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Alabama bridge safety

Condition ratings, load ratings, and structural-deficiency data for every public highway bridge in Alabama — drawn straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.

13,471
Public bridges
35.0%
Good condition
3.3%
Poor condition
3.3%
Structurally deficient

Total Bridges

13,471

Public highway bridges in Alabama

Good Condition

35.0%

4,721 bridges rated 7-9

-15.0pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

3.3%

451 bridges rated 0-4

Structurally Deficient

3.3%

451 bridges flagged for repair priority

-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 — Structurally deficient share 11.2%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.

Condition Distribution

Bridge inventory deck-condition mix — Alabama (FHWA NBI)

Alabama35.045653626308365%53.99005270581249%GoodFairPoorStructurally Deficient
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix — Alabama (FHWA NBI)

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 on the structurally deficient leaderboard (lower share = better)

States are ranked by share of bridges flagged structurally deficient — the FHWA classification for any span where deck, superstructure, or substructure carries a condition rating of 4 or below. Lower percentages indicate stronger maintenance funding and inspection follow-through. States here sit immediately above and below Alabama on the same metric.

12

Florida

2.75% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$12,892

51

Virginia

3.03% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$14,122
Selected

01

Alabama

3.35% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$13,471

27

Minnesota

3.63% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$11,969

09

Connecticut

3.95% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$4,277

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Alabama

Six lowest-condition bridges in Alabama, ranked by composite NBI rating. Each is inspected at least every 24 months.

