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

CO RT 608

Good

Over: BRANCH

1.05 MI W OF GOODMAN, Coffee, AL

Built 1975 Load: 67.3 t ADT: 128

CO. 1529

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY TO OSNIPPA

3.0 MI. EAST OF CUSSETA, Chambers, AL

Built 2002 Load: 67.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RT #87

Good

Over: JONES CREEK

1.3 MI WEST JCT SR #17, Pickens, AL

Built 1977 Load: 67.5 t ADT: 165

CR. 21

Good

Over: LUXPALLILA TRIBUTARY

2.5 MI. W OF FAYETTE, Fayette, AL

Built 1960 Load: 67.6 t ADT: 418

CO 15

Good

Over: UNNAMED CRK ON CR 15

off CR36, Cleburne, AL

Built 2005 Load: 67.7 t ADT: 75

CO 191

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

0.3 MI E CO 207, Talladega, AL

Built 1974 Load: 67.8 t ADT: 1,785

CO. 1048

Good

Over: BRANCH

2.1MI.E. SIKES, Chambers, AL

Built 1989 Load: 67.9 t ADT: 430

COUNTY ROAD 24

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY OF FACTORY CK

5.5 MI NE AL HWY 17, Sumter, AL

Built 2004 Load: 67.9 t ADT: 135

CO RT 6

Good

Over: IJAMS BRANCH

0.8 MI W INT CO RT 7, Lauderdale, AL

Built 1995 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 255

ROY PARKER ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE CLAYBANK CREEK

INT JODIE PARKER ROAD, Dale, AL

Built 2014 Load: 68.1 t ADT: 3,626

FOWL RIVER RD

Good

Over: DYKES CREEK

1.5 MI E OF CO RD 59, Mobile, AL

Built 1999 Load: 68.1 t ADT: 1,718

COUNTY ROAD67

Good

Over: BELLS BRANCH

SEC.18 T-6-NR-26-E, Dale, AL

Built 1947 Load: 68.2 t ADT: 934

AL 25

Good

Over: COLWELL CREEK

GREENSBORO, Hale, AL

Built 1995 Load: 68.2 t ADT: 2,290

CO. RT. NO. 57

Good

Over: ALLEN CREEK

02.3 MI N. JEFFERSON, Marengo, AL

Built 1993 Load: 68.2 t ADT: 450

NIX RD

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

CO RD 11 NO. OF CORR X, Walker, AL

Built 2004 Load: 68.2 t ADT: 1,000

CO RD 77

Good

Over: HORSE CREEK

IVY CREEK RD., Crenshaw, AL

Built 1996 Load: 68.3 t ADT: 606

AL 25

Good

Over: UT SPARKS CREEK

7.0 MI N GREENSBORO, Hale, AL

Built 1999 Load: 68.3 t ADT: 640

Lee Road 54

Good

Over: NASH CREEK

0.5 MI S JCT LEE RD 146, Lee, AL

Built 1948 Load: 68.3 t ADT: 4,368

SR 255

Good

Over: STREAM

1.4MILES N JCT US 72, Madison, AL

Built 1992 Load: 68.3 t ADT: 45,856

COWPENS ROAD W.

Good

Over: DEWBERRY BRANCH

1.75 MI.N.AL.22/NEW SITE, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1985 Load: 68.3 t ADT: 255

CO RT 7

Good

Over: BRANCH OF BASHI CREEK

.25 MI N CLARKE CO LINE, Marengo, AL

Built 1994 Load: 68.4 t ADT: 130

CO RD 485

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

1 MI NORTH NAPOLEON, Randolph, AL

Built 1989 Load: 68.4 t ADT: 50

SR9

Good

Over: LITTLE HILLABEE CREEK

1 MI S OF MILLERVILLE, Clay, AL

Built 2015 Load: 68.6 t ADT: 1,643

County Road 329

Good

Over: Ragsdale Creek

ONE HALF MILE NO OFOLD 78, Marion, AL

Built 1992 Load: 68.6 t ADT: 20

COUNTY ROAD 21

Good

Over: TRIB. TO FIVE MILE CR

0.1 MILE SOUTH OF S.R. 60, Hale, AL

Built 1997 Load: 68.7 t ADT: 440

LAKEWOOD DRIVE

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.1 MI W 280 * 431, Russell, AL

