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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

COUNTY RT 19

Good

Over: DOUBLE CREEK

6.95 MI N AL 28, Marengo, AL

Built 1989 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 580

AL-19

Good

Over: Glen Creek Branch

8.9 MI N JCT US 78, Marion, AL

Built 1951 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 712

CO RD 39

Good

Over: HOLLVER BRANCH

AT CHELSEA PARK, Shelby, AL

Built 2001 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 2,000

COUNTY ROAD 107

Good

Over: POSSUM BRANCH

CR 107 1 M NE ED LEACH, Chilton, AL

Built 1975 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 371

CO. RD. 58

Good

Over: TOLLISON CREEK

1.8 MI SE JCT CO.49, Franklin, AL

Built 2016 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 218

AL 28

Good

Over: BROWN BRICK CREEK

5 MI. E. OF BOYD, Sumter, AL

Built 1993 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 1,214

Rescue Road

Good

Over: KID CREEK

2 mi South SR231, Morgan, AL

Built 2015 Load: 56.5 t ADT: 560

COUNTY ROAD 159

Good

Over: KEATY BRANCH

0.4 MI N JCT CO 136, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2004 Load: 56.6 t ADT: 90

COUNTY ROAD 22

Good

Over: U.T. WILLIAMS MILLPOND

2.4 MI SE OF CO 67, Barbour, AL

Built 1981 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 195

CR. 45

Good

Over: BRANCH OF PIGEON CREEK

2.0 MI. N. INDUSTRY, Butler, AL

Built 1983 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 278

COUNTY ROAD 23

Good

Over: LITTLE POPLAR CREEK

Hester Store Road, Covington, AL

Built 1990 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 290

AL-18

Good

Over: Deadwater Creek

Deadwater creek MP 39.61, Fayette, AL

Built 2018 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 1,500

WITTY MILL RD

Good

Over: WITTY BR

SEC1 T2S R5W, Limestone, AL

Built 1991 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 250

Double Bridges Rd

Good

Over: Short Creek

367 FT SE JCT 168, Marshall, AL

Built 2002 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 2,910

CNTY. RD. #9

Good

Over: JACK BRANCH

3.3 MI N INT RT 226 * 215, Choctaw, AL

Built 1953 Load: 56.8 t ADT: 340

HWY #17

Good

Over: BEE BRANCH

2 MI NW OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1959 Load: 56.8 t ADT: 365

ST ALBAN@GRN COVE

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

1 M WEST OF 231 INT REDST, Madison, AL

Built 1990 Load: 56.8 t ADT: 500

CO. HWY. 69

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

3 MILES NE. OF HARTFORD, Geneva, AL

Built 1996 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 210

CO RD 13

Good

Over: OLD TOWN CREEK

1 MI WEST OF N CR13, Macon, AL

Built 1992 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 50

OLD FAYETTE ROAD

Good

Over: BINION CREEK

4.9 MI.INT. WITH US 43 N, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 2005 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 300

CO.RD.16

Good

Over: MOTLEY BRANCH

MILTON, Autauga, AL

Built 1956 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 686

US 411 SR 25

Good

Over: BRANCH

3.5 MI W JCT SR 25 * 68, Cherokee, AL

Built 1985 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 8,095

CO RD 69

Good

Over: MCPETERS BRANCH

1.8 MI SE INT CO 71, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2006 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 215

