Total Bridges
13,471
Public highway bridges in Alabama
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
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
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
VA
Virginia
3.03% top marginal rate
AL
Alabama
3.35% top marginal rate
MN
Minnesota
3.63% top marginal rate
CT
Connecticut
3.95% top marginal rate
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
PoorOver: 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
PoorOver: BOGUELICHITTO CREEK
0.1 MI S INT RT 197 * 154, Choctaw, AL
Built 1929 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 100
CO RD 21
PoorOver: SOUWILPA CREEK
0.6 MI N INT RT 241 * 42, Choctaw, AL
Built 1955 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 1,000
WATERSHED RD
PoorOver: WHITE OAK CREEK
1.5 M SW CRAGFORD SCHOOL, Clay, AL
Built 1966 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 14
CO 84
PoorOver: TALLAPOOSA RIVER
CR 84 TALLAPOOSA RIVER, Cleburne, AL
Built 1951 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 60
CO 450
PoorOver: CANE CREEK
CR 450 CANE CREEK, Cleburne, AL
Built 1955 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 10
All Bridges in Alabama
FARRELL RD
FairOver: CLAYBANK CREEK
SE OF STRUCTURE 24231, Dale, AL
Built 1976 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 540
LOWE FIELD RD
FairOver: HARRAND CREEK
NW OF STRUCTURE 09812, Dale, AL
Built 1979 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 540
AL.14
FairOver: OAK MULGEE CREEK RELIEF
0.4 MI.E.OF PERRY CO.LINE, Dallas, AL
Built 1947 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 1,050
CO RT 46
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
3.75 M EAST OF BERRY, Fayette, AL
Built 1951 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 157
CO RD 35
FairOver: SIPSEY RIVER RELIEF
0.9 S OF FAYETTE, Fayette, AL
Built 1952 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 1,065
CO.RD.95 MP 14.723
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
3 MI.N. OF GORDON, Houston, AL
Built 1958 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 420
BRADFORD-TRAFFORD
FairOver: GURLEY CREEK
0.5 MILE S OF TRAFFORD, Jefferson, AL
Built 1953 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 687
CO RT 058
FairOver: STREAM
0.2 M W OF CR 59, Lawrence, AL
Built 1976 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 80
LITTLE COVE RD
FairOver: FLINT RIVER
2.3 MI W JCT US HWY 72, Madison, AL
Built 1953 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 2,297
US72
FairOver: STREAM
0.1 MILE W JCT 72,SR255, Madison, AL
Built 1994 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 58,807
AL 21
FairOver: GENETTA DITCH
0.4 MI W OF I65, Montgomery, AL
Built 1955 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 20,760
ROADWAY
FairOver: CO RT 1092 PONKABIACREEK
3.9 MI N US HWY 80, Sumter, AL
Built 1953 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 260
CHEAHA PARK RD
FairOver: TATER CREEK
0.2 MI N OF S PARK BDRY, Talladega, AL
Built 1952 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 211
CO RD. 11
FairOver: MILL CREEK
.7 MILE FROM WIDOW CREEK, Walker, AL
Built 1940 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 3,000
CO RD 321
FairOver: GRAVEL CREEK
2.3 MILES E.ON ROAD 321, Wilcox, AL
Built 1978 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 40
SR 59
FairOver: RAINS CREEK
0.4 MI N I-65, Baldwin, AL
Built 1978 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 2,113
SAKS RD.
FairOver: CANE CREEK
SAKS RD., Calhoun, AL
Built 1946 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 4,732
CARR MILL RD
FairOver: LITTLE HILLABEE CREEK
1.5M NW MILLERVILLE, Clay, AL
Built 1978 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 27
CR-107
FairOver: Jack Creek
0.58 Miles South of CR 34, Coosa, AL
Built 2018 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 9
CR # 30
FairOver: SOAPSTONE CREEK
3.5 MI E SR 41, Dallas, AL
Built 1952 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 400
CO RT 159
FairOver: FLAT ROCK CREEK
1 MI E JACKSON CO T3SR9E, DeKalb, AL
Built 1965 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 112
SUTTON BRIDGE RD.
