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Al 69 over Five Mile Creek

Hale County, Alabama · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Al 69 over Five Mile Creek in Hale County, Alabama, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1939, making it 86 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,676 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 82 of the 177 inventoried bridges in Hale County rated fair (46.3%); 10 (5.6%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 397 ft
Location	5.0 Mi S of Havana
NBI structure number	002033
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Al 69 over Elliotts Creek	1988	9,400	Fair
Al 69 over Gabriel Creek	1984	8,420	Good
Al 69 over Gile Creek	1929	7,960	Fair
Al 69 over Gile Creek	1929	7,960	Fair
Al 69 over Millians Creek	1989	7,960	Fair
Al 14 over Colwell Creek	1929	7,220	Fair