State profile · Below median Poor share

Alabama bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Alabama.

16,205
Public bridges
37.0%
Good condition
3.4%
Poor condition

Alabama holds 16,205 public highway bridges (#15 of 52 by inventory) with a 3.35% Poor share (#43 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 3.4% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 10 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

16,205

Public highway bridges in Alabama

Good Condition

37.0%

5,993 bridges rated 7-9

-13.0pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

3.4%

543 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-4.2pp vs national avg 7.5%

Alabama vs national bridge condition

Alabama - Good condition share 37.0%
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 7.5%.

Alabama in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Alabama has 16,205 bridges and a 3.4% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #10 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Alabama has 16,205 bridges and a 3.4% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #10 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

Alabama vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

16,205 15th of 54 higher than 39 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for Alabama

The highlighted point is Alabama: 16,205 bridges and 3.35% in Poor condition, rank #10 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Alabama on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Vermont: 2,862 bridges · 2.90% Poor
  • Utah: 3,125 bridges · 2.91% Poor
  • Alabama: 16,205 bridges · 3.35% Poor
  • Virginia: 14,120 bridges · 3.39% Poor
  • Tennessee: 20,379 bridges · 4.41% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Alabama

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 16,205 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Alabama’s inventory

State agency holds 36.0% of the 16,205 public highway bridges filed under Alabama in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Alabama’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 15.3% of the 16,205 bridges with a recorded original year in Alabama. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Alabama37%59.7%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Alabama (FHWA NBI)

Counties (67)

Autauga 118 Baldwin 381 Barbour 192 Bibb 126 Blount 180 Bullock 136 Butler 189 Calhoun 386 Chambers 185 Cherokee 167 Chilton 189 Choctaw 154 Clarke 155 Clay 129 Cleburne 165 Coffee 216 Colbert 172 Conecuh 224 Coosa 126 Covington 332 Crenshaw 171 Cullman 246 Dale 206 Dallas 225 DeKalb 300 Elmore 202 Escambia 200 Etowah 236 Fayette 186 Franklin 194 Geneva 205 Greene 204 Hale 177 Henry 133 Houston 247 Jackson 314 Jefferson 1068 Lamar 181 Lauderdale 266 Lawrence 215 Lee 214 Limestone 324 Lowndes 157 Macon 177 Madison 710 Marengo 203 Marion 255 Marshall 172 Mobile 612 Monroe 142 Montgomery 596 Morgan 271 Perry 162 Pickens 233 Pike 169 Randolph 165 Russell 205 Shelby 344 St. Clair 183 Sumter 241 Talladega 243 Tallapoosa 149 Tuscaloosa 482 Walker 275 Washington 177 Wilcox 168 Winston 78

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.

VT

Vermont

2.90% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$2,862

UT

Utah

2.91% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$3,125
Selected

AL

Alabama

3.35% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$16,205

VA

Virginia

3.39% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$14,120

TN

Tennessee

4.41% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$20,379

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.

COUNTRY CLUB ROAD

Poor

Over: BLACKWATER CREEK

1 MILE EAST HWY 195, Walker, AL

Built 1898 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 400

KINGS MILL ROAD

Poor

Over: LOST CREEK

1 MILE N OAKMAN HWY, Walker, AL

Built 1900 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 150

CAHABA BEACH ROAD

Poor

Over: LITTLE CAHABA RIVER

1.8 MILES NORTH OF US 280, Shelby, AL

Built 1904 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100

19TH AVE

Poor

Over: MOORES CREEK

VALLEY, Chambers, AL

Built 1910 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 350

ROADWAY

Poor

Over: CO RT 1065 SUCARNOCHEE R

4.0 MI N CO RT 1064, Sumter, AL

Built 1912 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 40

SMITH CHAPEL RD

Poor

Over: MILL CREEK

1 MILE N HWY 78, Walker, AL

Built 1915 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 125

All Bridges in Alabama

SR-71

Good

Over: MILLER CREEK

6MI N JCT SR117*SR71, Jackson, AL

Built 2000 Load: 40.4 t ADT: 2,209

COUNTY ROAD 59

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

PETREY HWY., Crenshaw, AL

Built 2003 Load: 40.4 t ADT: 850

MARSTON WAY

Good

Over: CREEK

0.4MI E OF DEERCREEK BLVD, Montgomery, AL

Built 2010 Load: 40.4 t ADT: 100

Lee Road 236

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.5 MI N RUSSELL COUNTY, Lee, AL

Built 2013 Load: 40.4 t ADT: 3,593

CR 48

Good

Over: Trib. to Polecat Cr _

0.1 M. E. of CR 9, Baldwin, AL

Built 2017 Load: 40.4 t ADT: 2,050

Lee Road 065

Good

Over: Sougahatchee Creek

1.5 MI W JCT LEE RD 188, Lee, AL

Built 2019 Load: 40.4 t ADT: 51

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: BIG JUNIPER CREEK

.5 MI W CALVARY, Escambia, AL

Built 1996 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 460

I59

Good

Over: BRANCH

1.4 MI NO US 231, St. Clair, AL

Built 1961 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 13,160

CO. 121

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

2.5 MI. N.W. PENTON, Chambers, AL

Built 1980 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 59

MCINTOSH RD.

