARRIOR RIVER RELIEF
2.5 MI N WARRIOR RIVER, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1941 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 3,997
US 11
FairOver: WARRIOR RIVER RELIEF
3.3 MI N WARRIOR RIVER, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1941 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,700
CR 32(KEENES MILL)
FairOver: I-59 (MP 82.14)
2.3 MI N US 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1964 Load: 32.5 t ADT: 801
OLD COLUMBUS ROAD
FairOver: GM*O RR OVERPASS
0.2 MI SE OF JCT US NO 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1941 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 216
US 11
FairOver: Beatty Branch
COALING, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1945 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,381
SHILOH ROAD
FairOver: TAYLOR CREEK
4.6 MI N W OF JCT US 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1961 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 400
CR 77
FairOver: I-59 (MP 78.15)
1.7 MI S HAMMS POTTERY, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1966 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 2,602
I-359
FairOver: US 43 US 11 NS-RR
1.8 MI N JCT SKYLAND BLVD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1983 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 57,667
OLD GREENSBORO RD
FairOver: LITTLE SANDY CREEK
5MI.S ENGLEWOOD RD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 650
37TH STREET E
FairOver: Trib. to Cribbs Mill Ck.
JCT MCFARLAND BLVD * 37TH, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1978 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 16,128
OVERHILL ROAD
FairOver: CYPRESS CREEK
0.1 MI S US 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1978 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 2,184
I-59
FairOver: MUD CREEK
2.2 MI N CAFFEE JCT, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1955 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 62,647
US 82
FairOver: Bowers Park Creek
0.6 MI E HARGROVE ROAD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1969 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 43,735
US 11
FairOver: Phillips Creek
3.4 MI N GREENE CO LINE, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1954 Load: 35.5 t ADT: 2,261
US 82
FairOver: BUNCHES CREEK
DUNCANVILLE, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1960 Load: 35.5 t ADT: 7,080
3RD AVE EAST
FairOver: I-59 (MP 72.24)
SKYLAND SCHOOL, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1970 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 6,500
GILES ROAD
FairOver: L*N SPUR LINE(ABANDONED)
0.9 MI NE OF JCT US NO 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1940 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 20
CR37 HARGROVE RD
FairOver: I-59
JCT I59 (AT MP 74.2), Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1969 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 9,113
US 82
FairOver: EDDINS CREEK
0.1 MI E JCT US 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1975 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 24,620
US 11
FairOver: BUCK CREEK
1.5 MI E. GREENE CO LINE, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1954 Load: 36.4 t ADT: 1,080
US 11
FairOver: Branch of Grants Creek
1/10s West of Fosters, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1954 Load: 36.5 t ADT: 3,500
3RD AVE E
FairOver: CRIBBS MILL CREEK
0.3 MI N 37TH STREET E, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1989 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 4,608
HOLT PETERSON ROAD
FairOver: HURRICANE CREEK
3.9 MI NE OF JCT ALA 215, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1988 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 500
ST BUNN
FairOver: I-59
2.5 MI S JCT I-359, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1970 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 500
29TH STREET
FairOver: 29th Street Drainage
0.8 MI W MOODY SWAMP ROAD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1977 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 4,752
AL 69
FairOver: BLUE CREEK
2.5 MI N WINDHAM SPRINGS, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1950 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 1,480
US 82
FairOver: RICE CREEK
2.8 MI W US 43, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1986 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 14,930
US 82
FairOver: WARRIOR RVR RICE MINE R
0.34 MI W OF JACK WARNER, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1960 Load: 38.4 t ADT: 48,151
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