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

WILLIAMS MILL RD

Good

Over: EAST CHOCTAWHATCHEE

2.5 MI WEST OF CO 79, Barbour, AL

Built 1989 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 150

CO. 158

Good

Over: CHIKASANOXEE CREEK

4 MI. E. MILLTOWN, Chambers, AL

Built 1989 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 182

RIVER RD (CR-3)

Good

Over: DANNER CREEK

5.4 MI S OF AL 10, Barbour, AL

Built 1990 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 210

POPLAR SPRINGS RD

Good

Over: BRANCH NO NAME

3.2 MI N OF US 82, Barbour, AL

Built 1990 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 60

SPIVEY PIT RD

Good

Over: BRANCH NO NAME

.2 MI N OF AL 10, Barbour, AL

Built 1991 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 40

AL 14

Good

Over: POSSUM CREEK

0.9 MI W DALLAS CO LINE, Perry, AL

Built 1994 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 1,050

AL-69

Good

Over: Cane Creek

.1 MI. W I-22, Walker, AL

Built 1995 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 5,744

US 29 MP 70.029

Good

Over: BUSHY CREEK

0.5 MI N JCT SR 106, Crenshaw, AL

Built 1998 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 1,980

CO. RD. 57

Good

Over: STYX RIVER

0.5 MI. E. OF AL. HWY. 31, Baldwin, AL

Built 1999 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 1,739

CR # 74

Good

Over: TARVER CREEK

0.3 MI E CR 56, Dallas, AL

Built 1998 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 350

HOPEWELL ROAD

Good

Over: CROWABOUT CREEK

1.5 MI. N CR 013, Morgan, AL

Built 1995 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 400

HOPEWELL ROAD

Good

Over: CROWDABOUT CREEK

2.0 MI S SR 36, Morgan, AL

Built 1995 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 450

PELHAM ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

.2 MI W OF SR21, Calhoun, AL

Built 2009 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 483

Co Rd 25

Good

Over: Six Mile Creek

3.5 Mi N of US 72, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2016 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 818

County Road 179

Good

Over: Dry Creek Tributary

County Lake Road, Crenshaw, AL

Built 2019 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 23

_CR 16

Good

Over: _CYPRESS CREEK

_, Lauderdale, AL

Built 2023 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 1,093

WALKER ROAD

Good

Over: POGUE CREEK

2 MI S OF FULTON, Clarke, AL

Built 1979 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 150

CO RD 36

Good

Over: HAMILTON CREEK

2.8 MI W US 43, Franklin, AL

Built 1983 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 200

PLUMMER RD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

0.4 MI E JCT CO RD 053, Madison, AL

Built 1985 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 3,569

CHEROKEE #15

Good

Over: MILLS CREEK

9 MI N JCT SR 35, Cherokee, AL

Built 1985 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 815

HWY 55W

Good

Over: NO NAME CREEK

0.5 MI E SR 157, Morgan, AL

Built 1955 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 875

COUNTY ROAD 50

Good

Over: BIG SANDY

SEC 20 T12 R24, Bullock, AL

Built 1982 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 100

COUNTY 75

Good

Over: BRANCH

.3MIE AL 139 NR COXCH, Bibb, AL

Built 1984 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 400

AIRPORT ROAD

Good

Over: CREEK

.1 MI E. OF US 31 SOUTH, Madison, AL

Built 1987 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 32,000

NORRIS ROAD

Good

Over: HARRIS CREEK

1.32 M.E AL 154, Clarke, AL

Built 1957 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 100

WEBB ROAD

Good

Over: WELLS CREEK M.C.

0.74 MI.S AL 154, Clarke, AL

Built 1988 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 100

BRASHER ROAD

Good

Over: SELF CREEK TRIBUTARY

0.1MI N BRADFORD RD, Jefferson, AL

Built 1997 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 507

SATCHEL PAIGE DR

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

0.8KM S OF US HWY 90, Mobile, AL

Built 2000 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 3,042

Vaughn Bridge Road

Good

Over: Flint Creek

2 Miles West of SR 31, Morgan, AL

Built 2017 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 2,275

SR 154

Good

Over: ALLEN CREEK

THOMASVILLE, Clarke, AL

Built 2006 Load: 52.8 t ADT: 3,030

Porter Road

Good

Over: Wacker Branch

1.34 MI N JCT US 72, Jackson, AL

Built 2016 Load: 52.8 t ADT: 1,700

PINE GROVE RD. EXT

Good

Over: STYX RIVER

150FT E.OF CR40, Baldwin, AL

Built 2023 Load: 52.8 t ADT: 1,601

CO RD 1155

Good

Over: MATHEWS BRANCH

2 MI E MILLTOWN, Chambers, AL

Built 1995 Load: 52.9 t ADT: 25

AL-53 (US-231)

Good

Over: KELLY CREEK

1.4 MI SO ST CLAIR CO LN, Shelby, AL

Built 2017 Load: 52.9 t ADT: 4,370

Lantern pointe Way

Good

Over: Copper Creek Branch

0.1 mi w old railroad bed, Madison, AL

Built 2021 Load: 52.9 t ADT: 55

ROADWAY

Good

Over: CO RT 1251 STREAM

1.1 MI SE ALA HWY 17, Sumter, AL

Built 1954 Load: 53.0 t ADT: 226

I-10 WB

Good

Over: HIGHLAND BRANCH

3.4 MI W US 90, Mobile, AL

Built 1964 Load: 53.0 t ADT: 30,490

CR-49

Good

Over: LUXAPALLILA CREEK RELIEF

.75 MI. N.W. KENNEDY, Lamar, AL

Built 1988 Load: 53.0 t ADT: 700

SR 255

Good

Over: STREAM

2.5MILES N JCT US 72, Madison, AL

Built 1992 Load: 53.0 t ADT: 45,553

CO RD 65

Good

Over: ABBIE CREEK

ER-6334(2); FAS 17, Henry, AL

Built 1996 Load: 53.0 t ADT: 500

CO RD 47

Good

Over: LITTLE ACORN CREEK

S15 T15N R24E, Macon, AL

Built 1998 Load: 53.0 t ADT: 425

CHANDLER SPRINGS R

Good

Over: UNAMED BRANCH

0.2 MI STH INT HORN LK R, Talladega, AL

Built 1965 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 345

SR 3

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

3.5 MI S JCT SR 3 & SR 36, Morgan, AL

Built 2021 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 9,130

TURNPIKE RD

Good

Over: CREEK

Turnpike Road, Marshall, AL

Built 1962 Load: 53.2 t ADT: 150

SR 59

Good

Over: WALLERS CREEK

3 MI. N. OF CHRYSLER, Monroe, AL

Built 1988 Load: 53.2 t ADT: 400

AL 28

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.7 MI E OF COATOPA, Sumter, AL

Built 2001 Load: 53.2 t ADT: 1,883

Jefferson Avenue

Good

Over: Branch

Jeff. Ave SW * 50th St, Jefferson, AL

Built 2015 Load: 53.2 t ADT: 8,500

Lee Road 150

Good

Over: Phelps Creek

0.5 Mi E Jct Lee Road151, Lee, AL

Built 2016 Load: 53.2 t ADT: 15

County Road 32

Good

Over: Drainage

.02 MI East of CR 13, Baldwin, AL

Built 2017 Load: 53.2 t ADT: 4,815

CO. HWY. 49

Good

Over: FOURMILE CK

2.3 MI NO JCT AL 25, Shelby, AL

Built 1984 Load: 53.3 t ADT: 384

Showing 14,501-14,550 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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