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County Road 49 over South Fork Cowikee Creek

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

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

County Road 49 over South Fork Cowikee Creek in Barbour 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 1952, making it 73 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 295 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 81 of the 192 inventoried bridges in Barbour County rated fair (42.2%); 6 (3.1%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 301 ft
Location	11.4 Mi NE of Al 51
NBI structure number	004385
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 431 Mp 70.012 over Two Mile Creek	1937	17,500	Fair
US 431 Mp 70.752 over Stream	1937	17,500	Fair
US 82 Mp 239.816 over Chattahoochee River	1962	13,980	Fair
US 431 Mp 72.241 over Tony Creek	1997	12,360	Fair
US 431 Mp 64.677 over Barbour Creek	1962	11,645	Fair
US 431 Mp 64.677 over Barbour Creek	1962	11,645	Fair