State profile · Below median Poor share

Alabama bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Alabama.

16,205
Public bridges
37.0%
Good condition
3.4%
Poor condition

Alabama holds 16,205 public highway bridges (#15 of 52 by inventory) with a 3.35% Poor share (#43 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 3.4% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 10 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

16,205

Public highway bridges in Alabama

Good Condition

37.0%

5,993 bridges rated 7-9

-13.0pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

3.4%

543 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-4.2pp vs national avg 7.5%

Alabama vs national bridge condition

Alabama - Good condition share 37.0%
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 7.5%.

Alabama in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Alabama has 16,205 bridges and a 3.4% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #10 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Alabama has 16,205 bridges and a 3.4% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #10 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

Alabama vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

16,205 15th of 54 higher than 39 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for Alabama

The highlighted point is Alabama: 16,205 bridges and 3.35% in Poor condition, rank #10 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Alabama on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Vermont: 2,862 bridges · 2.90% Poor
  • Utah: 3,125 bridges · 2.91% Poor
  • Alabama: 16,205 bridges · 3.35% Poor
  • Virginia: 14,120 bridges · 3.39% Poor
  • Tennessee: 20,379 bridges · 4.41% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Alabama

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 16,205 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Alabama’s inventory

State agency holds 36.0% of the 16,205 public highway bridges filed under Alabama in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Alabama’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 15.3% of the 16,205 bridges with a recorded original year in Alabama. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Alabama37%59.7%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Alabama (FHWA NBI)

Counties (67)

Autauga 118 Baldwin 381 Barbour 192 Bibb 126 Blount 180 Bullock 136 Butler 189 Calhoun 386 Chambers 185 Cherokee 167 Chilton 189 Choctaw 154 Clarke 155 Clay 129 Cleburne 165 Coffee 216 Colbert 172 Conecuh 224 Coosa 126 Covington 332 Crenshaw 171 Cullman 246 Dale 206 Dallas 225 DeKalb 300 Elmore 202 Escambia 200 Etowah 236 Fayette 186 Franklin 194 Geneva 205 Greene 204 Hale 177 Henry 133 Houston 247 Jackson 314 Jefferson 1068 Lamar 181 Lauderdale 266 Lawrence 215 Lee 214 Limestone 324 Lowndes 157 Macon 177 Madison 710 Marengo 203 Marion 255 Marshall 172 Mobile 612 Monroe 142 Montgomery 596 Morgan 271 Perry 162 Pickens 233 Pike 169 Randolph 165 Russell 205 Shelby 344 St. Clair 183 Sumter 241 Talladega 243 Tallapoosa 149 Tuscaloosa 482 Walker 275 Washington 177 Wilcox 168 Winston 78

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.

VT

Vermont

2.90% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$2,862

UT

Utah

2.91% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$3,125
Selected

AL

Alabama

3.35% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$16,205

VA

Virginia

3.39% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$14,120

TN

Tennessee

4.41% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$20,379

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.

