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 NORTH

Fair

Over: RIVER RUN DRIVE

I459 * RIVER RUN DR, Jefferson, AL

Built 1981 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 40,005

35TH STREET

Fair

Over: I-359 US 11 SR 69 SR 7

1.1 MI N JCT SKYLAND BLVD, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 1982 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 5,940

AL229

Fair

Over: I85

AL229 AND I85 INTERCHANGE, Macon, AL

Built 1985 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 6,880

ZIRLOT ROAD

Fair

Over: BAYOU GRANDE

1.6 MI N HWY 188, Mobile, AL

Built 1991 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 27

US231; US431; SR1

Fair

Over: OAKWOOD AVE.

JCT US231 * OAKWOOD AVE, Madison, AL

Built 1993 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 38,928

US231; US431; SR1

Fair

Over: OAKWOOD AVE.

JCT US231 * OAKWOOD AVE, Madison, AL

Built 1993 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 38,928

CO RD 94

Fair

Over: BOARDTREE CREEK

1.6 KM E OF CO RD 11, Marion, AL

Built 1994 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 390

SCENIC HWY. 98

Fair

Over: BAILEY CREEK

0.8 MI. S. OF CO. RD. 32, Baldwin, AL

Built 2006 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 1,323

PILLANS STREET

Fair

Over: SOUTHERN DRAIN

AT INT W/ CONCEPTION ST, Mobile, AL

Built 2004 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 65

CR-20

Fair

Over: ESCATAWPA RIVER RELIEF

ESCATAWPA, Washington, AL

Built 2017 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 170

AL 25

Fair

Over: CAMP BRANCH

4.7 MI. N. I-65, Shelby, AL

Built 1928 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 3,208

CO RD 24

Fair

Over: BRANCH

3.8 MI W INT AL 17 * 151, Choctaw, AL

Built 1941 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 1,000

AL 183

Fair

Over: UT BRUSH CREEK

0.6 MI E CO RD 23, Perry, AL

Built 1952 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 870

LORNA RD

Fair

Over: I - 459

LORNA RD * I 459, Jefferson, AL

Built 1977 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 3,500

CO. HWY. 47

Fair

Over: YELLOWLEAF CREEK

1 MI. NO CR 69, Shelby, AL

Built 1987 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 3,818

BROWN-BLANKENCHIP

Fair

Over: NOBODIES CREEK

0.2 MI W LOTT ROAD, Mobile, AL

Built 1989 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 62

THREE MILE RD

Fair

Over: HAMMAR CREEK

1.3 MI E ARGYLE RD, Mobile, AL

Built 1990 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 880

CO RD 1

Fair

Over: COON CREEK (CQ12X12X56)

DAWSON MILL, Autauga, AL

Built 1995 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 335

BENT BROOK DR

Fair

Over: POND

0.11 S OF DUNWOODY PL, Montgomery, AL

Built 1995 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 50

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: BIG ESCAMBIA CREEK

SARDINE, Escambia, AL

Built 1999 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 930

CO. RD. 107

Fair

Over: UNNAMED TRIBUTARY

CR 107 in River Falls, Covington, AL

Built 1999 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 320

AL - 25 (US 411)

Fair

Over: BIG CANOE CREEK

ST. CLAIR/ETOWAH CO.LN., St. Clair, AL

Built 2007 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 3,749

AL 14

Fair

Over: NOLAND CREEK

4.0 MI. W. OF PRATTVILLE, Autauga, AL

Built 2005 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 5,880

JOAN HARRIS ROAD

Fair

Over: N. FORK OF CEDAR CREEK

1.7 MI S COUNTY 96, Mobile, AL

Built 2003 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 49

SR 157

Fair

Over: SWEET WATER

0.8 M S JCT SR157 & SR 2, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2004 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 12,430

1235

Fair

Over: Crooked Creek

1235, Cullman, AL

Built 2017 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 50

CO 137

Fair

Over: UCHEE CREEK RELIEF

4.1 MI N JCT SR 169, Russell, AL

Built 1939 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 6,960

US 43

Fair

Over: White Creek

0.9 MI S EUTAW, Greene, AL

Built 1931 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 4,540

SR 91

Fair

Over: BRANCH

1.8 MI W JCT I65, Cullman, AL

Built 1954 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,467

COUNTY ROAD 53

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

SEC 36 T11 R23, Bullock, AL

Built 1958 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 50

CO 7

Fair

Over: PARTRIDGE CREEK

1.7 MI N COOSA CO LINE, Clay, AL

Built 1966 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 277

CITY STREET

Fair

Over: C OF G RAILROAD

E LAFAYETTE ST, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1970 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 750

I - 20/59 SOUTH

Fair

Over: SOU SS*I RRS * COOSA ST

I 59 * COOSA ST, Jefferson, AL

Built 1971 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 76,895

CARPENTERS LN.

Fair

Over: TALLAHATCHEE CREEK

1.3 MI W ALA 21, Calhoun, AL

Built 1989 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 552

US 43

Fair

Over: GAINES CREEK

2.0 MI. S. OF LEROY, Washington, AL

Built 1987 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 8,240

COUNTY ROAD 59

Fair

Over: CAT CREEK

LAPINE HWY., Crenshaw, AL

Built 1990 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 395

ROYAL-LIBERTY RD

Fair

Over: GRAVES CREEK

1 MI SE OF LIBERTY, Blount, AL

Built 1990 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 368

WALLACE RD.

Fair

Over: DOUBLE BRANCH

WALLACE RD., Crenshaw, AL

Built 1991 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 10

SR 104

Fair

Over: POLECAT CREEK

1.7 MI W SR 59, Baldwin, AL

Built 1993 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 9,148

AL-18

Fair

Over: Luxapallilia Creek

3.0 MI W of Fayette, Fayette, AL

Built 1993 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,312

ROAD

Fair

Over: DESHAZO BRANCH

RC CULVT. ON PAVED RD. 8, Henry, AL

Built 1959 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 100

I-65

Fair

Over: UT CHESTNUT CREEK

1.6 MI S JCT US 31, Chilton, AL

Built 1959 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 37,613

I - 59 SOUTH

Fair

Over: AL - 7 (US 11)

ROEBUCK, Jefferson, AL

Built 1975 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 20,545

AL 215

Fair

Over: NS RR Active

15TH STREET * LOOP ROAD, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 1975 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 15,136

COUNTY HIGHWAY146

Fair

Over: HOG CREEK

2980 FT NW JCT 1291, Marshall, AL

Built 1987 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 200

US231; US431; SR1

Fair

Over: CLINTON AVE

JCT US 231 * CLINTON AVE, Madison, AL

Built 1991 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 63,677

US231; US431; SR1

Fair

Over: CLINTON AVE

JCT CLINTON AVE * US 231, Madison, AL

Built 1991 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 63,677

SR 24

Fair

Over: TOWN CREEK

1.6 M W JCT SR24 & SR101, Lawrence, AL

Built 1997 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 2,200

SR 24

Fair

Over: TOWN CREEK

1.6 M W JCT SR24 & SR101, Lawrence, AL

Built 1997 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 2,200

POWELL CUT OFF RD

Fair

Over: UT BASSETT CREEK

LEROY, Washington, AL

Built 1965 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 100

Showing 7,101-7,150 of 16,205 bridges

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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