Total Bridges
13,471
Public highway bridges in Alabama
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
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
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
VA
Virginia
3.03% top marginal rate
AL
Alabama
3.35% top marginal rate
MN
Minnesota
3.63% top marginal rate
CT
Connecticut
3.95% top marginal rate
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
PoorOver: 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
PoorOver: BOGUELICHITTO CREEK
0.1 MI S INT RT 197 * 154, Choctaw, AL
Built 1929 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 100
CO RD 21
PoorOver: SOUWILPA CREEK
0.6 MI N INT RT 241 * 42, Choctaw, AL
Built 1955 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 1,000
WATERSHED RD
PoorOver: WHITE OAK CREEK
1.5 M SW CRAGFORD SCHOOL, Clay, AL
Built 1966 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 14
CO 84
PoorOver: TALLAPOOSA RIVER
CR 84 TALLAPOOSA RIVER, Cleburne, AL
Built 1951 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 60
CO 450
PoorOver: CANE CREEK
CR 450 CANE CREEK, Cleburne, AL
Built 1955 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 10
All Bridges in Alabama
LAWSON ROAD
GoodOver: DRAINAGE RELIEF
3.5 MI E OF OLD PIKE RD, Montgomery, AL
Built 1988 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 180
CANTY ROAD
GoodOver: DRY CREEK RELIEF
1.2 MI E OF US 231 -N, Montgomery, AL
Built 1988 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 85
OLD PIKE ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE CATOMA CREEK
2.1 MI N OF BULLOCKCOLINE, Montgomery, AL
Built 1988 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 110
SR 36
GoodOver: BRANCH
1 MI W JCT SR 36 & SR 67, Morgan, AL
Built 1984 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 3,460
MUD TAVERN ROAD
GoodOver: MUD TAVERN CREEK
3.0 MI E LAWRENCE CO LINE, Morgan, AL
Built 1990 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 80
COUNTY ROAD 7761
GoodOver: TRIB TO MILL CREEK
SEC8,T10N,R22E, Pike, AL
Built 2004 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 70
OLD HWY 431
GoodOver: LITTLE TALLAPOOSA RIVER
3 MILES N OF WEDOWEE, Randolph, AL
Built 2006 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 1,000
CO 62
GoodOver: LONG BRANCH
4.5KM E CRAWFORD, Russell, AL
Built 1995 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 100
SR 5
GoodOver: CHILATCHEE CREEK
0.5 MI. N. OF ALBERTA, Wilcox, AL
Built 2002 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 2,460
SR 24
GoodOver: BEAR CREEK RELIEF 1
1.9 M E JCT SR 24 & SR 19, Franklin, AL
Built 2007 Load: 39.7 t ADT: 2,335
CO RT 5
GoodOver: BURCHAM CREEK
0.2MI S SR 20, Lauderdale, AL
Built 1995 Load: 39.7 t ADT: 153
COUNTY RD 33/13
GoodOver: RELIEF ON BOARDTREE CR
4 MILES SOUTH OF US 78, Marion, AL
Built 2014 Load: 39.7 t ADT: 290
LOWER WETUMPKA RD.
GoodOver: GALBRAITH MILL CREEK
2.3MI N W BYPASS OVERPASS, Montgomery, AL
Built 1996 Load: 39.7 t ADT: 4,500
CR 89 NORTH
GoodOver: SANDY CREEK SPUR
1.4 M N INT CO 48 * AL 50, Tallapoosa, AL
Built 1960 Load: 39.7 t ADT: 335
CO 11
GoodOver: CARR CREEK
2 MI. SOUTH OF CO RD 24, Cleburne, AL
Built 2002 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 470
COUNTY ROAD #50
GoodOver: SWEETWATER CREEK
HONORAVILLE RD., Crenshaw, AL
Built 2013 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 659
SR 35
GoodOver: SAUTY CREEK
3 MI N JCT SR75 * SR 35??, DeKalb, AL
Built 2002 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 10,017
ROAD
GoodOver: BEAVER CREEK
R.C. BR CUL. ON PD RD 67, Henry, AL
Built 1988 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 25
ENSLEY PLEASANT GR
GoodOver: USSC RAILROAD
1/4 MI E TIN MILL RD, Jefferson, AL
Built 2004 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 10,305
CO RD 13
GoodOver: CUBAHATCHEE RELIEF
3.6 MI. SO. HWY80W/SR8, Macon, AL
Built 2004 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 213
COUNTY ROUTE 17
GoodOver: LITTLE BEAVER CREEK
0.01 MI.S AL 69, Marengo, AL
Built 2000 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 140
COUNTY HWY. 1005
GoodOver: HONEYCOMB CREEK
400 FT NORTH US 431, Marshall, AL
