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Winston County, AL

78 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 34.6% rated Good, 57.7% Fair, 7.7% Poor.

78
Public bridges
34.6%
Good condition
7.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Winston County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

59th
of 67 on Poor share
7.7%
Poor-condition share
78
public highway bridges
1975
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.

Winston County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Winston County ranks #59 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.7%). Winston County, Alabama contains 78 public highway bridges. Roughly 34.6% are rated “Good,” 57.7% “Fair,” and 7.7% “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

78

Public highway bridges in Winston County

Good condition

34.6%

27 of 78 rated 7-9

Fair condition

57.7%

45 of 78 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.7%

6 of 78 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#59 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 78 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
34.6% (27)
Fair
57.7% (45)
Poor
7.7% (6)

Winston County's Poor-condition bridges carry 5,426 vehicle crossings a day

That is 10.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 904 crossings a day against 447 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 78 of 78 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

51.3% of Winston County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

40 of the 78 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 34.6% 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 82.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

AL-257 over Sipsey River, built 1967, carries 4,476 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 5,426 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Winston County's bridges were built

78 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 16 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 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Alabama average (1974).

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

How Winston County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Alabama counties nearest Winston County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.7% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Winston County and the 5 Alabama counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Henry County 133 0%
Clay County 129 7%
Bibb County 126 0.8%
Coosa County 126 4%
Autauga County 118 2.5%
Winston County (this page) 78 7.7%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AL (78 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1975 here).

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

All 78 Good 27 Fair 45 Poor 6

Good-condition bridges (27)

CO RD 80

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

2 MI E CO RD 39, Winston, AL

Built 2007 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROAD 14

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

2 MI E JCT CO RD 41, Winston, AL

Built 1998 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 400

INMAN CREEK-Bridge

Good

Over: INMAN CREEK

BANKHEAD DISTRICT, Winston, AL

Built 1957 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 50

CO RD 7

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

2 MI N JCT CO RD 7, Winston, AL

Built 1978 Load: 27.3 t ADT: 300

CO RD 13

Good

Over: BEECH GROVE CREEK

2 MI S JCT SR 5, Winston, AL

Built 1968 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROAD 15

Good

Over: BERRY CREEK

1 MILE EAST CORD 23, Winston, AL

Built 2003 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 143

COUNTY ROAD 15

Good

Over: RIGHT FORK

1 MILE EAST JCT CORD32???, Winston, AL

Built 2003 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 280

AL-74

Good

Over: Rock Creek

2 MI. E of Addison, Winston, AL

Built 1994 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 3,700

255

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Winston, AL

Built 2012 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROAD 341

Good

Over: SPLUNGE CREEK

1 MI E JCT SR 5, Winston, AL

Built 2012 Load: 35.7 t ADT: 150

couunty road 69

Good

Over: QUARTER CREEK

1 MI. S JCT CO RD 31?????, Winston, AL

Built 2002 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 1,000

COUNTY ROAD 18

Good

Over: CURTIS MILL CREEK

1 MILE WEST CORD 2???????, Winston, AL

Built 2003 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 61

COUNTY ROAD 55

Good

Over: WIDOWS CREEK

1 MILE SOUTH JCT SR 74??, Winston, AL

Built 2003 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROAD 17

Good

Over: SPLUNGE CREEK

2 MI N JCT CORD 25, Winston, AL

Built 2003 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 330

CO RD 328

Good

Over: OTTER BRANCH

1 MI E JCT CO RD 4, Winston, AL

Built 1992 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 50

AL-195

Good

Over: Clear Creek

7.95 MI S JCT US 278, Winston, AL

Built 1998 Load: 43.8 t ADT: 2,460

CO RD 327

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

1 MI W JCT SR 195, Winston, AL

Built 1992 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 100

CO RD 81

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

1 MI E JCT CO RD 28, Winston, AL

Built 1994 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROAD 339

Good

Over: SPLUNGE CREEK

?????????????????????????, Winston, AL

Built 2004 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 25

COUNTY ROAD 368

Good

Over: LITTLE CLEAR CREEK

LOW GAP ROAD?????????????, Winston, AL

Built 2004 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 18

COUNTY ROAD 360

Good

Over: MEADOW CREEK

CORD.360, Winston, AL

Built 2004 Load: 51.9 t ADT: 45

NFR 121

Good

Over: MILE CREEK

1 MI N JCT US 278, Winston, AL

Built 1984 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 50

CO RD 7B

Good

Over: FLATT CREEK

0.2MI N JCT SR 5, Winston, AL

Built 1992 Load: 67.2 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROAD 30

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

3 MI W JCT CORD 32???????, Winston, AL

Built 2006 Load: 73.4 t ADT: 400

AL-74

Good

Over: McDonald Creek

7.4 MI E JCT AL-5, Winston, AL

Built 1958 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 1,833

CO RD 38

Good

Over: BLACKWATER CREEK

1 MI W JCT SR 5, Winston, AL

Built 1988 Load: 88.6 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROAD 78

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

JR. PEAK ROAD????????????, Winston, AL

Built 2004 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 18

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