FairOver: BIG WILLS CREEK RELIEF
@ BROWN DRIVE, Etowah, AL
Built 1956 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 10,500
POST OAK RD
FairOver: GRANT BRANCH
4 MILES S. OF SLOCOMB, Geneva, AL
Built 1995 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 50
SR 134 MP 72.601
FairOver: JUMP AND RUN CREEK
.8 MI.E. HENRY CO.63, Henry, AL
Built 1946 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 460
ROAD
FairOver: DUNHAM CREEK
BR. CULVT. ON CO. RD. 3, Henry, AL
Built 1964 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 122
LOCK 17 ROAD
FairOver: SHOAL CREEK
4 MILES WEST OF SCRAP, Jefferson, AL
Built 1960 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 610
CLEAGE DRIVE
FairOver: BARTON BRANCH TRIBUTARY
JCT PAWNEE VILLAGE RD, Jefferson, AL
Built 1970 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 476
JOHN ROGERS DRIVE
FairOver: SOUTHERN RAILROAD
JOHN ROGERS * US 11, Jefferson, AL
Built 1987 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 3,500
PULASKI PIKE
FairOver: BEAVER DAM CREEK
0.25 MI E CO RD 1110, Madison, AL
Built 1935 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 3,218
CO RD 87
FairOver: MCCONOGEL CREEK
5 MILES NORTH OF US 78, Marion, AL
Built 1967 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 100
I-165 NB TO BAY BR
FairOver: BAY BRIDGE RD
I-165 @ BAY BRIDGE RD, Mobile, AL
Built 1993 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 2,680
EMERALD MT RD
FairOver: TALLAPOOSA RIVER
EMERALD MT TOLL ROAD, Montgomery, AL
Built 1994 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 4,331
SR 20
FairOver: SOUTHERN RR
0.6 M W JCT SR 20 & SR 3, Morgan, AL
Built 1959 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 24,970
US 231
FairOver: MUCKLEROY CREEK
.4 MI.NO.US 11, St. Clair, AL
Built 1948 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 5,520
ST CLAIR CO HWY 1
FairOver: MUCKLEROY CREEK
0.2 MI W UNION CHURCH, St. Clair, AL
Built 1978 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 450
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: CANE CREEK
0.5 MI S COOK SPRINGS, St. Clair, AL
Built 1990 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 250
STITTS ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
STITTS RD., Calhoun, AL
Built 2010 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 75
COUNTY DIRT RD
FairOver: CONECUH RIVER
HARTS BRIDGE Road, Covington, AL
Built 1977 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 220
Bell Crossing
FairOver: LIGHTWOOD KNOT CREEK
Bell Crossing, Covington, AL
Built 1930 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 140
223
FairOver: SMITH LAKE
CR 223, Cullman, AL
Built 1960 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 200
AL.14
FairOver: AL.POWER CO.CANAL
4.0 MI.W.OF WETUMPKA, Elmore, AL
Built 1965 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 11,550
BACHELORS CHAPEL
FairOver: LITTLE DRY CREEK
1.1 MI W OF MAYES X RDS, Etowah, AL
Built 1963 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 300
US 84 MP 201.034
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
5.6 MI.E.JCT.SR 123, Houston, AL
Built 1977 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 9,045
SR 117
FairOver: BIG CROW CREEK
4.6 MI S ALA-TENN ST LINE, Jackson, AL
Built 1948 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 516
STEELE ST
FairOver: BRANCH
0.3 MI W OF JCT US 43, Marion, AL
Built 1999 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 300
US 90 EB
FairOver: WRAGG SWAMP CANAL
0.5 MI W I-65, Mobile, AL
Built 1959 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 17,071
SR 67
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
2.3 M N JCT SR 67 & SR 36, Morgan, AL
Built 1938 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 5,600
FAITH CHAPEL CR87
FairOver: TRIBUTARY BRUSH CREEK
1M.WEST CO RT 29, Perry, AL
Built 1960 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 65
28TH AVENUE
FairOver: TRIB HOLLAND CREEK
28TH AVE, Russell, AL
Built 1960 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 1,000
ST CLAIR CO 25
FairOver: POPULAR SPRINGS BRANCH
0 2 MI SE POPULAR SPR.CH, St. Clair, AL
Built 1960 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 1,723
Showing 3,001-3,050 of 13,471 bridges
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