COUNTRY CLUB ROAD

Poor

Over: BLACKWATER CREEK

1 MILE EAST HWY 195, Walker, AL

Built 1898 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 400

KINGS MILL ROAD

Poor

Over: LOST CREEK

1 MILE N OAKMAN HWY, Walker, AL

Built 1900 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 150

CAHABA BEACH ROAD

Poor

Over: LITTLE CAHABA RIVER

1.8 MILES NORTH OF US 280, Shelby, AL

Built 1904 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100

19TH AVE

Poor

Over: MOORES CREEK

VALLEY, Chambers, AL

Built 1910 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 350

ROADWAY

Poor

Over: CO RT 1065 SUCARNOCHEE R

4.0 MI N CO RT 1064, Sumter, AL

Built 1912 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 40

SMITH CHAPEL RD

Poor

Over: MILL CREEK

1 MILE N HWY 78, Walker, AL

Built 1915 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 125

All Bridges in Alabama

I 459 SOUTH

Fair

Over: AL GREAT SOU RR

I 459 * US 11, Jefferson, AL

Built 1970 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 25,205

SR 67

Fair

Over: FLINT CREEK

2.2 MI N JCT SR 67 & I 65, Morgan, AL

Built 1970 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 27,570

Weoka Road

Fair

Over: SOFKAHATCHEE CREEK

SEC.6 T19N R19E, Elmore, AL

Built 1940 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 713

AL 22

Fair

Over: BRANCH

5.3 MI.E.OF ORRVILLE, Dallas, AL

Built 1928 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 3,350

I 565

Fair

Over: BEAVER DAM CREEK

4.8 M E JCT I 565 & I 65, Limestone, AL

Built 1987 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 486

I - 65

Fair

Over: 24TH. AVE. SOUTH

I65*24TH. AVE. SOUTH, Jefferson, AL

Built 1970 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 126,780

AL 41

Fair

Over: OAK CREEK BRANCH

1.9 MI.S.AL 89, Dallas, AL

Built 1988 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 670

I - 59 NORTH

Fair

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN

I59 * AGS RR, St. Clair, AL

Built 1961 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 13,987

I-22

Fair

Over: CR-45

5.6 MI East of US-43, Marion, AL

Built 1991 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 12,261

CO. RD. 87

Fair

Over: BELLEFONTAINE CREEK

1.0 MI. S. OF S. R. 112, Baldwin, AL

Built 1997 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 334

CONSTITUTION AVE

Fair

Over: FAY BRANCH

.210 MI FROM US 82, Elmore, AL

Built 2006 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 20

AL - 144

Fair

Over: BROKEN ARROW CREEK

2ND BRG NO. US. 231, St. Clair, AL

Built 1940 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 3,080

AL - 144

Fair

Over: BUSINESS CREEK

3RD BRIDGE NO. US. 231, St. Clair, AL

Built 1940 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 3,080

AL 5

Fair

Over: AFFONEE CREEK RELIEF

0.4 MI N JCT SR 25, Bibb, AL

Built 1942 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 4,669

US 82

Fair

Over: BARET CREEK

3.2 MI W OF CHILTON CO LI, Bibb, AL

Built 1942 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 2,530

AL-17

Fair

Over: Branch

2.5 MI S DETROIT, Lamar, AL

Built 1948 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 1,422

AL-44

Fair

Over: Branch

0.5 MI E JCT SR 253, Marion, AL

Built 1949 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 1,940

COUNTY HIGHWAY108

Fair

Over: LITTLE MUD CREEK

3000 FT NW JCT 1141, Marshall, AL

Built 1958 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 75

CO RD 17

Fair

Over: CREEK

4 MI SOUTH OF US 80, Lowndes, AL

Built 1956 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 440

COUNTY ROAD 39

Fair

Over: WHIPPOORWILL CREEK

ELLISON CROSSROADS, Blount, AL

Built 1957 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 808

RIVERTON ROSE TR

Fair

Over: BUCK BRANCH

RRT S OF BUCHANNAN PENN., Colbert, AL

Built 1958 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 200

I 65

Fair

Over: CEDAR CREEK

3 MI S JCT SR 36 & I 65, Morgan, AL

Built 1968 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 16,610

I 65

Fair

Over: CEDAR CREEK

3 MI S JCT I 65 & SR 36, Morgan, AL

Built 1968 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 16,610

OAKWOOD RD

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK

2201 OAKWOOD RD, Madison, AL

Built 1970 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 2,050

US 90

Fair

Over: BAY BRANCH

2 MI E JCT SR 181, Baldwin, AL

Built 1971 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 6,076

US 231; SR 53

Fair

Over: DRAKE AVE

DRAKE AVE / * SR 53, Madison, AL

Built 1973 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 78,500

I - 20 EAST

Fair

Over: OPO MADRID BLVD

I20 * OPORTO BLVD, Jefferson, AL

Built 1974 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 22,755

I - 20/59 SOUTH

Fair

Over: AIRPORT BLVD

I 59 * AIRPORT BLVD, Jefferson, AL

Built 1974 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 70,200

Forbus Road

Fair

Over: WEOKA CREEK

SEC 2 T20N R19E, Elmore, AL

Built 1979 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 15

GRANTS MILL RD

Fair

Over: I - 459

I-459 * GRANTS MILL RD, Jefferson, AL

Built 1980 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 1,500

MOULTON ST W

Fair

Over: DRY BRANCH

JCT MOULTON ST *DRYBRANCH, Morgan, AL

Built 1980 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 7,077

New Harmony Road

Fair

Over: JAKE CREEK

SEC.8 T20N R17E, Elmore, AL

Built 1981 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 40

US 29

Fair

Over: GORDON LAKE

6.2 MI.N.OF FT.DAVIS, Macon, AL

Built 1984 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 1,980

AL-32

Fair

Over: Branch

0.1 MI E MISS STATE LINE, Pickens, AL

Built 1984 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 640

US 84

Fair

Over: ALABAMA RIVER

3.3 MI. E. OF MONROE CO., Monroe, AL

Built 1985 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 3,316

US 43

Fair

Over: CHICKASABOGUE CREEK

0.9 MI S SR 158, Mobile, AL

Built 1986 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 13,414

MT Zion Road

Fair

Over: SOFKAHATCHEE CREEK

SEC 2 T19N R19E, Elmore, AL

Built 1986 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 120

US 231 SBL

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK RELIEF

0.7 MI.S. US 82, Montgomery, AL

Built 1987 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 9,255

US 231 SBL

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK RELIEF

0.6 MI. S. US 82, Montgomery, AL

Built 1987 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 9,255

US 231 SBL

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK

0.5 MI.S.US 82, Montgomery, AL

Built 1987 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 9,255

SR 165

Fair

Over: SNAKE CREEK

5.7 MI NORTH COTTONTON, Russell, AL

Built 1955 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 3,810

POPLAR LANE

Fair

Over: CORBERT BRANCH

NW OF CRUMLEY CHAPEL, Jefferson, AL

Built 1989 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 1,508

WESTGATE PARKWAY

Fair

Over: ROCK CREEK

1.6 MI. N. JCT. US 84, Houston, AL

Built 1990 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 26,565

I-65 NB

Fair

Over: TURNER RD * WHISTLER AVE

0.9 MI N US 45, Mobile, AL

Built 1965 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 40,331

TANGLEWOOD CIRCLE

Fair

Over: BRANCH

0.25MI FROM ROCKY RIDGE R, Jefferson, AL

Built 1960 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 300

CO RT 10

Fair

Over: COAL CREEK

1.25 MI N ARONEY T9SR5E, DeKalb, AL

Built 1993 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 180

SR4/US78

Fair

Over: EASTABOGA CREEK

0.1 MI WEST JCT SR 202, Calhoun, AL

Built 1929 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 11,041

AL - 160

Fair

Over: HAYES CK

@ CULLWELL RD, Blount, AL

Built 1949 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 7,910

US 31

Fair

Over: DYAS CREEK

6.3 MI N JCT SR 59, Baldwin, AL

Built 1951 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 4,535

US 31

Fair

Over: PERDIDO RIVER

1.3 MI N BALD CO 47, Escambia, AL

Built 1951 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 5,361

Showing 5,651-5,700 of 16,205 bridges

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