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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

CR38 ED LEACH

Good

Over: MOHORN CREEK

CR38 .3MI NW MARS HILL CH, Chilton, AL

Built 1966 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 350

CO RD 166

Good

Over: BLUFF CREEK

0.10MI E CO RT 87, Lauderdale, AL

Built 1995 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 30

AL 199

Good

Over: BULGER CREEK

5.1 MI N JCT AL 81, Macon, AL

Built 2000 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 810

US 80

Good

Over: RELIEF

3.5 MI. E. OF JCT US 29, Macon, AL

Built 2005 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 2,820

ENTER BELL PARK

Good

Over: RELIEF DITCH

1.0 MILE WEST US 231, Madison, AL

Built 1995 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 120

CHELSEA PARK DR.

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

CHELSEA PARK SUBDIVISION, Shelby, AL

Built 2006 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 750

I-65

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR

I-65 NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR, Shelby, AL

Built 2013 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 20,220

ROADWAY

Good

Over: CO RT 1202 STREAM

3.0 MI E ROSSER, Sumter, AL

Built 1959 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 115

COUNTY RD 89

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK COWIKEE CREEK

3.5 MILES NORTH OF US 82?, Barbour, AL

Built 2003 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 521

MINOR PARKWAY NB

Good

Over: VILLAGE CREEK

1.0 MI S DOCENA, Jefferson, AL

Built 1994 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 8,315

MINOR PARKWAY SB

Good

Over: VILLAGE CREEK

1.0 MI S DOCENA, Jefferson, AL

Built 1995 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 8,315

CO RD 533

Good

Over: 1ST CREEK

0.7 MI W AL 207, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2009 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 218

Rudicell Road

Good

Over: Sipsey Creek

0.8MILE NORTH OF CORD 26, Marion, AL

Built 1989 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 50

AL-74

Good

Over: Ragsdale Creek

0.3 MI. East AL-17, Marion, AL

Built 2008 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 5,055

CO RD 463

Good

Over: SHOAL CREEK

2 MI NE SAXON X ROADS, Randolph, AL

Built 1991 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 100

BROWNVILLE PIKE RD

Good

Over: SIPSEY RIVER (M.C.)

1.5MI NE OF CO RD 75, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 2005 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 50

CR 15

Good

Over: BASSETT CREEK RELIEF

0.32 MI NTH of CR2 INT, Clarke, AL

Built 2015 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 3,100

COUNTY ROAD 24

Good

Over: LINE CREEK

SEC-5 T-3-N R-23-E, Dale, AL

Built 1968 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,406

CR # 63

Good

Over: TRIB TO MULBERRY CREEK

0.33 MI N PECAN RD, Dallas, AL

Built 1989 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 350

Coosada Parkway

Good

Over: Coosada Creek

SEC 25,T18 N R 17 E, Elmore, AL

Built 2015 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 6,147

COX GAP RD.

Good

Over: FISHER CREEK

1 MI SE SANDVALLEY CHURCH, Etowah, AL

Built 1998 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 260

FREEMAN CREEK RD.

Good

Over: FREEMAN CREEK

4.0 M NE OF CONCORD, Fayette, AL

Built 1990 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 55

CO RD 191

Good

Over: CREEK

1.8 MI SW UNION, Greene, AL

Built 1966 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 320

COUNTY ROAD 135

Good

Over: INDIANCAMP CREEK

0.5MI EAST JCT CO 61, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2005 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 550

BRAFFERTON DRIVE

Good

Over: COPPER RUN CREEK

2 MILE NORTH CAPSHAW RD, Limestone, AL

Built 2006 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 200

County Rd 9

Good

Over: Calebee Creek

North of US 80, Macon, AL

Built 2018 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 703

I-565 E.B.

Good

Over: NORTHFOLK SOUTHERN R.R.

0.3 MI W JCT SR255 * I565, Madison, AL

Built 1990 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 52,839

COUNTY ROAD 176

Good

Over: BROWN'S CREEK

4817 FT E JCT 1014, Marshall, AL

Built 2004 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 510

AL. 158 WBL

Good

Over: CHICKASAW CREEK

.5 MI. E. US 45, Mobile, AL

Built 2013 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 13,067

STEVENS MEM. CR46

Good

Over: TRIB. MUD CREEK

STEVENS MEM., Perry, AL

Built 1967 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 120

US 80

Good

Over: ALAMUCHEE CREEK

1.5 MI E JCT U.S 11, Sumter, AL

Built 2013 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,475

CO RD 27

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

4.3 MILES WEST ON CR #27, Wilcox, AL

Built 2005 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 125

CO RD 33

Good

Over: CAMP BRANCH

.5 MI W CO 49 CO 33 JCT, Franklin, AL

Built 1979 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 362

CO RD 33

Good

Over: LICK CREEK

.5 MI W CO 49 CO 33 JCT, Franklin, AL

Built 1979 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 391

COUNTY ROAD 181

Good

Over: BRUSH CREEK

1.5 MI N AL 14, Greene, AL

Built 2005 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 315

COUNTY ROAD 12

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK REL.

3.3 MI. E. OF PRARIEVILLE, Hale, AL

Built 1996 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 230

PINE HILL ROAD

Good

Over: FIVEMILE CREEK TRIBUTARY

1000' W AL 79, Jefferson, AL

Built 1986 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 5,875

ALEXANDER ROAD

Good

Over: SKELTON CREEK

1.5 MILES SE OF QUINTOWN, Jefferson, AL

Built 1990 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 145

COUNTY RT #34

Good

Over: LITTLE COALFIRE CREEK

5.2 MI EAST CO RT #75, Pickens, AL

Built 1968 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 200

AL235

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN R/R

.2 MI.NORTH INTER.US 280, Talladega, AL

Built 2008 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 5,134

LOWER TUSKEGEE RD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.6 MI N OF MACON CO LINE, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2003 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 745

North River Rd

Good

Over: Keller Creek

300' south of Keller Rd, Baldwin, AL

Built 2023 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 750

CO. RT. 27

Good

Over: STREAM

0.84 MI.S. TVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1924 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 900

CO. RT. 1354

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

CR 1354 vinemont school, Cullman, AL

Built 1990 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 1,375

COUNTY RD NO 465

Good

Over: LITTLE WEOKA CREEK

SEC9 T20 R19, Elmore, AL

Built 1988 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 100

AL 25

Good

Over: BIG PRAIRIE CREEK

1.0 MI N LANEVILLE, Hale, AL

Built 1988 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 1,600

ROAD

Good

Over: ABBIE CREEK

RCDG BR. ON PAVED RD. 46, Henry, AL

Built 1970 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 500

ADAMS

Good

Over: FAGAN CREEK

ADAMS * LOWELL, Madison, AL

Built 1973 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 1,000

HOBBS ISLAND RD

Good

Over: YELLOW BANK CREEK

2 MI W JCT HWY 431-S, Madison, AL

Built 1989 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 3,500

COUNTY ROAD 4419

Good

Over: SANDY RUN CREEK

SEC 28, T9W, R23E, Pike, AL

Built 2005 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 110

Showing 10,551-10,600 of 13,471 bridges

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