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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

FAYETTE ST.

Fair

Over: VALLEY CREEK

FAYETTE ST. * VALLEY CK, Jefferson, AL

Built 1931 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 1,600

TRUCK TRAIL ROAD

Fair

Over: GINHOUSE BRANCH

TRUCK TRAIL RD @ GINHOUSE, Morgan, AL

Built 1960 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 15

CHEROKEE #51

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.0 MI S INT ALA #9, Cherokee, AL

Built 1935 Load: 7.4 t ADT: 133

CHEROKEE #760

Fair

Over: BRANCH

2.0 MI W INT CHEROKEE #41, Cherokee, AL

Built 1955 Load: 7.4 t ADT: 40

Swamp Road

Fair

Over: NO NAME BRANCH

N of Loango near Cty line, Covington, AL

Built 1938 Load: 7.4 t ADT: 210

MT OLIVE WEST

Fair

Over: BRANCH

0.7 MI. SW GRACE, Butler, AL

Built 1968 Load: 7.5 t ADT: 20

cr 986

Fair

Over: WHITE OAK

CR 986, Cullman, AL

Built 1940 Load: 7.5 t ADT: 20

ZEHNER RD

Fair

Over: BRANCH

SEC33 T3S R5W, Limestone, AL

Built 1952 Load: 7.5 t ADT: 450

CHEROKEE #34

Fair

Over: COWAN CREEK

0.2 MI E CO #31, Cherokee, AL

Built 1940 Load: 7.7 t ADT: 130

CO RT 1

Fair

Over: LITTLE DRY CREEK

2.1MI N JCT SR 65, Jackson, AL

Built 1939 Load: 7.9 t ADT: 40

BUDDY WILLIAMSON

Fair

Over: SWAMP BRANCH CREEK

0.25 MI. WEST OF BUTLER, Madison, AL

Built 1940 Load: 7.9 t ADT: 100

COUNTY HWY 1101

Fair

Over: CLEAR CREEK

172 FT N JCT 1102, Marshall, AL

Built 1951 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 75

INDIAN CREEK RD

Fair

Over: HAM CREEK

0.1 MI S CO RD 043, Madison, AL

Built 1967 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 120

CREEK RD

Fair

Over: METCALF CREEK

0.2 E CO ROUTE 31, Clay, AL

Built 1979 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 18

FREEMAN ROAD

Fair

Over: FIVE MILE CREEK

FREEMAN RD/FIVE MILE CK, Jefferson, AL

Built 1970 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 30

CEDAR SPRINGS DR.

