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)
WATERMELON ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE YELLOW CREEK
10.4 MI NE OF JCT US N 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1965 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 350
AL 69
GoodOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
2.8 MI N HALE COUNTY LINE, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2001 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 14,370
Hosmer RD
GoodOver: Rock castle creek
_1.0 mi N JCT #216, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2017 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 90
ROCK HOUSE ROAD
GoodOver: ROCKCASTLE CREEK
1.0 MI NE OF JCT ALA 216, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1991 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 500
US 43
GoodOver: CARROLLS CREEK
2.0 MI N JCT SR 171, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2003 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 15,885
US 82
GoodOver: SIPSEY RIVER RELIEF #3
0.4 MI W SIPSEY RIVER, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2010 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 6,070
JADE POINT ROAD
GoodOver: UN-NAMED CREEK
CROWN POINTE SUBDIVISION, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1990 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 250
I-359 RAMP "B"
GoodOver: 15TH STREET
JCT WITH 15TH STREET, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1983 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 5,133
JIM JONES ROAD
GoodOver: TRIB.O COTTONDALE CREEK
1.5 MI E OF BUTTERMILK RD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 500
US 82
GoodOver: SIPSEY RIVER RELIEF
0.9 MI W SISPEY RIVER, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2010 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 6,070
_BILL LUNCEFORD RD
GoodOver: _BULGER CREEK
_.7 MI N OF JCT CO RD 12, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2015 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 150
BROWNVILLE PIKE RD
GoodOver: SIPSEY RIVER (M.C.)
1.5MI NE OF CO RD 75, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2005 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 50
AL 216
GoodOver: DAVIS CREEK
ABERNANT, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2013 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 3,044
UPPER COLUMBUS RD
GoodOver: SIPSEY VALLEY RELIEF
10.0MI NW JCT US 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1996 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 400
OLD JASPER
GoodOver: BOONE CREEK
6.9 MI. N OF JCT US 43, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2007 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 100
US 82
GoodOver: SIPSEY RIVER
4.9 MI. E. TUSCA.CO.LINE, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2010 Load: 40.3 t ADT: 6,070
AL 171
GoodOver: ROSE BLVD
2.6 MI. N OF U.S. 43, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 4,312
WATERMELON ROAD
GoodOver: BLUE CREEK
21.1 MI NE JCT US 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1995 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 50
COUNTY ROAD 59
GoodOver: HURRICANE CREEK
4.1MI. FROM JCT US 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2005 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 1,000
I-59
GoodOver: LOCK 9 ROAD (+)
1.8 MI S OF FOSTERS, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1974 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 28,518
WESLEY CHAPEL RD.
GoodOver: GRANT CREEK
1.1 MI NW OF JCT US NO 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1994 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 500
HEMP HILL ROAD
GoodOver: GRANTS CREEK
2.1 MI SE OF JCT US NO 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2009 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 75
I-359
GoodOver: I-59 I-20 (-)
0.3 MI N JCT SKYLAND BLVD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1970 Load: 41.9 t ADT: 20,365
COOPER ROAD
GoodOver: DUNN CREEK
4.3 MI N OF JCT CO RD 72, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2005 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 25
CLEMENTS ROAD
GoodOver: LYE BRANCH
7.9 MI SE OF JCT US #11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2007 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 40
SWINDLE ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE SANDY CREEK
0.3 MI S OF JCT CO # 66, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2007 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 350
INDIAN CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: ROSSER CREEK
3.12MI E JCT WITH OLD 69, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2011 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 120
Upper Lake_Drive
GoodOver: _Mosquito Branch
_5 mi N of Hwy11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2016 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 125
_HARLESS RD.
GoodOver: _GIN CREEK
_5.1 MI NW OF US HY 43, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2016 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 30
_SPANE DR.
GoodOver: _YELLOW CREEK
OFF WATERMELON RD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2016 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 10
51 STREET
GoodOver: US 82 SR 6
0.5 MI E JCT US 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1975 Load: 42.7 t ADT: 900
OREYONIA ROAD
GoodOver: BEAR CREEK
3 MI. SOUTH OF STERLING, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2005 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 50
Hunter creek road
GoodOver: TWO MILE CREEK
0.1 mi. w us 82 bypass, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2015 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 3,700
HIGHLAND ROAD
GoodOver: BUCK CREEK
1.0 MI NW OF JCT AL. 171, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2014 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 8
CYPRESS CREEK RD
GoodOver: CREEK
4.6 MI SE OF JCT US NO 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2015 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 20
ROCKHOUSE ROAD
GoodOver: BUFFALO CREEK
1.7 MI NE OF JCT ALA 216, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1994 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 300
BEAR CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: TABPOLE CREEK
8.9 MI. FROM JCT OF US 69, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 500
HEMPHILL ROAD
GoodOver: OUTLET FROM BIG LAKE
3 MI. SE OF OLD LOCK 9 RD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2012 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 10
BEAR CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE SANDY CREEK
4.1 MI. FROM JCT ALA 69, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2004 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 200
MICROWAVE ROAD
GoodOver: MILL CREEK
2.0MI FM INT/W ROMULUS RD, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2005 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 50
2nd Avenue
GoodOver: Great Southern Railroad
0.25 miles S of Bryant DR, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 2021 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 1,500
OLD MOORES BR RD.
GoodOver: SIMMON BRANCH
1.1 MI NW OF JCT ALA 171, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1993 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 110
UPPER COLUMBUS RD.
GoodOver: SIPSEY RIVER RELIEF
9.2 MI NW OF JCT US NO 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1993 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 750
POOLE ROAD
GoodOver: BUNCH CREEK
0.1 MI E OF JCT US NO 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1995 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 45
NORTHSIDE ROAD
GoodOver: BINION CREEK
1.4 MI E OF JCT CO RD 35, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1988 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 1,000
HAYGOOD CHAPEL RD
GoodOver: BARBEE CREEK
2.4 MI NE OF JCT CO R 160, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1990 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 45
JONES MILL RD.
GoodOver: BINION CREEK
2.1 MI SE OF JCT CO RT 35, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1992 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 40
BRYANT WARD ROAD
GoodOver: LYE BRANCH
2.9 MI SW OF JCT AL # 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1992 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 75
TABERNACLE ROAD
GoodOver: MUD CREEK
3.6 MI E JCT AL 171, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1995 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 30
UPPER COLUMBUS RD
GoodOver: SIPSEY RIVER RELIEF
9.5 MI NW JCT US 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1996 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 400
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