Oldest Bridges in Alabama

The oldest bridge in Alabama is the Country Club Road over Blackwater Creek in Walker County, built in 1898, and it still carries about 400 vehicles a day.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in Alabama, one timeline

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1Country Club Road over Blackwater CreekAL · 1898 · 400/day 2Kings Mill Road over Lost CreekAL · 1900 · 150/day 3Railroad Street over Driver CreekAL · 1900 · 15/day 4Jc91 over SouthernlnrailroadAL · 1900 · 495/day 5Jacks RD over Rodgers BranchAL · 1900 · 250/day 6Horseshoe Bend RD over Trib. To Whitsitt CreekAL · 1900 · 100/day 7Co. Rd. 439 over Copper Rock CreekAL · 1900 · 75/day 8Revels Farm Road over Double Bridges CreekAL · 1900 · 55/day 9Co RD No 26 over Dry CreekAL · 1900 · 240/day 10Co RD No 26 over Blue Gut CreekAL · 1900 · 250/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

every bridge in Alabama by the decade it was built

Before 1900pre—

1900s'0020%

1910s'1024%

549

1920s'209%

880

1930s'308%

890

1940s'406%

2.2k

1950s'505%

2.9k

1960s'604%

1.7k

1970s'704%

2.0k

1980s'802%

2.0k

1990s'901%

1.8k

2000s'000%

900

2010s'100%

264

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

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Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 16,162 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible. 55 of the 60 bridges in the 1900s bar are recorded as built in exactly 1900, which is likely an estimate rather than a date.