Fair

Over: TALLASEEHATCHEE CREEK

CEDAR SPRINGS DR., Calhoun, AL

Built 1940 Load: 8.3 t ADT: 1,461

CHEROKEE #43

Fair

Over: BRANCH

1.0 MI W INT CHEROKEE #47, Cherokee, AL

Built 1945 Load: 8.3 t ADT: 385

CO RD 14

Fair

Over: PUSS CUSS CK E RELIEF BR

4.0 MI W INT AL 17 * 108, Choctaw, AL

Built 1947 Load: 8.4 t ADT: 760

CO 123

Fair

Over: MOUNTAIN CREEK

MOUNTAIN CREEK @ CR 123, Cleburne, AL

Built 1965 Load: 8.4 t ADT: 50

CO 620 SPUR RD

Fair

Over: VERDIN CREEK

.77 MI. E OF CO 42 OF, Cleburne, AL

Built 1976 Load: 8.4 t ADT: 16

CHEROKEE #314

Fair

Over: BALL PLAY CREEK

0.2 MI W CHEROKEE #6, Cherokee, AL

Built 1935 Load: 8.5 t ADT: 120

PETTUS RD

Fair

Over: FOX CREEK

6 MI E LINEVILLE N ALA 48, Clay, AL

Built 1983 Load: 8.6 t ADT: 15

CO RD 563

Fair

Over: BIG COON CREEK

0.05 MI S JCT CR 53, Jackson, AL

Built 1940 Load: 8.6 t ADT: 44

SR 10

Fair

Over: LITTLE BEAR CREEK

1.9 MI. E. OF OAK HILL, Wilcox, AL

Built 1924 Load: 8.6 t ADT: 720

FDR #731

Fair

Over: MAYFIELD CREEK

OAKMULGEE DISTRICT, Bibb, AL

Built 1985 Load: 8.7 t ADT: 50

COUNTY RT #121

Fair

Over: BEAR CREEK

2.0 MI NORTH OF CO RT 20, Pickens, AL

Built 1975 Load: 8.7 t ADT: 100

COUNTY HWY 1137

Fair

Over: CREEK

4642 FT S JCT 1073, Marshall, AL

Built 1960 Load: 8.8 t ADT: 100

00000

Fair

Over: COUNTY ROAD 1561

000001, Marshall, AL

Built 1943 Load: 8.8 t ADT: 75

GRAVEL ROAD CR75

Fair

Over: POTATOE PATCH CREEK

3 5M EAST AL HWY 5, Perry, AL

Built 1958 Load: 8.8 t ADT: 130

DOBYNE RD CR71

Fair

Over: TRIB. OAKMULGEE

2 5M SOUTH AL183, Perry, AL

Built 1980 Load: 8.8 t ADT: 110

CO. RD. 821

Fair

Over: CORNHOUSE CREEK

3 MI E CO. RD. 33, Randolph, AL

Built 1991 Load: 8.8 t ADT: 20

COUNTY RT #223

Fair

Over: WELLS BRANCH

2.9 MI E OF CO RT 63, Pickens, AL

Built 1990 Load: 8.9 t ADT: 50

CO. RT. 1162

Fair

Over: KILPATRICH CREEK

CR 1162, Cullman, AL

Built 1936 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 75

CO RT 91

Fair

Over: LONG ISLAND CREEK

5.8 MI S CR 93, Jackson, AL

Built 1938 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 95

BUTLER RD

Fair

Over: SWAMP BRANCH

0.5 MI SO JCT CO RD 487, Madison, AL

Built 1934 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 1,138

COUNTY HWY 1409

Fair

Over: SCARHAM CREEK

6235 FT N JCT 1414, Marshall, AL

Built 1951 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 1,000

7TH STREET

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

ANNISTON 7th Street, Calhoun, AL

Built 1936 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 570

CHEROKEE #20

Fair

Over: BRANCH

0.1 MI E CHEROKEE #7, Cherokee, AL

Built 1948 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 700

TINKER ROAD

Fair

Over: BRANCH

1.9 MI E INT RT 186 * 226, Choctaw, AL

Built 1927 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 100

CO 832

Fair

Over: CHULAFINNEE CREEK

IVORY MOUNTAIN ROAD, Cleburne, AL

Built 1973 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 110

COUNTY ROAD

Fair

Over: BRANCH

TOWER RD., Conecuh, AL

Built 1994 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 80

CR 616

Fair

Over: BRANCH

Cr 616 TB East, Cullman, AL

Built 1960 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 150

CO 50

Fair

Over: FIRST CREEK

1 MI W INT SR 207, Lauderdale, AL

Built 1936 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 600

CO 49

Fair

Over: MIDDLE FORK BRANCH

2.2 MI N INT SR 207, Lauderdale, AL

Built 1937 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 438

CO RD 29

Fair

Over: HOG BRANCH

0.9 MI. N, US80N/SR8, Macon, AL

Built 1964 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 160

CO. HWY. 116

Fair

Over: ROBINSON BRANCH

0.5 MI. E. OF AL HWY 172, Marion, AL

Built 1935 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 50

CO. HWY. 365

Fair

Over: DRY BROOK

.7 MI. S. JCT AL. 119, Shelby, AL

Built 1970 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 75

CO 303

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK

1.0 MI W INT CO 509* 303, Talladega, AL

Built 1963 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 670

GIBSON HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: FROST CREEK

CORONA, Walker, AL

Built 1970 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 110

CHEROKEE #2

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

1.0 MI E INT ALA #9, Cherokee, AL

Built 1940 Load: 9.2 t ADT: 131

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