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

4 MILE POST ROAD

Fair

Over: ALDRIDGE CREEK

1012 4 MILE POST ROAD, Madison, AL

Built 1984 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 8,800

US 82

Fair

Over: HAYSOP CREEK (-)

EOLINE, Bibb, AL

Built 1985 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 2,610

BRADFORD DRIVE

Fair

Over: SR 255

1.2 MI N JCT I565 * SR255, Madison, AL

Built 1988 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 18,846

Lee Road 197

Fair

Over: HOSPILIKA CREEK

1.0 MI W JCT LEE RD 208, Lee, AL

Built 1970 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 3,083

CO RD 456

Fair

Over: CUTNOSE CREEK

1 MI N PROVIDENCE, Randolph, AL

Built 1949 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 10

US 11

Fair

Over: BIG WILLS CREEK

0.6MI N JCT US11*I59, DeKalb, AL

Built 1926 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 5,938

AL 183

Fair

Over: BRUSH CREEK

1.0 MI E CO RD 23, Perry, AL

Built 1952 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 870

LOWERY ROAD

Fair

Over: FLAT CREEK

8 MILES N.W.OF SAMSON, Geneva, AL

Built 1953 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 38

BLACKBURN RD

Fair

Over: ROUND ISLAND CR

SEC15 T3S R5W, Limestone, AL

Built 1955 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 600

PAVED ROAD

Fair

Over: LUXAPALILLA CREEK

2 MILE NO WINFIELD, Marion, AL

Built 1919 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 2,091

US72; SR 2

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

1.7 MI W JCT US72 * SR255, Madison, AL

Built 1958 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 20,385

US 84

Fair

Over: TOMBIGBEE RIVER REL.

2.3 MI. W. OF COFFEEVILLE, Choctaw, AL

Built 1958 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 1,690

CO RD 29

Fair

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

CIRCLE TO CO RD 33, Houston, AL

Built 1960 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 631

CEDAR SPR. RD.

Fair

Over: WEAVER CREEK

CEDAR SPRINGS RD, Calhoun, AL

Built 1964 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 1,333

US 31

Fair

Over: ARLINGTON AVE

US 31 * ARLINTON AVE, Jefferson, AL

Built 1965 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 99,348

HIGHLAND AVE

Fair

Over: AL - 3

HIGHLAND AVE., Jefferson, AL

Built 1966 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 7,000

PIKE RD

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE RELIEF

0.7 MI N OF MERIWETHER RD, Montgomery, AL

Built 1972 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 550

HOBBIE ROAD

Fair

Over: RAMER CREEK

11.4 MI N S-94 RAMER, Montgomery, AL

Built 1974 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 525

JC. 3

Fair

Over: LICK FORK CREEK

3.5 MI N JCT SR 65, Jackson, AL

Built 1975 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 90

US 82

Fair

Over: BOWLIN CRK.

1.9 MI.E.OF CO.RD 22, Bullock, AL

Built 1984 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 1,070

CO RD 41

Fair

Over: PATE CREEK

GENEVA CO TO US84, Houston, AL

Built 1984 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 637

US 98

Fair

Over: OAK POND BRANCH WEST

3.5 MI E SR 59, Baldwin, AL

Built 1988 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 13,203

AL 94

Fair

Over: OLUSTEE CREEK

2.7 MI. W OF US 231 JCT, Montgomery, AL

Built 1993 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 640

CO RD 27

Fair

Over: PRICE BRANCH

2.0 MI. N. OF U.S. 72, Lauderdale, AL

Built 1924 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 505

CO 18

Fair

Over: SILVER RUN CREEK

0.1 MI W JCT US 431, Russell, AL

Built 1926 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 2,370

CO RT 30

Fair

Over: EAST BREWER CREEK

3 MI N W LYEFFION, Conecuh, AL

Built 1946 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 310

Lee Road 651

Fair

Over: WIND CREEK

0.3 MI N ROXANA, Lee, AL

Built 1956 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 64

I-65

Fair

Over: UT CHESTNUT CREEK

1.6 MI S JCT US 31, Chilton, AL

Built 1959 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 17,465

CO 14

Fair

Over: LITTLE COWIKEE CREEK

6 MI N E HURTSBORO, Russell, AL

Built 1960 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 280

CO RD 63

Fair

Over: CEDAR CREEK

3.3 MI S JCT US 43, Franklin, AL

Built 1961 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 120

CO 49

Fair

Over: BRANCH OFF HURTSBORO CK

2.2 MI S E HURTSBORO, Russell, AL

Built 1964 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 360

I-10 EB TO SR 163

Fair

Over: CSX RR

I-10 @ SR 163 INTERCHANGE, Mobile, AL

Built 1966 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 7,040

CO RD NO 89

Fair

Over: TURKEY CREEK

5 MILES EAST MISS LINE, Marion, AL

Built 1967 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 50

AL 229

Fair

Over: CHANNAHATCHEE CREEK

8.5 MI.N. OF TALLASSEE, Elmore, AL

Built 1973 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 2,280

US 80 EBL

Fair

Over: CAHABA RIVER RELIEF NO.1

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

Built 1982 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 2,450

HWY 68

Fair

Over: BEAR CREEK

SEC-7 T-7-N R-26-E, Dale, AL

Built 1984 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 132

SR 259

Fair

Over: CHAPMAN CREEK

4 MI N JCT SR 9, Coosa, AL

Built 1984 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 1,126

MOODY LN

Fair

Over: MALONE CREEK SOUTH FORK

MALONE CREEK MOODY S FORK, Colbert, AL

Built 1987 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 675

HWY 38

Fair

Over: CLAYBANK CREEK

R23E T6N SEC. 22, Dale, AL

Built 1988 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 99

COUNTY RD 203

Fair

Over: CHIPOLA CREEK

DOTHAN TO FLA LINE, Houston, AL

Built 1989 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 810

I 565

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

0.6 MI E JCT I 565 & I 65, Limestone, AL

Built 1990 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 26,590

CO RT 212

Fair

Over: BRANCH

2.84 MI NW OF VICTORIA, Coffee, AL

Built 1991 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 42

US 82

Fair

Over: COLEMAN CREEK

1.9MI E OF CO RD 37, Bullock, AL

Built 1997 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 1,110

US 82

Fair

Over: DOZIER CREEK

8.7 MI E OF CO RD 37, Bullock, AL

Built 1997 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 960

LAGRANGE ROAD

Fair

Over: UNDERWOOD BRANCH

0.1 MI W JCT US 43, Franklin, AL

Built 1934 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 400

US 31

Fair

Over: CSX RR * CITY STREETS

DOWNTOWN EVERGREEN, Conecuh, AL

Built 1936 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 5,382

PINEY WOODS RD

Fair

Over: BAKER SPRING BRANCH

0.1 MI N JCT CO RD 360, Madison, AL

Built 1937 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 250

AL.10

Fair

Over: PERSIMMON CREEK

0.2 MI.E.OF AL.245 JCT., Butler, AL

Built 1927 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 7,550

CR-511

Fair

Over: Hatchet Creek

2.06 Mi SE of CR-49, Coosa, AL

Built 1939 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,495

CO. ROAD 310

Fair

Over: BLUE CREEK

2 MI.E.77 AT CHANDLER SPR, Talladega, AL

Built 1945 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 335

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