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I-59 over Mud Creek

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

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

I-59 over Mud Creek in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1955 and reconstructed in 2002, making it 70 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 62,647 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 273 of the 481 inventoried bridges in Tuscaloosa County rated fair (56.8%); 2 (0.4%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-59 over NS RR Active * US 11	2017	61,767	Good
I-59 over SR-6 (US-11) Skyland	2020	59,031	Good
I-359 (+) over I-59	1970	58,080	Fair
I-359 over Cribbs Mill Creek	1970	58,080	Fair
I-359 over US 43 US 11 Ns-rr	1983	57,667	Fair
I-59 over Woodland Lake Rd (+)	1964	57,573	Fair