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First Avenue East over Yellow Creek Relief

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

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

First Avenue East over Yellow Creek Relief in Lamar County, Alabama, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1928, making it 97 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 947 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1990).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 180 inventoried bridges in Lamar County rated poor (2.8%); 5 (2.8%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 35 ft
Location	Old Hwy 18 East of Vernon
NBI structure number	000489
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Al-17 over Branch	1930	5,574	Fair
Al-18 over Branch	1939	5,046	Fair
Al-118 over Bogue Creek	1928	4,850	Fair
Al-118 over Bogue Creek Relief	1928	4,271	Fair
Al-118 over Turkey Creek	2001	4,271	Fair
Al-18 over Yellow Creek Relief	1979	3,590	Fair