State profile · Below median Poor share

Alabama bridge safety

Condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition data for every public highway bridge in Alabama, based on the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.

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

Data updated May 2026

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 whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-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 - Poor-condition share 11.2%
National avg

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

Condition Distribution

Alabama37.9%58.4%GoodFairPoor
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 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.

FL

Florida

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

VA

Virginia

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

AL

Alabama

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

MN

Minnesota

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

CT

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 the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

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

Poor

Over: WHITE OAK CREEK

1.5 M SW CRAGFORD SCHOOL, Clay, AL

Built 1966 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 14

CO 84

Poor

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

WEATHERBROOK LANE

Good

Over: BRANCH

WEATHERBROOK LN., Calhoun, AL

Built 2010 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 580

CO RT 201

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

3.5 MILES E OF JACK, Coffee, AL

Built 1991 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 320

COUNTY ROAD 69

Good

Over: COBB BRANCH

0.5 MI W FORKLAND, Greene, AL

Built 2003 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 369

COUNTY ROAD 41

Good

Over: SOUTH NEEDHAM CREEK

1.8 MI NE FORKLAND, Greene, AL

Built 2003 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 400

KIRKWOOD DRIVE

Good

Over: WILLOW CREEK

0.1 M. N. NORTH STREET, Greene, AL

Built 2010 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 75

CO RT 249

Good

Over: WATERSHED SINKING CREEK

0.5MI W JCT S R 33, Lawrence, AL

Built 1995 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 650

I 65

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

5 MI S JCT I 65 & SR 53, Limestone, AL

Built 1999 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 11,890

I 65

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

5 MI S JCT I 65 & SR 53, Limestone, AL

Built 1999 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 11,890

CO 2 EAST TO AL2

Good

Over: CREEK

3 1/4 MI WEST OF AL21, Lowndes, AL

Built 1963 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 460

WILHITE ROAD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.5 MI SOUTH OF HWY 55, Morgan, AL

Built 2011 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 655

I-20

Good

Over: BRANCH

3.3 MI E JCT SR 77, Talladega, AL

Built 1965 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 42,350

CO. 155

Good

Over: WILLIAMS CREEK

0.6 MI. N. E. MILLTOWN, Chambers, AL

Built 1983 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 20

COUNTY ROAD 24

Good

Over: BALLPLAY CREEK

0.4 MI E ETOWAH CO LINE, Cherokee, AL

Built 2004 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 275

CO 36

Good

Over: TALLAPOOSA RIVER

CO 36 TALLAPOOSA RIVER, Cleburne, AL

Built 1991 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 470

COUNTY ROAD 1043

Good

Over: BLEVENS CREEK

CR 1043 sardis, Cullman, AL

Built 2004 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 400

US 72; SR 2

Good

Over: SAUTY CREEK

0.1 MI E JCT JC ROUTE 114, Jackson, AL

Built 1975 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 6,986

US 72; SR 2

Good

Over: SAUTY CREEK

0.1 MI E JCT JC ROUTE 114, Jackson, AL

Built 1975 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 6,986

CO RT.NO 12

Good

Over: LITTLE DRY CREEK

1 3 MI E CO RT 51, Marengo, AL

Built 1992 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 400

CO RD 109

Good

Over: SFORK PAGE SPRING BRANCH

.4 MI S JCT CO RD 55, Shelby, AL

Built 2001 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 189

COMMERCE CIRCLE

Good

Over: COALES BRANCH

@ JCT W/ COMMERCE DRIVE, Shelby, AL

Built 1988 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 800

AL 216

Good

Over: DAVIS CREEK

ABERNANT, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 2013 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 3,044

HALEY BOTTOMS ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED TRIB OF LOST CRK

