Total Bridges
13,471
Public highway bridges in Alabama
State profile · Below median Poor share
Alabama bridge safety
Condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition data for every public highway bridge in Alabama, based on the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.
- 13,471
- Public bridges
- 35.0%
- Good condition
- 3.3%
- Poor condition
Data updated May 2026
Good Condition
35.0%
4,721 bridges rated 7-9
-15.0pp vs 50% benchmark
Poor Condition
3.3%
451 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4
-3.6pp vs national avg 7.0%
Alabama vs national bridge condition
Alabama - Good condition share 35.0%
National avg
Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).
Alabama - Poor-condition share 11.2%
National avg
Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.
Condition Distribution
Counties (67)
Autauga 101 Baldwin 319 Barbour 155 Bibb 108 Blount 149 Bullock 115 Butler 153 Calhoun 334 Chambers 155 Cherokee 138 Chilton 153 Choctaw 128 Clarke 131 Clay 105 Cleburne 137 Coffee 179 Colbert 146 Conecuh 177 Coosa 108 Covington 264 Crenshaw 146 Cullman 211 Dale 189 Dallas 180 DeKalb 242 Elmore 169 Escambia 164 Etowah 204 Fayette 159 Franklin 161 Geneva 172 Greene 180 Hale 137 Henry 105 Houston 204 Jackson 269 Jefferson 885 Lamar 146 Lauderdale 211 Lawrence 175 Lee 170 Limestone 256 Lowndes 126 Macon 148 Madison 586 Marengo 171 Marion 207 Marshall 142 Mobile 502 Monroe 124 Montgomery 503 Morgan 225 Perry 130 Pickens 203 Pike 138 Randolph 143 Russell 165 Shelby 293 St. Clair 156 Sumter 206 Talladega 198 Tallapoosa 128 Tuscaloosa 406 Walker 224 Washington 148 Wilcox 137 Winston 72
Alabama vs nearby ranks
Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)
States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Alabama on the same metric.
FL
Florida
2.75% top marginal rate
VA
Virginia
3.03% top marginal rate
AL
Alabama
3.35% top marginal rate
MN
Minnesota
3.63% top marginal rate
CT
Connecticut
3.95% top marginal rate
Bridges Needing Most Attention in Alabama
Six lowest-condition bridges in Alabama, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.
AIRPORT ROAD
PoorOver: COLDWATER CREEK
Airport Rd/.2 MI S US 78, Calhoun, AL
Built 1974 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 1,000
CO RD 30-CYRIL RD
PoorOver: BOGUELICHITTO CREEK
0.1 MI S INT RT 197 * 154, Choctaw, AL
Built 1929 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 100
CO RD 21
PoorOver: SOUWILPA CREEK
0.6 MI N INT RT 241 * 42, Choctaw, AL
Built 1955 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 1,000
WATERSHED RD
PoorOver: WHITE OAK CREEK
1.5 M SW CRAGFORD SCHOOL, Clay, AL
Built 1966 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 14
CO 84
PoorOver: TALLAPOOSA RIVER
CR 84 TALLAPOOSA RIVER, Cleburne, AL
Built 1951 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 60
CO 450
PoorOver: CANE CREEK
CR 450 CANE CREEK, Cleburne, AL
Built 1955 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 10
All Bridges in Alabama
I - 20/59 SO RMP
FairOver: VILLAGE CREEK
I 59 * AL 79, Jefferson, AL
Built 1973 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 14,040
AL-118
FairOver: Branch
Beaverton, Lamar, AL
Built 1926 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 2,283
CO RT 143
FairOver: WOLF CREEK
2.45 MI W JCT SR 101, Lawrence, AL
Built 1968 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 380
AL 21
FairOver: STREAM
2.2 MI.N.OF HAYNEVILLE, Lowndes, AL
Built 1940 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 3,500
AL 97
FairOver: STREAM
0.7 MI.N.OF AL 21, Lowndes, AL
Built 1940 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 1,510
US 90
FairOver: BOLTON BRANCH
0.6 MI E I-65, Mobile, AL
Built 1952 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 18,048
I-10 WB TO US 90
FairOver: US 90
EAST TUNNEL INTERCHANGE, Mobile, AL
Built 1973 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 8,580
ZIEGLER BLVD.
FairOver: THREEMILE CREEK
1000' S. FOREST HILL DR., Mobile, AL
Built 1973 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 21,145
LOWER WETUMPKA RD
FairOver: CSX RR
0.2 MI S of BROADWAY ST, Montgomery, AL
Built 1937 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 9,100
AL 219
FairOver: UT OAKMULGEE CREEK
3.4 MI N CO RD 30, Perry, AL
Built 1957 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 900
CR 48
FairOver: POLE CAT CREEK FAS 08
4MILE EAST HALE CO LINE, Perry, AL
Built 1968 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 245
Al-6
FairOver: Buncombe Creek
0.7 MI W of Coalfire, Pickens, AL
Built 1980 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 5,981
AL-6
FairOver: Buncombe Creek
0.7 MI W of Coalfire, Pickens, AL
Built 1980 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 5,981
AL 25
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
NO. OF VINCENT, Shelby, AL
Built 1936 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 6,040
AL 28
FairOver: PONKABIA CREEK
4.6 MI. W. OF COATOPA, Sumter, AL
Built 2001 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 2,401
37TH STREET E
FairOver: Trib. to Cribbs Mill Ck.
