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SR38 / US 280 over Eastern Alabama R/R

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

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

SR38 / US 280 over Eastern Alabama R/R in Talladega 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 1963, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10,846 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 126 of the 243 inventoried bridges in Talladega County rated fair (51.9%); 8 (3.3%) 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 191 ft
Location	2.2 Mi N Jct Ala 21
NBI structure number	007988
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-20 over Snows Branch	1967	45,888	Fair
I20 over Coldwater Creek	2008	45,888	Good
I-20 over Branch	1965	44,364	Fair
I-20 over Branch	1965	44,364	Fair
I-20 over Eastaboga Creek	1965	44,364	Fair
I20 over Co. Line Road West	2008	42,460	Good