1 MILE SOUTH OF KANSAS, Walker, AL

Built 1998 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 50

SR 131 MP 11.960

Good

Over: GIN CREEK

0.2 MI N. BARBOUR CO.67, Barbour, AL

Built 1992 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 1,130

SR 87 MP 34.975

Good

Over: STREAM

1.3 MI.N.SR 189, Coffee, AL

Built 1973 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 3,310

FRANKFORT RD

Good

Over: LITTLE BEAR CREEK

FRANKFORT RD LITTLE BEAR, Colbert, AL

Built 2015 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 1,924

Airport Road

Good

Over: COOSADA CREEK

.5 MI. S OF AL ST. HWY 14, Elmore, AL

Built 2002 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 1,200

AL 69

Good

Over: BIG PRAIRIE CREEK

2.3 MI N JCT US 80, Hale, AL

Built 1985 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 2,525

COUNTY ROAD

Good

Over: CREEK

1.0 MI.S.AL.47 BONE HILL, Monroe, AL

Built 1971 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 225

CO RD 30

Good

Over: BELL BRANCH

STAFFORD, Pickens, AL

Built 1929 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 4,690

CO RD 208

Good

Over: PINEYWOOD CREEK

1.5MI EAST FOLSOM SCHOOL, Randolph, AL

Built 1992 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 20

COUNTY ROAD 99

Good

Over: PETERSON BRANCH

1.6 MI.S.OF US.98, Baldwin, AL

Built 2003 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 1,472

CR 32

Good

Over: Drainage

.1 M. E. of SR 181, Baldwin, AL

Built 2017 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 4,815

AL - 53 (US 231)

Good

Over: CALVERT PRONG

US 231 @ CALVERT PRONG, Blount, AL

Built 2006 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 6,460

COUNTY ROAD 34

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

SEC 33 T13 R25, Bullock, AL

Built 1955 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 300

MCCULLARS LANE

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

MCCULLARS LN., Calhoun, AL

Built 2002 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROAD 39

Good

Over: MILLS CREEK

1.2 MI N CHEROKEE #32, Cherokee, AL

Built 2004 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 70

RURAL ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

0.20 MI. E US 43, Clarke, AL

Built 1962 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 150

S 11TH STREET

Good

Over: BLACK CREEK

Gadsden, Etowah, AL

Built 2016 Load: 39.6 t

CO. RD. 15

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

.7 MI. SOUTH CO. RD. 90, Franklin, AL

Built 1998 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 146

ROAD NO 25

Good

Over: POOR CREEK

RC BR CULVT ON CAPPS RD., Henry, AL

Built 1984 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 25

ROAD

Good

Over: PETERMAN CREEK

BR.CULV. CO. RD. 113, Henry, AL

Built 1985 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 20

CO RD 75

Good

Over: TOLAR BRANCH

CO RD 33 TO CO RD 81, Houston, AL

Built 1967 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 515

TANGLEWOOD DR

Good

Over: BRANCH

TANGLEWOOD DR @ VESTAVIA, Jefferson, AL

Built 1979 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 1,550

COUNTY ROUTE #6

Good

Over: BURCHAM CREEK

0.8 MI W INT S R 20, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2000 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 155

CO RT 243

Good

Over: MILLIGAN BRANCH

0.1 MI N JCT CO RT 236, Lawrence, AL

Built 1998 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 40

COUNTY ROAD 129

Good

Over: POOL CREEK

1 MILE S CR 343 INTRST, Lawrence, AL

Built 2009 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 194

BURWELL RD

Good

Over: HAM CREEK

0.25 MI WEST HWY 53, Madison, AL

Built 1982 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 420

US 80

Good

Over: A.G.R.

0.8 MI. E. OF DEMOPOLIS, Marengo, AL

Built 1984 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 4,650

Glenwood Road

Good

Over: SR 158

1.4 M NORTH OF US 98, Mobile, AL

Built 2023 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 1,797

OLD PIKE ROAD

Good

Over: MARKS SLOUGH

10.6 MI N US 82, Montgomery, AL

Built 1988 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 320

Showing 10,601-10,650 of 13,471 bridges

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