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Al-17 over Buttahatchee Crk Relief

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

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

Al-17 over Buttahatchee Crk Relief in Lamar 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 1941, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,392 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 133 of the 180 inventoried bridges in Lamar County rated fair (73.9%); 5 (2.8%) 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 222 ft
Location	0.6 Mi N Jct SR 118
NBI structure number	002557
Condition class	Fair

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