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

MARTIN ROAD

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

6 MI W OF RIDEOUT RD, Madison, AL

Built 2013 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 7,800

SHILOH ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH

1 MI N OF CO RD 1, Monroe, AL

Built 2000 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 200

CO 35

Good

Over: LONG BRANCH

3.7MI E CRAWFORD, Russell, AL

Built 1996 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 200

Glasgow Road

Good

Over: Abandoned RR

_Lee Chapel, Jefferson, AL

Built 2021 Load: 60.0 t ADT: 255

POPLAR RIDGE RD

Good

Over: OWL CREEK

1.0 MILE NO FAS RT 01, Madison, AL

Built 1984 Load: 60.0 t ADT: 400

CO. RD. 55

Good

Over: BRANCH OF POLECAT CREEK

1.2 MI. S. OF S. R. 104, Baldwin, AL

Built 1994 Load: 60.1 t ADT: 1,022

CO. RT. 22

Good

Over: JAMES CREEK

1.0 MI.E GROVE HILL, Clarke, AL

Built 1961 Load: 60.1 t ADT: 300

CO 65

Good

Over: Branch

.8 mi S INT Co 63, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2023 Load: 60.1 t ADT: 804

Lee Road 206

Good

Over: UT of Little Uchee Creek

0.1 mi s Jct Lee Road 240, Lee, AL

Built 2016 Load: 60.1 t ADT: 1,114

HINES ST.

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

JCT. HINES ST.*TOWN CREEK, Limestone, AL

Built 1990 Load: 60.1 t ADT: 1,517

PARK ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH

.4 MI. EAST CATH. CAV. RD, Marshall, AL

Built 1998 Load: 60.1 t ADT: 150

SR 36

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

2 MI W JCT SR 36 & SR 53, Morgan, AL

Built 1970 Load: 60.1 t ADT: 5,800

SR 259

Good

Over: BLACKMAN CREEK

10.7 N JCT. SR 9, Coosa, AL

Built 1984 Load: 60.2 t ADT: 1,661

CR # 188

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

0.98 MI E CR 29, Dallas, AL

Built 1993 Load: 60.2 t ADT: 100

Jenkins Cemetery

Good

Over: North River

2 Miles West of Pea Ridge, Fayette, AL

Built 2018 Load: 60.2 t ADT: 85

CO RT 7

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

1 MI SW LENOX, Conecuh, AL

Built 1992 Load: 60.3 t ADT: 840

DICKY SPRINGS ROAD

Good

Over: SHADES CREEK

1 MI. SW OF GREENWOOD, Jefferson, AL

Built 2014 Load: 60.3 t ADT: 1,350

AL-171

Good

Over: Buttahatchee River

2 MI S JCT AL-17, Marion, AL

Built 2017 Load: 60.3 t ADT: 3,891

SR 5

Good

Over: CUB CREEK

.5 mi. n. of Sunny South, Wilcox, AL

Built 2022 Load: 60.3 t ADT: 5,640

CO.1064

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

1.4MI.S.W.MARCOOT, Chambers, AL

Built 2002 Load: 60.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY ROAD 7

Good

Over: LAKE THAT LEADS TO BR

0.5 MI S CALHOUN COUNTY, Talladega, AL

Built 1960 Load: 60.4 t ADT: 1,290

BLACK CREEK PKWY

Good

Over: BIG WILLS CREEK

BLACK CREEK PARKWAY, Etowah, AL

Built 2011 Load: 60.6 t ADT: 10,500

SUBDIVISION ROAD

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

0.2 MILE FROM CR 11, Shelby, AL

Built 2006 Load: 60.6 t ADT: 653

COVERD BRIDGE RD

Good

Over: LOCUST FORK RIVER

1.6KM EAST OF NECTAR, Blount, AL

Built 1999 Load: 60.7 t ADT: 489

US 431

Good

Over: Black Creek

@ Emma Sampson School, Etowah, AL

Built 2017 Load: 60.7 t ADT: 11,046

SR-17 (US-45)

Good

Over: Bennetts Creek

_, Mobile, AL

Built 2023 Load: 60.7 t ADT: 5,602

Beasley Rd

Good

Over: Schoolhouse creek

_, Baldwin, AL

Built 2022 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 1,000

Innovation Parkway

Good

Over: Trib. To Wet Weather Cr.