Built 1977 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 4,000
COUNTY ROAD 8
GoodOver: ALA 59 ALA 84
17 MILES S ALA 84, Monroe, AL
Built 2006 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 452
ZION ROAD
GoodOver: DUNN'S CREEK
0.9 MI. EAST OF INT. AL59, Pickens, AL
Built 2006 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 60
COUNTY ROAD 6600
GoodOver: CONECUH RIVER RELIEF
SEC 17, T11N, R22E, Pike, AL
Built 2007 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 305
COUNTY ROAD 6600
GoodOver: CONECUH RIVER
SEC 20, T11N, R22E, Pike, AL
Built 2006 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 305
I - 59 NORTH
GoodOver: LITTLE CANOE CREEK
ETOWAH * ST CLAIR CO LINE, St. Clair, AL
Built 1997 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 13,160
Co Rd 1049
GoodOver: Alamuchee Creek
0.9 mi SE US Hwy 11, Sumter, AL
Built 2017 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 44
UPPER COLUMBUS RD
GoodOver: SIPSEY VALLEY RELIEF
10.0MI NW JCT US 82, Tuscaloosa, AL
Built 1996 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 400
CR 8
GoodOver: ESCATAWPA RIVER
DEERPARK, Washington, AL
Built 2014 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 840
CR 8
GoodOver: ESCATAWPA RIVER RELIEF
DEERPARK, Washington, AL
Built 2014 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 840
CR 8
GoodOver: ESCATAWPA RIVER RELIEF
DEER PARK, Washington, AL
Built 2014 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 840
BIBBVILLE ROAD
GoodOver: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROA
0.5 MI S OF JCT/W AL 11, Bibb, AL
Built 2004 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 470
ALEXIS ROAD
GoodOver: BIG NOSE CREEK
1.2 MI E JCT SR 25, Cherokee, AL
Built 1985 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,000
AL 68
GoodOver: CHATOOGA RIVER
3.7 MI E OF SR 35, Cherokee, AL
Built 2007 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,783
COUNTY ROAD 246
GoodOver: LITTLE SCARHAM CRK FORK
T8S, R6E, SEC. 16, DeKalb, AL
Built 2004 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 71
CO RD 84
GoodOver: WEST FORK OF LOST CREEK
.7 MI E CO 33 CO 84 JCT, Franklin, AL
Built 1990 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 150
CR 44
GoodOver: Dry Creek
1.2Mi. S Harmony Church, Jackson, AL
Built 2016 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 75
EASTERN VALLEY RD
GoodOver: FIVE MILE CREEK
JCT MCCALLA ROAD, Jefferson, AL
Built 2008 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,535
EAKIN ROAD
GoodOver: EAKIN CREEK
WEST OF MOORES MILL RD.??, Madison, AL
Built 2004 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 480
AL-253
GoodOver: Little Camp Creek
4 MI N JCT US 278, Marion, AL
Built 1952 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 222
CANTY ROAD
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
1.0 MILE US 231, Montgomery, AL
Built 1988 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 92
OLD PIKE ROAD
GoodOver: DRAINAGE RELIEF
3.1 MI N US 82, Montgomery, AL
Built 1988 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 350
WOODLEY ROAD
GoodOver: THOMPSON CREEK
8.1 MI N MOORE RD, Montgomery, AL
Built 1989 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 80
WOODLEY ROAD
GoodOver: DRAINAGE RELIEF
8.2 MI. N MOORE RD., Montgomery, AL
Built 1989 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 80
SMILIE ROAD
GoodOver: CREEK
1.2 MI N PISGAH RD, Montgomery, AL
Built 1991 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 75
TOM BEV. L&D ACC.R
GoodOver: ALICEVILLE RR
23 M S.E. OF COLUMBUS MS, Pickens, AL
Built 1978 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 280
CO HWY 10
GoodOver: KING CREEK
0.15 MI WEST CR 204, Shelby, AL
Built 1996 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,545
AL63
GoodOver: PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS
.5 MI N WINDERMERE RD, Tallapoosa, AL
Built 2011 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,220
ANTEBELLUM BLVD.
GoodOver: TRIB. TO BAY MINETTE CR.
.1 M. N. OF BROMLEY RD., Baldwin, AL
Built 2007 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 53
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