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

RAMP TO SR 255*RA

Good

Over: NORTHFORK SOUTHERN R. R.

0.3 MI W SR 255 * I-565, Madison, AL

Built 1990 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 4,820

NOAH MEDDERS PKWY

Good

Over: ABANDONED RAILROAD

0.5 MI W OF AL 21, Calhoun, AL

Built 1995 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 1,500

ANDREWS DR

Good

Over: STREAM

THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 1998 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 300

SR 69

Good

Over: SAM'S CREEK

4.1 MI. N. OF LINDEN, Marengo, AL

Built 2000 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 1,450

SR 193

Good

Over: EAST FOWL RIVER

5.7 MI N SR 188, Mobile, AL

Built 2007 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 4,420

COUNTY ROAD 31

Good

Over: CONECUH RIVER

SEC 15 T13 R23, Bullock, AL

Built 2003 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 420

GILBERTS FERRY RD.

Good

Over: CREEK

GILBERTS FERRY RD., Calhoun, AL

Built 2018 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 658

Mars Hill Road

Good

Over: Cox Creek

.5 M N INT Cox Creek PKWY, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2017 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 536

COUNTY ROAD 14

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

SEC 34 T12 R24, Bullock, AL

Built 1991 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 300

SR 9

Good

Over: JOSEPH CREEK

3.7 MI N JCT US 78, Calhoun, AL

Built 1955 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 3,475

COUNTY ROAD 14

Good

Over: BIG SANDY CREEK

SEC 32 T12 R24, Bullock, AL

Built 1991 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 400

CR30 SACP 326 F

Good

Over: CR30 MULBERRY CREEK

CR30 1 MI NW MT NEBO CH, Chilton, AL

Built 1962 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 300

MARS HILL ROAD

Good

Over: COX CREEK

1.5 M N SR 133/MARS HILL, Lauderdale, AL

Built 1982 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 2,550

COUNTY ROAD 14

Good

Over: PEA RIVER

SEC 17 T12 R25, Bullock, AL

Built 1990 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 350

COUNTY ROAD 8

Good

Over: RELIEF TO CONECUH RIVER

SEC 31 T12 R23, Bullock, AL

Built 1994 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROAD 8

Good

Over: CONECUH RIVER

SEC 31 T12 R23, Bullock, AL

Built 1994 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 250

SR 134 MP 41.291

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

0.2 MI W JCT 123, Dale, AL

Built 1995 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 4,400

Lee Road 10

Good

Over: CHOCLAFAULA CREEK

NEAR ST. MATTHEWS CHURCH?, Lee, AL

Built 2000 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 1,625

CO. 1143

Good

Over: CATY CREEK

2.1 MI.E. ABANDA, Chambers, AL

Built 2001 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 46

SR-8 (US-80)

Good

Over: Cottonwood Creek (Rel)

1.6 ml. east Faunsdale, Marengo, AL

Built 2022 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 5,520

COUNTY ROAD 2262

Good

Over: SILERS MILL CREEK

SEC21 T8N R20E, Pike, AL

Built 2005 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 370

MU12

Good

Over: I85

1.5 MI S JCT US29(EXIT50), Lee, AL

Built 2012 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 1,000

MARTIN ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM W OF MCDONALD CRK

0.8 MILES WEST OF GATE 1, Madison, AL

Built 1962 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 14,800

CO RD 125

Good

Over: TUBBS CREEK TRIBUTARY

1.1 MI N ALA HWY 39, Greene, AL

Built 1957 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 117

LUM RD CO33-CO45

Good

Over: CREEK

1 MI WEST OF CO RD 33, Lowndes, AL

Built 1989 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 125

CO RD NO 56

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

4 MILES NORTH OF US78, Marion, AL

Built 1991 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 350

JOE MALISHAM PKWY

Good

Over: I-59

3.2MI S JCT I 359, Tuscaloosa, AL

Built 1998 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 3,643

COUNTY ROAD 30

Good

Over: HATCHECHUBBEE CREEK

1MI SE HATCHECHUBBEE, Russell, AL

Built 1997 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 500

SR 2

Good

Over: BIG BEAR CREEK

1.9 MI E AL & MS ST LINE, Colbert, AL

Built 2002 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 4,085

SR 2

Good

Over: BIG BEAR CREEK

1.9 M E AL & MS ST LINE, Colbert, AL

Built 2000 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 4,085

CO RD 218

Good

Over: SIMS CREEK

1.0 MI W KNOXVILLE, Greene, AL

Built 1997 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 110

COUNTY ROAD 59

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

PETREY HWY., Crenshaw, AL

Built 2003 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 850

COUNTY ROAD 66

Good

Over: WARD CREEK

R.C. CULVT CO. RD. 66, Henry, AL

Built 2005 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 20

CO. RD. 68

Good

Over: STYX RIVER

3.7 MI. NE OF I-10, Baldwin, AL

Built 2011 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 493

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: AIRPORT DRAINAGE

RIVERVIEW, Escambia, AL

Built 2013 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 1,412

WEST ROBINSON ROAD

Good

Over: GIN CREEK

WEST ROBINSON ROAD, Crenshaw, AL

Built 2018 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 22

I-65 RAMP 17TH ST.

Good

Over: I-59/20

I-65 RAMP 17TH ST._, Jefferson, AL

Built 2018 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 2,017

CR-49

Good

Over: NS Railroad

94 ft north of CR-511, Coosa, AL

Built 2019 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 238

CR # 30

Good

Over: TRIB TO LIAS CREEK

0.16 MI W SR 41 S, Dallas, AL

Built 1958 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 900

CO RT 90

Good

Over: SECOND CREEK

0.7MI W INT CO 1, Lauderdale, AL

Built 1996 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 304

CO. 1094

Good

Over: TRIB.TO BOYDS CREEK

2.2 MI.N.LIBERTY X ROADS, Chambers, AL

Built 2002 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 16

HOPKINS RD

Good

Over: CEDAR SPRINGS CREEK

HWY 52/E TO EBENEEZER RD., Houston, AL

Built 2007 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 95

IRON BRIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: YELLOW CREEK

3.2 MI. N.E. OF VERNON, Lamar, AL

Built 2012 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 41

WALNUT ROAD

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

.3 MI. S.E. WALNUT GROVE, Lamar, AL

Built 2012 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 57

JACKSON MILITARY R

Good

Over: BOGUE CREEK

.1 MI. S. MULBERRY SPRING, Lamar, AL

Built 2012 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 57

County Road 49

Good

Over: Corn Creek

.5 mi. S. of int SR 64, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2016 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 190

LEANING TREE RD.

Good

Over: BRANCH

4.7 MI SE OF RANGE, Conecuh, AL

Built 2016 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 30

SR 9

Good

Over: TRIB. TO ELKAHATCHEE CK

3 MI NO JCT SR 22, Coosa, AL

Built 1928 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 1,776

GRAND NATIONAL PW

Good

Over: SAUGAHATCHEE CREEK

Grand Natl Parkway, Lee, AL

Built 1996 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 2,000

COUNTY ROAD 7707

Good

Over: MANNINGS CREEK

SEC 21 T12N R21E, Pike, AL

Built 1998 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 300

Showing 13,901-13,950 of 16,205 bridges

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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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