JCT MCFARLAND BLVD * 37TH, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1978 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 16,128
NEW PARRISH HWY
FairOver: SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PARRISH, Walker, AL
Built 1985 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 2,900
SR 69
FairOver: BRANCH
4.7 MI. N. OF COFFEEVILLE, Clarke, AL
Built 1954 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 470
COUNTY ROAD 42
FairOver: RELIEF BRIDGE NO. 1
1 MI. S.E. BROOKLYN, Conecuh, AL
Built 1955 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 715
COUNTY ROAD 42
FairOver: RELIEF BRIDGE NO. 2
1.2 MI. S.E. BROOKLYN, Conecuh, AL
Built 1955 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 715
COUNTY ROAD 42
FairOver: RELIEF BRIDGE NO. 3
1.7 MI. S.E. BROOKLYN, Conecuh, AL
Built 1955 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 715
COUNTY RD 93
FairOver: POND CREEK
Fleeta Road, Covington, AL
Built 1929 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 220
COUNTY ROAD 28
FairOver: BROADHEAD CREEK
N. GOSHEN RD., Crenshaw, AL
Built 1962 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 515
HWY 54
FairOver: SEVENMILE CREEK
SEC-12 T-6-N R-24-E, Dale, AL
Built 1967 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 391
COUNTRY CLUB DRIV
FairOver: STREAM
OZARK, Dale, AL
Built 1974 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 620
CO RD 30
FairOver: NORTH RIVER
2.0 MI W OF BERRY, Fayette, AL
Built 1991 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 150
I - 59/20 NORTH
FairOver: HALLS CREEK
I59 * HALLS CREEK, Jefferson, AL
Built 1977 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 23,360
COUNTY ROUTE 20
FairOver: CURR BRANCH
1 MI. E. DREWERY, Monroe, AL
Built 1968 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 650
NARROW LANE RD
FairOver: BALDWIN SLOUGH
0.4 MI.S.OF SEIBELS RD, Montgomery, AL
Built 1974 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 500
AL. 94
FairOver: STREAM
5.1 MI. W. OF US 231 JCT, Montgomery, AL
Built 1993 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 640
SR 51
FairOver: BIG UCHEE CREEK
11.7 MI N JCT SR 26, Russell, AL
Built 1954 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 990
OLD US 280 CO 511
FairOver: TALLASEEHATCHEE CREEK
CITY OF SYLACAUGA, Talladega, AL
Built 1935 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 6,900
WHALEY FERRY RD
FairOver: TIMBERGUT CREEK
0.95 M E AL NO 22, Tallapoosa, AL
Built 1963 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 175
OVERHILL ROAD
FairOver: CYPRESS CREEK
0.1 MI S US 11, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1978 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 2,184
SR 21
FairOver: BRANCH
6.4 MI. N.OF FURMAN, Wilcox, AL
Built 1939 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 900
FAS 16
FairOver: SCHULTZ CREEK
4.9 MI. NE 82 ON CORT. 26, Bibb, AL
Built 1985 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 120
CR 249
FairOver: YELLOWLEAF CREEK
CR 249 2M NW CANE CRK CH, Chilton, AL
Built 1932 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 125
COUNTY ROAD 4
FairOver: BIG BRUSH CREEK TRIB.
2.8 MI. S. OF DOMINICK, Hale, AL
Built 1978 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 125
FLAT TOP ROAD
FairOver: BLCK WARRIOR-LOCUST FORK
FLATTOP - SNOWVILLE, Jefferson, AL
Built 1971 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 3,000
AL - 5 SOUTH
FairOver: LOCUST FORK WARRIORRIVER
3 MI E OF SUMITON, Jefferson, AL
Built 1980 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 9,305
AL 21
FairOver: STREAM
6.0 MI.N. OF COUNTY RD.45, Lowndes, AL
Built 1930 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 1,810
PINEHILL DR N
FairOver: WOODCOCK BRANCH
1060' N AIRPORT BLVD, Mobile, AL
Built 1984 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 2,206
SEMINOLE STREET
FairOver: WOODCOCK BRANCH
1070' N AIRPORT BLVD, Mobile, AL
Built 1984 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 910
AL 25
FairOver: FURNACE BRANCH
2.0 MI S SHELBY CO LINE, Bibb, AL
Built 1940 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 3,540
SR21
FairOver: SNOW CREEK
JCT OLD US431 / SR21, Calhoun, AL
Built 1962 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 30,466
CR 863
FairOver: Tallapoosa River
CR 863 Tallapoosa River, Cleburne, AL
Built 2023 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 45
Res Rd
FairOver: TENNESSEE RIVER
ON WILSON DAM, Colbert, AL
Built 1924 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 2,841
CR-5
FairOver: Branch
1.06 Mi S of Tall Co Line, Coosa, AL
Built 1964 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 463
LANDFILL ROAD
FairOver: CORN CREEK
0.5MI. EAST OF AL21, Elmore, AL
Built 1986 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 75
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: WETWEATHER CREEK #2
1.5MI ENE ROCK CREEK, Escambia, AL
Built 1956 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 240
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