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Appalachian Rd. over Coosa River

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

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

Appalachian Rd. over Coosa River in Etowah 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1991).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 125 of the 238 inventoried bridges in Etowah County rated fair (52.5%); 5 (2.1%) 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	Continuous steel girder and floorbeam
Length	about 783 ft
Location	3.5 Mi N of Hokes Bluff
NBI structure number	009817
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 over Nowlin Branch	1959	33,989	Fair
US 431 over Coosa Rv * US 411	1954	33,655	Fair
US 431 over Lake Street	1955	33,655	Fair
US 431 over Branch	1959	32,697	Fair
George Wallacedr over Nowlin Branch	1974	28,512	Fair
US 431 over Branch	1960	20,045	Fair