The Oldest Bridges in Alabama

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
Country Club Road over Blackwater Creek	Walker	1898		Steel	400	Poor
Kings Mill Road over Lost Creek	Walker	1900		Steel	150	Poor
Railroad Street over Driver Creek	Lamar	1900		Steel Continuous	15	Poor
Jc91 over Southernlnrailroad	Jackson	1900		Concrete	495	Fair
Jacks RD over Rodgers Branch	Madison	1900		Steel	250	Fair
Horseshoe Bend RD over Trib. To Whitsitt Creek	Hale	1900	1925	Concrete	100	Fair
Co. Rd. 439 over Copper Rock Creek	Randolph	1900	1926	Steel	75	Fair
Revels Farm Road over Double Bridges Creek	Geneva	1900		Steel	55	Poor
Co RD No 26 over Dry Creek	Marion	1900	1953	Concrete	240	Fair
Co RD No 26 over Blue Gut Creek	Marion	1900	1953	Concrete	250	Fair
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
County Road 48 over Wiley Branch	Marion	1900	1953	Concrete	275	Fair
County Road 45 over Woods Creek	Marion	1900	1956	Concrete	150	Good
Cr-34 over North Fork Butt River	Marion	1900	1957	Concrete	260	Fair
Cr-12 over Bush Creek	Marion	1900	1958	Concrete	160	Fair
County Road 47 over East Branch Luxapallila	Marion	1900	1958	Concrete	390	Fair
County Road 16 over Beaver Creek Relief	Marion	1900	1959	Concrete	340	Fair
County Road 40 over Little New River	Marion	1900	1959	Concrete	500	Fair
Co RD No 32 over North Fork	Marion	1900	1963	Concrete	105	Fair
Johnson Chapel RD over No Business Creek	Morgan	1900	1965	Concrete	270	Fair
Frye Road over Beaver Creek	Marion	1900	1965	Concrete	305	Fair
County RD 19 over Trib. To Colwell Creek	Hale	1900	1967	Concrete	200	Good
Co RT 199 over South Fork Scarham Creek	DeKalb	1900	1968	Steel	94	Poor
Local RD over Branch	Marion	1900	1974	Concrete	510	Fair
Braswell Hill RD over Small Creek	Choctaw	1900	1975	Steel	125	Poor
Co RT 80 over Yellow Creek	DeKalb	1900	1980	Concrete	290	Fair
CR 167 over North Fork Creek	Marion	1900	1981	Concrete	60	Fair
County Road 99 over Moore Creek	Marion	1900	1981	Concrete	125	Fair
Watts Mill RD over Talladega Creek	Clay	1900	1981	Steel	14	Fair
CR 89 over Beaver Pond Creek	Covington	1900	1982	Wood or Timber	210	Fair
Gravel RD over Branch	Marion	1900	1982	Concrete	30	Good
Co Route #63 over Hood Branch	Pickens	1900	1982	Wood or Timber	40	Fair
Co RD # 4 over Finks Mill Pond	Covington	1900	1984	Concrete	302	Poor
County Road 20 over Branch	Conecuh	1900	1984	Concrete	460	Good
Co RD 110 over Little Tall River	Randolph	1900	1985	Prestressed Concrete	105	Good
County Road 2 over Big Prarie Creek Trib.	Hale	1900	1985	Concrete	200	Good
County Road 24 over Whitsitt Creek	Hale	1900	1985	Concrete	100	Fair
Crab Tree Road over Duck Creek	Tuscaloosa	1900	1985	Steel	700	Fair
County Dirt RD over No Name Branch	Covington	1900	1986	Wood or Timber	80	Fair
Co. Dirt Rd. over No Name Br.	Covington	1900	1987	Wood or Timber	60	Poor
Gravel Road CR 73 over Potatoe Patch Creek	Perry	1900	1987	Wood or Timber	60	Fair
County Road 2 over Yellow Creek Trib.	Hale	1900	1987	Concrete	100	Good
County Road 2 over Yellow Creek	Hale	1900	1987	Concrete	100	Fair
Upper Cullomburg over Branch	Choctaw	1900	1987	Steel	90	Fair
Deason Road over Mill Creek	Tuscaloosa	1900	1987	Wood or Timber	120	Poor
Walding Road over No Name Branch	Covington	1900	1988	Concrete	65	Fair
County Road 10 over Big Prarie Creek Trib.	Hale	1900	1988	Concrete	300	Fair
County Road 10 over Big Prarie Creek Trib.	Hale	1900	1988	Concrete	300	Fair
Gorum Bridge Road over Pigeon Creek	Covington	1900	1989	Steel	70	Poor
Co. RD 122 . over Bear Creek	Dale	1900	1989	Concrete	75	Good
County Road 16 over Whitsitt Creek Relief	Hale	1900	1989	Concrete	300	Fair
County Road 32 over 5 Mile Creek Trib.	Hale	1900	1989	Concrete	150	Good
County Road 16 over Big Prarie Creek Trib.	Hale	1900	1990	Concrete	300	Good
County Dirt RD over Shotbag Creek	Covington	1900	1991	Concrete	60	Poor
Beth Manor DR over Concrete Ditch	Montgomery	1900		Concrete		Fair
Kingsbury DR over Baldwin Slough	Montgomery	1900		Concrete		Fair
Co RD 313 over Laurel Creek	DeKalb	1902		Steel	87	Fair
Parks Road over Halls Creek	Jefferson	1902		Steel	70	Fair
Cahaba Beach Road over Little Cahaba River	Shelby	1904		Steel	100	Poor
Co 14 over Bumpass Creek	Lauderdale	1906	1937	Steel Continuous	210	Fair
Co RT 837 over Coal Creek	DeKalb	1906	1980	Concrete	106	Poor
Cr-61 over Swamp Creek	Coosa	1910		Steel	32	Fair
19th AVE over Moores Creek	Chambers	1910		Steel	350	Poor
22nd ST over Rotary Trail Park	Jefferson	1910		Concrete	13,000	Poor
Connector Road over Sandy Creek Spur	Tallapoosa	1910		Steel	45	Fair
Al - 7 (us 11) over Valley Ck	Jefferson	1910		Concrete	11,430	Fair
Old Toxey-butler over Branch	Choctaw	1910		Concrete	140	Fair
Al - 7 (us 11) over Avondale Ck	Jefferson	1910	1985	Concrete	17,380	Fair
Brownsferry RD over Town Creek	Limestone	1910	1991	Concrete	2,319	Good
Dillingham Street over Chattahoochee River	Russell	1910		Concrete	4,140	Fair
Old 3rd AVE SE over L*n Rail Road	Cullman	1912		Concrete Continuous	1,128	Poor
2nd ST SW over L*n Rr	Cullman	1912		Concrete Continuous	1,000	Fair
Roadway over Co RT 1065 Sucarnochee R	Sumter	1912		Steel	40	Poor
Co. Rd.044 Cobb RD over Silver Run Creek	Talladega	1912	2008	Steel	430	Fair
Mary Vann Lane over Five Mile Creek	Jefferson	1912		Concrete Continuous	2,502	Fair
Co 137 over Little Uchee Creek	Russell	1913		Concrete	314	Fair
West 11th over Drainage Ditch	Calhoun	1913		Concrete	1,200	Fair
East 17th Street over Drainage Ditch	Calhoun	1913		Concrete	580	Fair
AVE F over Village Creek	Jefferson	1913		Concrete Continuous	8,000	Fair
12th AVE No over Frisco * So Rr	Jefferson	1913		Concrete	6,000	Fair
CR 46 Price Store over Branch	Choctaw	1913		Steel	100	Fair
Vanderbilt RD over Village Creek	Jefferson	1914		Concrete	7,500	Fair
Frank Hereford RD over Rodgers Branch	Madison	1914		Steel Continuous	45	Fair
CR # 438 over Trib To Cedar Creek	Dallas	1915	1996	Steel Continuous	25	Poor
Smith Chapel RD over Mill Creek	Walker	1915		Steel	125	Poor
21st Street over Morris AVE * Rr	Jefferson	1915		Concrete	13,000	Poor
22nd Street over Morris AVE * Rr	Jefferson	1915		Concrete	14,000	Poor
W Lawrence ST over Town Branch	Franklin	1915		Concrete	250	Fair
Sparkman ST over Shoal Creek	Morgan	1915		Concrete	2,123	Poor
21 ST ST No over Village Ck	Jefferson	1915		Concrete	700	Poor
24 TH ST N over Village Ck	Jefferson	1915		Concrete	5,500	Fair
27 TH ST No over Village Ck	Jefferson	1915		Concrete	2,500	Fair
Cr-127 over Socapatoy Creek	Coosa	1915		Steel	25	Poor
Overbrook RD over Shades Creek	Jefferson	1915		Concrete	2,730	Fair
Century Rd. 1915 over Tallahatchee Creek	Calhoun	1915		Concrete	186	Fair
Sharpes Hollow RD over Hurricane Creek	Madison	1915	1953	Steel	125	Fair
Doe Lane over Emuckfaw Creek	Tallapoosa	1915	1980	Steel	50	Fair
Walnut ST over Railroad @ Walnut Street	Cullman	1915	1986	Wood or Timber	1,000	Poor
Co RT 47 over Wilson Creek	Lauderdale	1917		Concrete	1,750	Fair
Co RT 47 over St. Florian Branch	Lauderdale	1917		Concrete	1,710	Fair

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