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

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: COUNTY ROAD

1.0 MILE NORTH OF U.S. RO, Colbert, AL

Built 1967 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 670

COUNTY ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

ST JOHN CHURCH RD, Conecuh, AL

Built 1992 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 40

US 31

Good

Over: CSX RR/BAY MINETTE

1 MI N JCT SR 59, Baldwin, AL

Built 2002 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 7,545

COUNTY ROAD 1101

Good

Over: CONECUH RIVER

SEC 23 T10N R20E, Pike, AL

Built 1959 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 350

7804 LASER RANGE

Good

Over: WETLANDS

BEHIND (W) BLDG 7804, Madison, AL

Built 2002 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 10

7804 LASER RANGE

Good

Over: WETLANDS

BEHIND (W) BLDG 7804, Madison, AL

Built 1995 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 10

7804 LASER ROAD

Good

Over: WETLAND

BEHIND W BLDG 7804, Madison, AL

Built 2002 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 10

CO. RD. 365

Good

Over: LITTLE SHOAL CREEK

1.0 MI W CO RT 23, DeKalb, AL

Built 1961 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 52

RAINES RD.

Good

Over: TRIBUTORY MURDER CREEK

3 MI. STH FAIRNELSON, Conecuh, AL

Built 2007 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 75

COUNTY RT #249

Good

Over: LITTLE BEAR CREEK

0.7 MI E OF CO RT #106, Pickens, AL

Built 1994 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 75

_CR 1

Good

Over: _Robinson Creek

_, Monroe, AL

Built 2020 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 30

CO RD 64

Good

Over: ST LO-SAN FR R

0.7 MI NW US HWY 11, Sumter, AL

Built 1952 Load: 17.4 t ADT: 195

CR # 421

Good

Over: TRIB TO SNAKE CREEK

0.3 MI S CR 422, Dallas, AL

Built 2003 Load: 17.6 t ADT: 25

ROAD

Good

Over: HICKS BRANCH

RC BR. CULVT. ON PA. 25, Henry, AL

Built 1962 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 120

COUNTY ROAD

Good

Over: CREEK

WIGGINS RD., Conecuh, AL

Built 1994 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 90

CO RD 60

Good

Over: CREEK

0.2 MI W SNODDY, Greene, AL

Built 1979 Load: 18.3 t ADT: 320

CO.RD. 64

Good

Over: MORTAR CREEK

KELLY BOTTOM, Autauga, AL

Built 1988 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 86

CO RD 207

Good

Over: BIG WILLS CREEK

1 MILE W CO RD 51, DeKalb, AL

Built 2003 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 30

CR24 COOPER-ENTERP

Good

Over: CHESTNUT CREEK

CR24 .1MIW OF COOPERS, Chilton, AL

Built 1955 Load: 18.7 t ADT: 650

CR24 EAS RT 11

Good

Over: SWIFT CREEK

CR24 1.5M.W BETHSALM CH, Chilton, AL

Built 1958 Load: 18.7 t ADT: 350

Claud Fleahop Road

Good

Over: TUMPKEHATCHEE CREEK

SEC 35 T19N R20E, Elmore, AL

Built 1966 Load: 18.7 t ADT: 300

CR #16

Good

Over: VALLEY CREEK

2.3 MI W SR 22 N, Dallas, AL

Built 1977 Load: 18.7 t ADT: 1,800

BUNYAN MILL RD

Good

Over: FOX CREEK

6.5 MI E LINEVILLE, Clay, AL

Built 1979 Load: 18.9 t ADT: 45

CHEROKEE #95

Good

Over: BRANCH

0.7 MI W INT CHEROKEE #99, Cherokee, AL

Built 1960 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 260

CHEROKEE #28

Good

Over: BRANCH

2.5 MI NE CHEROKEE #29, Cherokee, AL

Built 1995 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 155

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: NORTH-SOUTH PARK ROAD

6.39 MILES NORTH OF U.S., Colbert, AL

Built 1966 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 670

THACH RD

Good

Over: LITTLE PINEY CR

SEC25 T1S R4W, Limestone, AL

Built 1956 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 1,340

CO. HWY. # 67

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

3 MI S OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1965 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 106

BIBB CO.80

Good

Over: BLUE GIRTH CREEK

2 MI E PERRY CO LI CO.80, Bibb, AL

Built 1963 Load: 19.7 t ADT: 263

CO RD 01

Good

Over: TRIB ESCATAWPA RIVER

1.2MI W US 45, Washington, AL

Built 1963 Load: 19.7 t ADT: 450

HUGH HAGOOD DT RD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 24 T5N R11E, Conecuh, AL

Built 1994 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 50

ROADWAY

Good

Over: CO RT 1088 STREAM

4.0 MI N US HWY 80, Sumter, AL

Built 1964 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 754

CO. RD. 26

Good

Over: TALLAPOOSA RIVER

(MALONE BR.), Randolph, AL

Built 1965 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 270

SR 54 MP 14.272

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

1.5 MI. W. SR 52, Geneva, AL

Built 1984 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 950

CO RT 136

Good

Over: HOGWOOD BRANCH

0.35 MI W JCT CO RT 135, Lawrence, AL

Built 1993 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 80

CO RT 008

Good

Over: BRANCH - CULVERT

4.3 MI SW CHILDERS-BURG, Talladega, AL

Built 1954 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 720

CO. RD. 48

Good

Over: DEEP CREEK

3.77 MI.E OF MORVIN, Clarke, AL

Built 1955 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 650

CR29NEW SALEMCH RD

Good

Over: CR29YELLOW LEAF CREEK

CR29 .4 MI.SW NEWSALEM CH, Chilton, AL

Built 1958 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 700

TEMPERANCE OAK RD

Good

Over: STEWART BRANCH

SEC29 T2S R6W, Limestone, AL

Built 1971 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 370

3767 FT W JCT 1464

Good

Over: COUNTY HWY 166

086D 19M 54.00000S, Marshall, AL

Built 2003 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 266

CO RD 80

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

2 MI E CO RD 39, Winston, AL

Built 2007 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 50

Lizard Lope Road

Good

Over: Simmons Creek

4 MI South of Old Town, Conecuh, AL

Built 2015 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 50

CR 410

Good

Over: Clear Creek

CR 410, Cullman, AL

Built 2016 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 300

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: COUNTY ROAD

1.9 MILES NORTH OF U.S. R, Colbert, AL

Built 1967 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 670

COUNTY ROAD 7

Good

Over: COLEMAN CREEK

SEC 36 T14 R21, Bullock, AL

Built 1958 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 400

COUNTY ROAD 7

Good

Over: LINE CREEK

SEC 36 T14 R21, Bullock, AL

Built 1958 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 400

COUNTY ROAD 7

Good

Over: LINE CREEK

SEC 19 T14 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1958 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 400

COUNTY ROAD

Good

Over: RANDONS CREEK

1 MI.S.U.S.84 JAYS STORE, Monroe, AL

Built 1948 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 75

BIG COVE RD

Good

Over: FLINT RIVER

0.2 MI W JCT OLD HWY 431, Madison, AL

Built 1961 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 550

PINEDALE RD

Good

Over: LIMESTONE CREEK FORK

SEC11 T1S R3W, Limestone, AL

Built 1964 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 867

Showing 9,701-9,750 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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