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Reed Rd. over Kirk Branch

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

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

Reed Rd. over Kirk Branch in Fayette 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 1965, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 45 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1996).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 129 of the 186 inventoried bridges in Fayette County rated fair (69.4%); 4 (2.2%) 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 41 ft
Location	3.5 Mi NW of Wayside
NBI structure number	008691
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Al-171 over Branch	1926	14,231	Fair
Al-171 over Branch	1926	8,221	Fair
Al-171 over Branch	1926	5,730	Fair
Al-171 over Musgrove Creek	1926	4,504	Fair
Al-171 over Trib. of Moss Creek	1926	4,420	Fair
Al-171 over Moss Creek	1926	4,420	Fair