CO RD 33

Good

Over: CREEK

3 MI SOUTH OF AL 21, Lowndes, AL

Built 1958 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 480

SR 53

Good

Over: CREEK

.2 MI S JCT AL 255, Madison, AL

Built 1957 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 25,986

COUNTY RT #208

Good

Over: LITTLE LUBBUB CREEK

0.6 MI WEST OF JCT RT #17, Pickens, AL

Built 1935 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 50

COUNTY RT 49

Good

Over: BEAR BRANCH

2.0 MI W OF JCT OF SR 159, Pickens, AL

Built 1966 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 400

Old Hwy 20

Good

Over: Beaverdam Creek

1.1 mi E Gbrier Pkwy, Limestone, AL

Built 2020 Load: 57.3 t ADT: 4,659

MANOY DRIVE

Good

Over: MCNOY CREEK

0.3 M E OF CO RD 308, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1957 Load: 57.3 t ADT: 400

COUNTY RD 86

Good

Over: TRIB. TO SPARKS CREEK

2.8 MI. S. OF HOGGLESVILL, Hale, AL

Built 1965 Load: 57.4 t ADT: 100

SCOTT BRANCH RD

Good

Over: SCOTT BRANCH

2.0 MI SW JCT US HWY 431, Madison, AL

Built 1983 Load: 57.4 t ADT: 80

CO.RD. 3

Good

Over: HIGHPINE CREEK

(DICKERT CULVERT), Randolph, AL

Built 1995 Load: 57.4 t ADT: 200

West Union Road 20

Good

Over: Little Sanusi Creek

1.45 mI W ALA HWY 17, Sumter, AL

Built 2018 Load: 57.4 t ADT: 49

SNOW DR

Good

Over: STREAM

0.2MI.E. OXMOOR RD, Jefferson, AL

Built 1972 Load: 57.5 t ADT: 2,282

Bonner Mill Road

Good

Over: Blubber Creek

0.6 MI E of CORT #19, Pickens, AL

Built 2018 Load: 57.5 t ADT: 195

COUNTY ROAD 54

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

SEC-15 T-6-N R-25-E, Dale, AL

Built 1979 Load: 57.6 t ADT: 391

CO RD 54

Good

Over: HODNETT CREEK

0.8 MI. EAST CO RD 53, Macon, AL

Built 1986 Load: 57.6 t ADT: 150

COTTONTON ROAD

Good

Over: WEOLUSTEE CREEK

0.5 MI EAST HWY 431, Russell, AL

Built 2010 Load: 57.7 t ADT: 1,400

CR 49

Good

Over: CR 49

CR49 0.5M S CITY LIMITS, Chilton, AL

Built 1951 Load: 57.8 t ADT: 2,740

HARRY BOOKER RD

Good

Over: STREAM

3MI S.E. BELLEVILLE, Conecuh, AL

Built 2011 Load: 57.8 t ADT: 150

COUNTY ROAD 238

Good

Over: WEEWOKA CREEK

INTER CO211 CO238 WINTERB, Talladega, AL

Built 1925 Load: 57.8 t ADT: 362

CHURCH STREET

Good

Over: PINHOOK CREEK

0.3 mile east us 231, Madison, AL

Built 2019 Load: 57.9 t ADT: 17,797

COUNTY RD 19

Good

Over: TRIB. TO COLWELL CREEK

3.0 MI. N. OF GREENSBORO, Hale, AL

Built 1967 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 100

ARGYLE ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF HAMMER CREEK

1.6 ML S OF HWY 90, Mobile, AL

Built 2000 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 2,393

SR 67

Good

Over: BRANCH

6.4 MI N JCT SR67 & SR69, Morgan, AL

Built 1952 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 2,940

ROCKLEDGE RD.

Good

Over: LINE CREEK

200' N OF EGYPT RD, Etowah, AL

Built 1950 Load: 58.2 t ADT: 1,035

STYLES BRIDGE RD

Good

Over: BLACK CREEK

0.4MILES OFF LAY SPRINGS, Etowah, AL

Built 1987 Load: 58.2 t ADT: 125

COUNTY ROAD 60

Good

Over: SMITH BRANCH

0.1 MI W SNODDY, Greene, AL

Built 2003 Load: 58.2 t ADT: 350

_Gas Line Road

Good

Over: _Trib. to Greer Creek

_3.9 miles E of Laneville, Hale, AL

Built 2019 Load: 58.2 t ADT: 300

ROSE STREET

Good

Over: WEAVER BRANCH

0.4 MI WEST AL 207, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2006 Load: 58.2 t ADT: 460

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