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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

#20/SHILOH CHURCH

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

1.4 MILES WEST OF ST.159, Pickens, AL

Built 2001 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 100

CO. 18

Good

Over: IHAGEE CREEK BRANCH

1.3 MI W OF OSWICHEE, Russell, AL

Built 1990 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROAD 13

Good

Over: HIGH LOG CREEK

6MI SW SEALE, Russell, AL

Built 1997 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 400

VILLULA ROAD

Good

Over: SILVER RUN CREEK

2 MI. S. SEALE, Russell, AL

Built 2004 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 100

UPSHAW ROAD

Good

Over: HURTSBORO CREEK

1.0 MILE SW OF RUTHERFORD, Russell, AL

Built 2004 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 61

COUNTY ROAD 27

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

1.0 NI NE GOLDEN GROVE CH, St. Clair, AL

Built 2004 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 1,448

CO RD 139

Good

Over: TALLASEEHATCHEE CRK

1.5MI N CO RD 121, Talladega, AL

Built 1997 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 610

OREYONIA ROAD

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

3 MI. SOUTH OF STERLING, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 2005 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 50

Hunter creek road

Good

Over: TWO MILE CREEK

0.1 mi. w us 82 bypass, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 2015 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 3,700

HIGHLAND ROAD

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

1.0 MI NW OF JCT AL. 171, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 2014 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 8

CYPRESS CREEK RD

Good

Over: CREEK

4.6 MI SE OF JCT US NO 11, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 2015 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY ROAD 37

Good

Over: LITTLE MULBERRY CREEK

0.5MI.S.OF BILLINGSLEY, Autauga, AL

Built 2001 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 980

Co Rt 35

Good

Over: Bridge Creek

1.1 MI E JCT US 31, Cullman, AL

Built 2020 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 5,400

DENTON RD

Good

Over: LITTLE CHOCTAWHATCHEE

DOTHAN, Houston, AL

Built 2009 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 13,813

SR 50

Good

Over: WIND CREEK

0.5 MI E TALLAPOOSA RIV, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1995 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 1,337

ROCKHOUSE ROAD

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

1.7 MI NE OF JCT ALA 216, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 1994 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 300

BEAR CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: TABPOLE CREEK

8.9 MI. FROM JCT OF US 69, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 2004 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 500

CR. 28

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY TO ROCKY CREEK

E. L*N RR. IN BOLLING, Butler, AL

Built 2005 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 224

CHEROKEE #45

Good

Over: CREEK

0.5 MI N INT US #278, Cherokee, AL

Built 1965 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 475

CO RT 209

Good

Over: BRANCH

2.2 MI NE VICTORIA, Coffee, AL

Built 1995 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 120

CO RT 228

Good

Over: HURRICANE BRANCH

5 MI NE ELBA, Coffee, AL

Built 1998 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 95

NOBLE ROAD

Good

Over: GRAVE YARD CREEK

0.7 MILE NORTH OF AL 14, Elmore, AL

Built 2005 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 257

COE RD.

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

2 MI E OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1988 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 50

Cunningham Dr.

Good

Over: Pepperell Creek

Opelika, Lee, AL

Built 2018 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 1,650

I-22

Good

Over: New River

1.3 MI. E of AL-233, Marion, AL

Built 2004 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 13,401

US 45

Good

Over: DRINKING BRANCH

4.2 MI N CO RD 63, Mobile, AL

Built 1992 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 7,190

SR 158

Good

Over: Rodgers Rd

Int SR 158 and Rodgers Rd, Mobile, AL

Built 2020 Load: 43.2 t

LOWER DUBLIN RD.

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

2.4 MI SE DUNBAR SCHOOL, Montgomery, AL

Built 1990 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 250

BOYD SPRINGS RD.

Good

Over: PINTLALA CREEK

.7 MI E BUTLER MILL RD, Montgomery, AL

Built 1990 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 80

IRON MAN ROAD

Good

Over: NO BUSINESS CREEK

1.5 MI WEST SR36, Morgan, AL

Built 2001 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 2,480

AL 14

Good

Over: Richey Lake Branch

2.0 MI W SUTTLE, Perry, AL

Built 1997 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 2,190

NEW CANAAN CH.RD.

Good

Over: BLUBBER CREEK

1.7 MI. NORTH JCT AL17, Pickens, AL

Built 2007 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 30

ST CLAIR/ HWY137

Good

Over: KELLY CREEK

AT CAMP WINNATASKA, St. Clair, AL

Built 1989 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 2,814

ELDER RD

Good

Over: JAYBIRD CREEK

1.1 M E ALA 49, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1956 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 190

CO RD 82

Good

Over: BRIDGE CREEK

S BRIDGE CR LAKE, Autauga, AL

Built 1997 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 310

CO. RT. 48

Good

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

3.78 MI.W OF BASHI, Clarke, AL

Built 1955 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 700

SAND VALLEY RD.

Good

Over: FISHER CREEK

0.3 MILES SO COX CHAPEL, Etowah, AL

Built 1998 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 480

CO RD 72

Good

Over: TAYLOR CREEK RELIEF

1.3 MI N BRAGSVILLE, Greene, AL

Built 1993 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 305

SNAKE BRANCH RD

Good

Over: HELL'S CREEK

3 MI. N.W. CODY, Lamar, AL

Built 1990 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 40

HOLLIDAY ROAD

Good

Over: WILSON CREEK

2.1 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD, Lamar, AL

Built 2000 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 45

WALLER RD

Good

Over: HAYNES CREEK

.2 MI NORTH OF ALA 263, Lowndes, AL

Built 1984 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 310

SR 28

Good

Over: CHICKASAW BOGUE CREEK

EAST OF THOMASTON, Marengo, AL

Built 2012 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 1,010

US 90

Good

Over: FOWL RIVER

2.7 MI E CO RD 39, Mobile, AL

Built 2007 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 8,895

COUNTY ROAD 1123

Good

Over: BOYDS MILL CREEK

SEC31,T11N,R20E, Pike, AL

Built 2003 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 55

COUNTY ROAD 6645

Good

Over: CONNORS CREEK

SEC 30, T10N, R24E, Pike, AL

Built 2004 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 13

HEMPHILL ROAD

Good

Over: OUTLET FROM BIG LAKE

3 MI. SE OF OLD LOCK 9 RD, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 2012 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 10

I-22

Good

Over: CR-30

I-22 & CR-30, Walker, AL

Built 2003 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 13,401

COUNTY ROAD 53

Good

Over: DOUBLE CREEK

SEC 30 T11N R24E, Bullock, AL

Built 2005 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROAD 8

Good

Over: BOGUE CHITTA CREEK

SEC16 T11N R24E, Bullock, AL

Built 2005 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 51

COUNTY ROAD 8

Good

Over: LITTLE SANDY CREEK

SEC 9 T11N R24E, Bullock, AL

Built 2005 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 41

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