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County Rt #131 over Beaver Creek

Pickens County, Alabama · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

County Rt #131 over Beaver Creek in Pickens County, Alabama, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1979, making it 46 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1998).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 22 of the 232 inventoried bridges in Pickens County rated poor (9.5%); 22 (9.5%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 30 ft
Location	0.7 Mi E of St Rt 17
NBI structure number	012222
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Al-6 over ABS Railroad	1949	10,322	Fair
Al-6 over Lubbub Creek	1988	10,041	Fair
Al-6 over Little Bear Creek	1952	9,811	Fair
Al-6 over Holley Creek	1954	7,652	Fair
Al-6 over Bear Creek	1954	7,221	Fair
Al-6 over Branch	1980	7,158	Fair