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Dade Street over Branch

Tallapoosa County, Alabama · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Dade Street over Branch in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1920, making it 105 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 175 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 16 of the 152 inventoried bridges in Tallapoosa County rated poor (10.5%); 16 (10.5%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 40 ft
Location	Dadeville
NBI structure number	000138
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Alabama department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Al 22 over Sugar Creek	1985	26,563	Fair
SR38/US280 over Tallapoosa River	1969	17,661	Fair
SR38 / US 280 over Manoy Creek	2003	14,569	Fair
US 280 over Buck Creek	2002	14,547	Good
SR38 / US280 over Creek	2004	13,580	Fair
SR38/US 280 over North Fork Sandy Creek	1977	13,353	Fair