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

CR.350

Good

Over: CR. 350 LITTLE MULBERRY

CR350 2MISW NEW CEDRON CH, Chilton, AL

Built 2007 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 50

SR 2

Good

Over: BLUEWATER CREEK

1.6 M W JCT SR 2 & SR 101, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2015 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 6,730

Overhead Road

Good

Over: Deadwater Creek

Bankston, Fayette, AL

Built 2016 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 16

COUNTY ROAD 68

Good

Over: RYALS MILL CREEK

NEW EBENEZER RD., Crenshaw, AL

Built 1959 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 250

CO RD 12

Good

Over: ASH CREEK

3 MI WEST OF BEECHWOOD, Lowndes, AL

Built 1981 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 460

AL 216

Good

Over: ABS RR (OLD L&N) ACTIVE

HOWTON, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 1983 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 6,158

COUNTY ROAD 18

Good

Over: BAGWELL CREEK

SEC-29 T-5-N R-25-E, Dale, AL

Built 1956 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 884

US 84 MP 192.886

Good

Over: LITTLE CHOCTAWHATCHEE R.

DALE-HOUSTON CO.LINE, Dale, AL

Built 1994 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 9,165

CO RT 91

Good

Over: RELIEF

0.81 MI S US 72, Lauderdale, AL

Built 1996 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 1,402

ROADWAY

Good

Over: CO RT 1145 STREAM

0.6MI E AL HWY 17, Sumter, AL

Built 1956 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 235

GOLSON RD 185-37

Good

Over: BALLARDS CRK.

1 MI S CO 37, Lowndes, AL

Built 1998 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 100

AL 63

Good

Over: ELKAHATCHEE CREEK

9.8 MI.NO.OF ELMORE CO., Tallapoosa, AL

Built 2000 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 5,725

WILLIAMSON RD.

Good

Over: CANE CREEK TRIBUTARY

WILLIAMSON RD., Crenshaw, AL

Built 2000 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 310

EL BETHEL ROAD

Good

Over: CANE CREEK TRIBUTARY

EL BETHEL RD., Crenshaw, AL

Built 2000 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 310

US 80

Good

Over: UPHAPEE CREEK RELIEF #1

0.2 MI. E. OF TUSKEGEE, Macon, AL

Built 2002 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 4,450

CO. RT. 154A

Good

Over: MASTERSON CREEK

0.4MI. E JCT CO. RT. 82, Lawrence, AL

Built 2001 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 75

CO RD 614

Good

Over: WEDOWEE CR.

1 MI.SE OF ROCKY CHURCH, Randolph, AL

Built 2000 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 95

CASTON ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE MAGBY CREEK

09 M SOUTH OF CR#74, Pickens, AL

Built 2004 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 25

CO RD 48

Good

Over: CREEK

0.2 MI N CO RD 4, Greene, AL

Built 1965 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 132

BRKSIDE-COALBURG R

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR

500 E BIVENS-BROOKSIDE R, Jefferson, AL

Built 1975 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 4,955

COUNTY RD 46

Good

Over: NO NAME BRANCH

NORTH OF OAKEY RIDGE, Covington, AL

Built 1984 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 150

RAMP TO US 231 S

Good

Over: HOLMES AVE.

0.6 MI N JCT US231 *US431, Madison, AL

Built 1991 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 10,001

CO 155

Good

Over: CHIKASANOXEE CREEK

1.8 MI SE DOUBLEHEAD, Chambers, AL

Built 1994 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 45

SR 227

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

9MI S JCT US431 * SR227, Marshall, AL

Built 2000 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 1,330

COUNTY ROAD 10

Good

Over: TRIB TO CORNER CREEK

0.5 MILES WEST OF HACODA, Geneva, AL

Built 2004 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 254

PINSON MAIN STREET

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

50 N SPRING ST (PINSON), Jefferson, AL

Built 2003 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 5,499

I-22

Good

Over: AL-129

12.98 MI E of US-43, Marion, AL

Built 1997 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 12,834

I-22

Good

Over: AL-129

12.9 MI E of US-43, Marion, AL

Built 1997 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 12,834

COUNTY ROAD 7703

Good

Over: MANNINGS CREEK

SEC8 T12N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 2003 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 70

SR1/US431

Good

Over: SR21

INTERSECT OF SR1/SR21, Calhoun, AL

Built 2011 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 5,042

SR1/US431

Good

Over: SR21

INTERSECTION OF SR1/SR21, Calhoun, AL

Built 2011 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 5,042

AL 7 (US 11)

Good

Over: Muckleroy Creek

500 S. of AL 53 (US 231), St. Clair, AL

Built 2017 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 2,310

CO ROAD 20

Good

Over: STREAM

1 MI EAST BERMUDA, Conecuh, AL

Built 2011 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 720

STRINGFIELD ROAD

Good

Over: UN NAMED CREEK

1.2 MILE EAST OF HWY 53, Madison, AL

Built 1996 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 5,600

CR-56

Good

Over: Spear Branch

0.82 Miles E of Weogufka, Coosa, AL

Built 2019 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 107

CR 832

Good

Over: Rock Creek

Rock Creek, Cullman, AL

Built 2023 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 100

CR26 RIDERVILLE

Good

Over: MARTIN CREEK

CR26 2 M NW RIDERVILLE, Chilton, AL

Built 1958 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 180

CO RD 13

Good

Over: OLD TOWN CREEK RELIEF

0.83 MILES W OF N.CR13, Macon, AL

Built 1992 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 98

CO RD 208

Good

Over: BRUSH CREEK

0.9 MI S MANTUA, Greene, AL

Built 1992 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 236

CO RD 81

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

1 MI E JCT CO RD 28, Winston, AL

Built 1994 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 50

AL 25

Good

Over: US 82

CENTREVILLE, Bibb, AL

Built 2000 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 3,432

US 80

Good

Over: RELIEF

3.4 MI. E. OF JCT US 29, Macon, AL

Built 2005 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 2,820

US 80 WBL

Good

Over: CAHABA RIVER RELIEF NO.5

4.4 MI. W. OF AL 219, Dallas, AL

Built 2004 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 2,895

COUNTY ROAD 42

Good

Over: TRIBUTORY TO SANDY CREEK

.1 MI. EAST OF EVERGREEN, Conecuh, AL

Built 2002 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 690

BILL YANCE RD

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

AL 52 TO CO RD 48, Houston, AL

Built 2002 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 629

ROCKY CREEK RD

Good

Over: COWARTS CREEK

US 84 TO COTTONWOOD, Houston, AL

Built 2002 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 285

ROCKY CREEK RD

Good

Over: COWARTS CREEK

US 84 TO COTTONWOOD, Houston, AL

Built 2002 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 285

OMUSSEE RD

Good

Over: OMUSSEE CREEK

COWARTS TO US 431, Houston, AL

Built 2002 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 1,104

SR. 52 MP. 44.712

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

3.5 MI. E. SR. 123, Geneva, AL

Built 2008 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 4,210

SR 5

Good

Over: SR 28

INT. OF S.R. 5 AND 28, Wilcox, AL

Built 2005 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 2,380

Showing 13,701-13,750 of 16,205 bridges

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