AIRPORT ROAD

Poor

Over: 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

Poor

Over: BOGUELICHITTO CREEK

0.1 MI S INT RT 197 * 154, Choctaw, AL

Built 1929 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 100

CO RD 21

Poor

Over: SOUWILPA CREEK

0.6 MI N INT RT 241 * 42, Choctaw, AL

Built 1955 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 1,000

WATERSHED RD

Structurally Deficient

Over: WHITE OAK CREEK

1.5 M SW CRAGFORD SCHOOL, Clay, AL

Built 1966 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 14

CO 84

Structurally Deficient

Over: TALLAPOOSA RIVER

CR 84 TALLAPOOSA RIVER, Cleburne, AL

Built 1951 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 60

CO 450

Poor

Over: CANE CREEK

CR 450 CANE CREEK, Cleburne, AL

Built 1955 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 10

All Bridges in Alabama

LOCH HAVEN RD

Good

Over: BRANCH

LOCH HAVEN RD * LOCHHAVEN, Jefferson, AL

Built 1971 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 1,251

GRAND NAT.PARKWAY

Good

Over: NS RAILROAD

Grand Nat'l Parkway, Lee, AL

Built 1968 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 1,100

EASTER FERRY RD

Good

Over: ELK RIVER RELIEF

SEC27 T1S R5W, Limestone, AL

Built 1957 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 820

CO RD 17

Good

Over: CREEK

3 MI SOUTH OF US 80, Lowndes, AL

Built 1956 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 415

WINCHESTER RD

Good

Over: PINHOOK CREEK

2166 WINCHESTER RD, Madison, AL

Built 1985 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 16,100

WEST LACON ROAD

Good

Over: SALLY MIKE CREEK

0.7 MI WEST OF US31, Morgan, AL

Built 2013 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 440

COUNTY ROAD 5534

Good

Over: TRIB TO WHITEWATER CREEK

SEC 15, T9N, R22E, Pike, AL

Built 1968 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 275

US 231 MP 79.912

Good

Over: CONECUH RIVER

1 MI N JCT SR 87, Pike, AL

Built 1996 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 9,000

TALL TIMBER DRIVE

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH FROM LAKE

SOUTHERN PINES SUBDIVISIO, Shelby, AL

Built 1985 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 700

BRIDGE DRIVE

Good

Over: CAHABA VALLEY CREEK

STONEBRIDGE SUBDIVISION, Shelby, AL

Built 1980 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 75

SPRUCE DRIVE

Good

Over: CHEWALLA CREEK

.7 MI W OF US 431, Barbour, AL

Built 1968 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 832

OLD BROADWELL MILL

Good

Over: LITTLE TALLAHATCHEE CREE

OLD BROADWELL MILL RD., Calhoun, AL

Built 2010 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 487

CO RT 105

Good

Over: BIG WILLS CREEK

0.5 MI NO. HWY #35 T7SR8E, DeKalb, AL

Built 1985 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 2,175

East Cotton Road

Good

Over: GOLD BRANCH

?????????????????????????, Elmore, AL

Built 1954 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 671

AL-14

Good

Over: Black Warrior River

3.7 Mies E of Eutaw, Greene, AL

Built 1996 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 1,875

HUBBARD CREEK-Brid

Good

Over: HUBBARD CREEK

BANKHEAD DISTRICT, Lawrence, AL

Built 1990 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 50

910

Good

Over: HODNETT CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Macon, AL

Built 2010 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 50

WILLOWBROOK DRIVE

Good

Over: UNNAMED TRIBUTARY

O.5M E/BAILEY COVE, Madison, AL

Built 1962 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 700

CO RD 31

Good

Over: SIMMONS CR

5 M N CHATOM, Washington, AL

Built 1967 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 396

CO RD 6

Good

Over: BLACK CREEK

1.0 MI S INT RT 21 * 241, Choctaw, AL

Built 1965 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 275

FORESTRY ACCESS RD

Good

Over: BOWLES CREEK TRIB

N OF STRUCTURE 24576, Coffee, AL

Built 1998 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 5

FORESTRY ACCESS RD

Good

Over: BLACK'S MILL CRK

NW OF STRUCTURE 25447, Dale, AL

Built 1998 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 100

FORESTRY ACESS RD

Good

Over: TRIB OF STEEPHEAD CRK

NW OF STRUCTURE 25457, Dale, AL

Built 1998 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 20

FORESTRY ACESS RD

Good

Over: WHITAKER CRK

NE OF STRUCTURE 24229, Dale, AL

Built 1995 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 10

LINNDALE ROAD

Good

Over: FIVE MILE CREEK

LYNNS CROSSING, Jefferson, AL

Built 1980 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 228

LUCAS FERRY RD.

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

SEC8 T4S R4W, Limestone, AL

Built 2016 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 1,350

COUNTY ROAD 7711

Good

Over: LOG CREEK

SEC 24,T12N,R21E, Pike, AL

Built 1958 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 115

CO. RT. 33

Good

Over: BAILEY'S CREEK

2.45 MI.E GAINSTOWN, Clarke, AL

Built 1970 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 200

CO. RT. 44

Good

Over: TALLAHATTA CREEK

0.53 MI. W CAMPBELL, Clarke, AL

Built 1977 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 150

CO RD 91

Good

Over: BRUSH CREEK

1.0 M W OF CO 89, Greene, AL

Built 1983 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 10

STINNETT HOLLOW RD

Good

Over: MCGOWAN BRANCH

SEC9 T2S R6W, Limestone, AL

Built 1960 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 608

CO17 EAST TO CO

Good

Over: CREEK

2 1/2MI EAST OF CO 17, Lowndes, AL

Built 1970 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 360

COUNTY ROAD 7708

Good

Over: CONECUH RIVER RELIEF

SEC 04,T10N,R21E, Pike, AL

Built 1955 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 240

CO RT 608

Good

Over: BRANCH

1.82 MILE WEST OF GOODMAN, Coffee, AL

Built 1969 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 60

Buster Aplin Road

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

Johnson Quarters, Covington, AL

Built 1991 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 50

AL.14

Good

Over: COOSA RIVER RELIEF NO.2

0.5 MI.W.OF COOSA RIVER, Elmore, AL

Built 1983 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 12,690

CO RD 125

Good

Over: TUBBS CREEK TRIBUTARY

0.9 MI N ALA HWY 39, Greene, AL

Built 1957 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 121

CR 75

Good

Over: DITCH

1 MI N STEVENSON, Jackson, AL

Built 1997 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 520

CR 64

Good

Over: Drainage

1.9 M. E. of Hwy. 59, Baldwin, AL

Built 2017 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,576

CO RT 114

Good

Over: TURNERS CREEK

2.5SOUTHOF NEW HOPE, Coffee, AL

Built 1951 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 375

COUNTY ROAD 47

Good

Over: HARRISON MILL CREEK

SEC-1 T-3-N R-25-E, Dale, AL

Built 1951 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 298

CR # 83

Good

Over: TRIB TO MULBERRY CREEK

1.8 MI N SR 14 E, Dallas, AL

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 100

CR 24

Good

Over: BARRON CREEK

5.5 MI. N OF FOWLER'S CR, Fayette, AL

Built 1966 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 140

CORRIDOR X

Good

Over: I - 65

I - 22 EBR / I - 65 RAMP, Jefferson, AL

Built 2016 Load: 24.4 t

CO. RT. 448

Good

Over: TROUBLESOME CREEK

0.01 MI. W CO RT 25, Lawrence, AL

Built 2014 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 15

CR-34 East

Good

Over: Sandy Creek

6.4 M N OF AL 49, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1956 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 405

CR. 37

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK RELIEF

CHAPMAN, Butler, AL

Built 1964 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 309

HORTON RD (CR 92)

Good

Over: PINEY CREEK

.5 MI W OF AL 75, DeKalb, AL

Built 1954 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 366

CR 566

Good

Over: LITTLE COON CREEK

300FT.BEHINDCAVESPRINGCH., Jackson, AL

Built 1989 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10

FLAT TOP ROAD

Good

Over: SKELTON CREEK

0.75 MILE S OF QUINTOWN, Jefferson, AL

Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,560

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