Built 1965 Load: 68.7 t ADT: 8,500

ROAD

Good

Over: WATFORD BRANCH

CO RD 115, Henry, AL

Built 1996 Load: 68.8 t ADT: 150

MEDARIS RD

Good

Over: BLUE SPRING BRANCH

2502 MEDARIS RD, Madison, AL

Built 1975 Load: 68.8 t ADT: 4,235

COUNTY ROAD #162

Good

Over: MAGBY CREEK

1.1 MI. N OF CO RT #34, Pickens, AL

Built 2002 Load: 68.8 t ADT: 39

SR 52 MP 73.206

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

1.3 MI.W.HOUSTON 55, Houston, AL

Built 1928 Load: 68.9 t ADT: 4,320

US 431

Good

Over: PAINT ROCK RIVER RELIEF

0.2 MI N PAINT ROCK RIVER, Madison, AL

Built 1996 Load: 68.9 t ADT: 9,519

CO RD 49

Good

Over: MOSS CREEK

2.0 S OF WINFIELD, Fayette, AL

Built 1985 Load: 69.0 t ADT: 130

CO. 1251

Good

Over: STROUD CREEK

1 MI. N.W. CUMBEE MILL, Chambers, AL

Built 2001 Load: 69.1 t ADT: 45

_BUCK CREEK

Good

Over: _STATE LINE RD

_, Houston, AL

Built 2019 Load: 69.1 t ADT: 995

FAS 27 CO RD 137

Good

Over: TRIB. TO BIG WILLS CREEK

2.4MI N JCT US 11 T6SR9E, DeKalb, AL

Built 1954 Load: 69.2 t ADT: 7,269

SR 22

Good

Over: GIN POND CREEK

7 MILE E JCT SR 49, Tallapoosa, AL

Built 1984 Load: 69.2 t ADT: 904

SR 75

Good

Over: BRANCH

1.1 MI N JCT SR168 * SR75, Marshall, AL

Built 1947 Load: 69.3 t ADT: 5,160

CO RT 728

Good

Over: SARDIS CREEK

3.95 MI S OF KEYTON, Coffee, AL

Built 1974 Load: 69.4 t ADT: 95

CO. RD. 32

Good

Over: POPLAR CREEK

3 MI. SE OF STANLEY, Covington, AL

Built 1965 Load: 69.4 t ADT: 220

AL-18

Good

Over: Browns Mill Creek

2.3 MI W Fayette Co Line, Lamar, AL

Built 1984 Load: 69.4 t ADT: 1,592

AL 158

Good

Over: Seabury Creek

AL 158 @ Seabury, Mobile, AL

Built 2020 Load: 69.4 t

CR42 COUNTY LINERD

Good

Over: SAM BRANCH WEST JOESMITH

CR42 1.25 SE UNION SP CH, Chilton, AL

Built 1989 Load: 69.5 t ADT: 175

SR 25

Good

Over: MICHIGAN CREEK REL.

.8 MI. S. OF THOMASTON, Marengo, AL

Built 1988 Load: 69.5 t ADT: 1,190

AL 26

Good

Over: High Log Creek

7.2 MI E JCT 51, Russell, AL

Built 2015 Load: 69.6 t ADT: 1,980

CLARK RD.

Good

Over: JOHN BRANCH

BLACK ALABAMA, Geneva, AL

Built 1999 Load: 69.7 t ADT: 35

CO RD 117

Good

Over: REEVES BRANCH

1.0 MI W WEST GREENE, Greene, AL

Built 2004 Load: 69.7 t ADT: 525

Cossada Parkway

Good

Over: ????????????????????????

SEC 17 T17N R15E, Elmore, AL

Built 1996 Load: 69.8 t ADT: 4,830

CW Green Road

Good

Over: NO NAME CREEK

Off 29 NE of Hilltop, Covington, AL

Built 1952 Load: 69.9 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROAD 4

Good

Over: BETHEA MILL CREEK

0.2 MI E US 29, Escambia, AL

Built 2004 Load: 69.9 t ADT: 571

COUNTY RT 44

Good

Over: BRANCH LITTLE DRY CREEK

06.5 MI E US 43, Marengo, AL

Built 1992 Load: 69.9 t ADT: 280

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