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Briarwood Lane over Branch

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

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

Briarwood Lane over Branch in Cullman 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 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 489 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 161 of the 246 inventoried bridges in Cullman County rated fair (65.4%); 14 (5.7%) 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 20 ft
Location	0.1 Mi N Jct Cottonwood L
NBI structure number	010360
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 Branch	1959	52,265	Fair
I65 over Bavers Creek	1960	50,407	Fair
I65 over Branch	1960	50,407	Fair
I65 over Branch	1958	44,987	Fair
I65 over Mariot Creek	1958	44,987	Fair
I65 over Mariot Creek	1960	44,987	Fair