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County Road 51 over Black Warrior River

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

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

County Road 51 over Black Warrior River in Blount County, Alabama, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1958, making it 67 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 425 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 140 of the 178 inventoried bridges in Blount County rated fair (78.7%); 14 (7.9%) 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 concrete tee beam
Length	about 327 ft
Location	4 Mi NW of Blountsville
NBI structure number	006221
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I - 65 over Al - 160	1999	50,947	Fair
I65 over Branch	1959	44,547	Fair
I - 65 over Al - 3 (US 31)	1998	42,750	Fair
I65 over Branch	1959	39,845	Fair
I - 65 over Mulberry Fork Warrior Ri	1995	39,680	Fair
Al - 75 over Gurley Creek	1968	11,640	Fair