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

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: DEAN CREEK

.2MI E WALLACE, Escambia, AL

Built 1946 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 750

OLD SELMA RD

Fair

Over: CATOMA CREEK RELIEF

0.8 MI.W. HUNTER LOOP RD., Montgomery, AL

Built 1946 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 2,600

COUNTY ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE ESCAMBIA CREEK

1 MI.W. GODWINS STORE, Monroe, AL

Built 1942 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 80

US 11

Fair

Over: SMITH CREEK

0.2 MI N JCT US11*I59, DeKalb, AL

Built 1960 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 6,916

Frye Road

Fair

Over: Beaver Creek

2 MILES NW OF GUIN, Marion, AL

Built 1900 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 305

DUNCANROAD CR12

Fair

Over: BRUSH CREEK

1 5M WEST AL#5 CO RT#12, Perry, AL

Built 1965 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 410

CO RD 7

Fair

Over: TURKEY CREEK

1.2 MILES E.ON CO RD 7, Wilcox, AL

Built 1966 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 90

SR 14

Fair

Over: STONE CREEK

TOWN OF TALLASSEE, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1941 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 9,246

PRIVATE DRIVE

Fair

Over: STREAM

6.9 MI N JCT I65 * SR91, Cullman, AL

Built 1969 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 30

BAILEY COVE RD

Fair

Over: ALDRIDGE CREEK

8228 BAILEY COVE RD, Madison, AL

Built 1970 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 18,000

CO RD 51

Fair

Over: TALLAPOOSA RIVER

(GREENS BR)N WOODLAND, Randolph, AL

Built 1975 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 230

Union Road

Fair

Over: CHANNAHATCHEE CREEK

SEC 3 T19N R20E, Elmore, AL

Built 1989 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 85

COUNTY ROAD NO 23

Fair

Over: SHOAL CREEK EMBANKMENT

1.0MI N OF AL 111, Elmore, AL

Built 1930 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 2,877

WILDMAN BOTTOM

Fair

Over: SNAKE CREEK

1 MI. W. SR 165, Russell, AL

Built 2005 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 50

CR 463 MOSELEY RD

Fair

Over: DIXON CREEK

1.1 MILES WEST OF SR 5, Wilcox, AL

Built 1990 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 45

Churchill Road

Fair

Over: Little Blue Creek Spur

3.2 M N AL 50, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1935 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 95

TINDILL CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: TINDILL BRANCH

3 MI. SE OF SLOCOMB, Geneva, AL

Built 1947 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 127

CO RD 16

Fair

Over: DRY CEDAR CREEK

1 1/2 MI WEST OF CORD 7, Lowndes, AL

Built 1950 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 360

CO RD 7

Fair

Over: DRY CEDAR CREEK

2 MI NORTH OF AL 21, Lowndes, AL

Built 1951 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 750

CO RT 35

Fair

Over: SIPSEY RIVER RELIEF

0.7 S OF FAYETTE, Fayette, AL

Built 1952 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 1,065

CO RT 35

Fair

Over: SIPSEY RIVER RELIEF

1.0 S OF FAYETTE, Fayette, AL

Built 1952 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 1,065

CO RT 35

Fair

Over: SIPSEY RIVER

1.0 S OF FAYETTE, Fayette, AL

Built 1952 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 1,065

SR 67

Fair

Over: SIX MILE CREEK

2.9 M S JCT SR 67 & SR 36, Morgan, AL

Built 1952 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 4,500

COUNTY ROAD 59

Fair

Over: EAST CHOCTAWHATCHEE R

SEC-27 T-5-N R-25-E, Dale, AL

Built 1954 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 407

CO. RT. 541

Fair

Over: WARRIOR RIVER

CR 541, Cullman, AL

Built 1960 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 850

CR 17 #3

Fair

Over: MULBERRY CREEK

CR17 #3 1M SW OF MAPLESVI, Chilton, AL

Built 1964 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 250

STEWART RD.

Fair

Over: PATES CREEK BRANCH

4 MI N OF SLOCOMB, Geneva, AL

Built 1966 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 25

CO. RT. 23

Fair

Over: JACKSON CREEK

0.80 MI.S.JCT CO.18*CO.23, Clarke, AL

Built 1966 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 225

CO. RD. 59

Fair

Over: LITTLE TALLAPOOSA RIVER

(EDWARDS BRO)S NEWELL, Randolph, AL

Built 1967 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 260

County Road 91

Fair

Over: Woods Creek

5 MILES SE HAMILTON, Marion, AL

Built 1968 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 80

CO RD 14

Fair

Over: PUSS CUSS CREEK

4.0 MI W INT AL 17 * 108, Choctaw, AL

Built 1968 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 2,350

BIBB CO.51

Fair

Over: MOORES MILL CREEK

.4MI N PERRY CO LI BIBB51, Bibb, AL

Built 1969 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 185

CO RD 5

Fair

Over: WESOBULGA CREEK

0.6MI SE OF CRAG-FORD, Randolph, AL

Built 1969 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 220

CO. RD. 133

Fair

Over: WEDOWEE CREEK

WED.H.S.BRIDGE), Randolph, AL

Built 1970 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 265

RIVER RD.

Fair

Over: BRANCH

0.8 MI SE I-20, Cleburne, AL

Built 1974 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 300

MACEDONIA RD.

Fair

Over: COX MILL CREEK

2.5 MI NORTH OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1961 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 55

RJ SANFORD DRT RD

Fair

Over: CREEK

SEC 22 T6N R13E, Conecuh, AL

Built 1994 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 50

COUNTY DIRT ROAD

Fair

Over: NO NAME BRANCH

4.8KM N W OF LOANGO, Covington, AL

Built 1996 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 110

OLD 431 HWY

Fair

Over: GOOSE CREEK

0.5 MI NE US HWY 431, Madison, AL

Built 1928 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 746

AL.212

Fair

Over: COOSA RIVER

IN CITY OF WETUMPKA, Elmore, AL

Built 1931 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 9,080

REMLAP DRIVE

Fair

Over: WALLS CREEK

4 MI S OF REMLAP, Blount, AL

Built 1932 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 381

CO RT 108

Fair

Over: LITTLE PAINT CREEK

0.4MI S JCT SR 72, Jackson, AL

Built 1935 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 70

JC27

Fair

Over: LARKIN FORK CREEK

2.0 MI N INT SR 65*CR 27, Jackson, AL

Built 1936 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 58

9TH STREET

Fair

Over: GM * O RAILROAD

9TH ST * 29TH AVE, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 1938 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 29,000

AL 41

Fair

Over: LIME CREEK

7.2 MI.S.OF SARDIS, Dallas, AL

Built 1942 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,060

CO RT 42

Fair

Over: BOTTLE CREEK

3MI. N.W. BROOKLYN, Conecuh, AL

Built 1950 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 310

CO HIGHWAY NO 260

Fair

Over: LAKE NICOL SPILLWAY

ON DAM OF LAKE NICOL ROAD, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 1950 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 250

CO. 297

Fair

Over: STROUD CREEK

CUMBEE MILL, Chambers, AL

Built 1951 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 118

CO RT 43

Fair

Over: SIMMONS CREEK

.5 MI EAST PAUL, Conecuh, AL

Built 1953 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 110

COUNTY TOAD 7708

Fair

Over: CONECUH RIVER

SEC 4 T10N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 1955 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 225

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