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SR 49 over Blue Creek

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

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

SR 49 over Blue Creek in Tallapoosa 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1941, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,577 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 92 of the 152 inventoried bridges in Tallapoosa County rated fair (60.5%); 16 (10.5%) 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 200 ft
Location	2 Mi N Jct SR 50
NBI structure number	002578
Condition class	Fair

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