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County Road 49 over Cahaba River Bridge

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

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

County Road 49 over Cahaba River Bridge in Perry County, Alabama, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 116 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2001).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 123 of the 162 inventoried bridges in Perry County rated fair (75.9%); 7 (4.3%) 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 steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 463 ft
Location	1M E Old 5 at Jericho
NBI structure number	011374
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
CR 45 over Al 5	1956	3,430	Fair
Al 5 over Taylor Creek	1958	3,318	Fair
Al 5 over Wallace Creek	1958	3,112	Fair
Al 5 over Rice Creek	1955	3,070	Fair
Al 5 over Ut Cahaba River	1958	2,940	Fair
Al 5 over Ellard Creek	1958	2,940	Fair