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

MCINTOSH RD., Calhoun, AL

Built 1988 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 221

ACCESS ROAD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

222 S DAU ST @ SPRDL BLV, Mobile, AL

Built 1988 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 17,824

CO RD 42 - EDNA R

Good

Over: CANE CREEK

1.4 MI E INT RT 253 * 251, Choctaw, AL

Built 1989 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 425

CR800GILBERTLAKERD

Good

Over: WATSON CREEK SE US 31

CR800 .5 MI SE US 31 HWY, Chilton, AL

Built 1966 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 200

CO RD 9

Good

Over: BOGUELOOSA CREEK

1.1 MI W INT RT 282 * 61, Choctaw, AL

Built 1990 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 1,050

CR # 101

Good

Over: LITTLE CHILATCHEE CREEK

1 MI E SR 5, Dallas, AL

Built 1994 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 60

DAY ST

Good

Over: CSX RR

0.7 MI W OF I-65, Montgomery, AL

Built 1996 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 27,167

COUNTY ROAD 166

Good

Over: BUG HALL BRANCH

SEC 2 T14 R22, Bullock, AL

Built 1997 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 20

SR 17

Good

Over: LITTLE BASSETTS CRK REL.

2.2 MILES N OF TIBBIE, Washington, AL

Built 2000 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 1,640

U.S.84 646.328

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

84 BY-PASS WEST OF OPP, Covington, AL

Built 2004 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 2,280

STADIUM DRIVE

Good

Over: TRIB TO ALEXANDRIA CREEK

STADIUM DR, Calhoun, AL

Built 2002 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 814

COUNTY ROAD 13

Good

Over: TAYLOE CREEK

TAYLOE RD. CR13, Perry, AL

Built 2003 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROAD 13

Good

Over: TAYLOE CREEK

TAYLOE RD CR13, Perry, AL

Built 2003 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 150

CO RD NO. 35

Good

Over: BATES CREEK

SIMS CHAPEL, Washington, AL

Built 2005 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 709

CR 312

Good

Over: SR 2

4.9 M W JCT SR 2 & SR 247, Colbert, AL

Built 2009 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 12,780

HWY 55 WEST

Good

Over: HERRIN CREEK

6.5 MI WEST SR 31, Morgan, AL

Built 2009 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 2,040

SR 168

Good

Over: Short Creek

3 MI E of US-431, Marshall, AL

Built 2022 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 6,160

CR-2

Good

Over: RED CREEK

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Built 2013 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 82

Co Rd 213

Good

Over: Mud Creek

1 mi. E of INT of Hwy 72, Jackson, AL

Built 2017 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 372

Pulaski Pike

Good

Over: Tributary to Dry Creek

0.5 mile south Bob Wade, Madison, AL

Built 1970 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 9,300

Lane Park Road

Good

Over: Branch

Lane Park RD & Cahaba RD, Jefferson, AL

Built 2017 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 6

Negro Creek

Good

Over: Fred Dugger Rd

0.8 Miles E. of C.R. 73, Baldwin, AL

Built 2021 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 66

CR 1823

Good

Over: TIBB CREEK

CR 1823, Cullman, AL

Built 2022 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 100

PATROL ROAD

Good

Over: CANE CREEK RUNOFF

SOUTH OF G1002, Calhoun, AL

Built 1940 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 30

SR 239 MP 9.943

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

2.7 MI. N. BELL X-RDS., Barbour, AL

Built 1953 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 440

CO RT 106

Good

Over: BRANCH

7 MI EAST MIDWAY, Conecuh, AL

Built 1956 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 325

CO. HWY. 95

Good

Over: BLACKS CREEK

SEC-7 T-7-N R-24-E, Dale, AL

Built 1961 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 203

CR230WINSTONCULPRD

Good

Over: LITTLE MULBERRY CREEK

CR230 1MIWPLEASANTGROVECH, Chilton, AL

Built 1963 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 150

Boardtree Road

Good

Over: Boardtree Creek

0.3MILE NORTH OF JCT 78, Marion, AL

Built 1973 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 45

US 82

Good

Over: BIG MULBERRY CREEK

1.1 MI E SR 22, Chilton, AL

Built 1989 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 4,087

GLADDEN LANE W.

Good

Over: CREEK

GLADDEN LN W, Calhoun, AL

Built 1952 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 665

CO RT NO 79

Good

Over: CHICKASAW BOGUE

1.15 MI CO RT 53, Marengo, AL

Built 1989 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 400

BRUER DRIVE

Good

Over: LITTLE CLAYBANK CREEK

DALEVILLE, Dale, AL

Built 1990 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 100

GOODNER MT ROAD

Good

Over: CAHABA RIVER

1.5 M NE OF CLAY, Jefferson, AL

Built 1990 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 308

COUNTY RT 57

Good

Over: RELIEF DRAINAGE DITCH

2.4 MI.N. JEFFERSON, Marengo, AL

Built 1993 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 450

SR 24

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK RELIEF

1.8 M W JCT SR24 & SR101, Lawrence, AL

Built 1997 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 2,200

SR 24

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK RELIEF

1.8 M W JCT SR24 & SR101, Lawrence, AL

Built 1997 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 2,200

CO.RD. 88

Good

Over: BUCKHANNON CREEK

HWY 88 2 MI E OF 431, Randolph, AL

Built 1994 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 75

CO RT 30

Good

Over: BIG WILLS CREEK

1MI W CO RT 51 8S 7E, DeKalb, AL

Built 1995 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 239

CO RD 1231

Good

Over: WHATLEY CREEK

2 MI NE 5 POINTS, Chambers, AL

Built 1995 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 30

AL 108

Good

Over: MILLIES CREEK

1.3 mi from AL 110, Montgomery, AL

Built 2013 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 5,120

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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