0.1 Miles West Of SR 21, Escambia, AL

Built 2018 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 290

US 278

Good

Over: CREEK

1.8 MI.E. BIG COVE CK, Etowah, AL

Built 1998 Load: 60.9 t ADT: 13,245

COUNTY ROAD 2225

Good

Over: SMART BRANCH

SEC 1,T8N,R20E, Pike, AL

Built 1961 Load: 60.9 t ADT: 225

MINT SPRINGS RD

Good

Over: SWAMP BRANCH

3.0 MI W OF PLEVNA, Madison, AL

Built 1989 Load: 61.0 t ADT: 420

LOW GAP ROAD

Good

Over: HILL CREEK

1/4 MI.W.OF OLD GURLEY PK, Madison, AL

Built 2005 Load: 61.0 t ADT: 400

SR 202

Good

Over: STREAM

7.9 MI E JCT US 78, Calhoun, AL

Built 1978 Load: 61.1 t ADT: 10,275

SR74 / US278

Good

Over: NANCES CREEK

2.7 MI EAST JCT SR200, Calhoun, AL

Built 2012 Load: 61.1 t ADT: 4,229

SR 154

Good

Over: CREEK

14.7 MI. W.OF THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1963 Load: 61.1 t ADT: 290

FULLER STORE RD

Good

Over: POLK BRANCH

FULLER STORE RD, Colbert, AL

Built 2001 Load: 61.1 t ADT: 60

RIDGELANDFARMS RD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

0.81 MI. E. OF HOBBIE RD., Montgomery, AL

Built 1991 Load: 61.1 t ADT: 1,000

US 82

Good

Over: ICR RR

3.5 MI EAST OF P'VILLE, Autauga, AL

Built 2022 Load: 61.2 t ADT: 17,962

_CR 59

Good

Over: _Cane Creek

2.45 mi north of woodland, Randolph, AL

Built 2015 Load: 61.2 t ADT: 425

COUNTY 3

Good

Over: AFFONEE CREEK

1.1 MI. E HARRISBURG CO 3, Bibb, AL

Built 1985 Load: 61.3 t ADT: 50

SHAW RD

Good

Over: SHAW BRANCH

SHAW RD S OF TIDWELL RD, Colbert, AL

Built 1992 Load: 61.3 t ADT: 223

0000002146102X0

Good

Over: BRANCH OF BASHI CREEK

5.2MI N CLARK CO LINE, Marengo, AL

Built 1996 Load: 61.3 t ADT: 399

SCHILLINGER ROAD N

Good

Over: RED CREEK

1.5 MI. N. OF U.S. HWY 98, Mobile, AL

Built 2020 Load: 61.3 t ADT: 14,157

AIR TERMINAL DRIVE

Good

Over: MILLER CREEK

0.5 ML S AIRPORT BLVD, Mobile, AL

Built 2009 Load: 61.3 t ADT: 5,721

SR 13

Good

Over: BRANCH

5 MI S JCT SR 13 & SR 2, Colbert, AL

Built 1953 Load: 61.4 t ADT: 12,650

Yates Rd (CR 568)

Good

Over: BLACK CREEK

0.3 MI South of Tabor Rd, Etowah, AL

Built 2019 Load: 61.4 t ADT: 37

CR 165

Good

Over: Unnamed Stream

1.7 MI. W CO RT 236, Lawrence, AL

Built 2018 Load: 61.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY ROAD 154

Good

Over: BUGHALL CREEK

SEC 36 T13 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1988 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 50

Cr 821

Good

Over: fixico Creek

NW of Broughton, Randolph, AL

Built 2016 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 53

CO RD.497

Good

Over: HENSON BR

3 MILES NE WED.RAUGHTON, Randolph, AL

Built 2005 Load: 61.8 t ADT: 17

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