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I-65 over Old Shell Rd

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

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

I-65 over Old Shell Rd in Mobile 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1962 and reconstructed in 1986, making it 63 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 97,939 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 464 of the 609 inventoried bridges in Mobile County rated fair (76.2%); 15 (2.5%) 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 concrete tee beam
Length	about 179 ft
Location	0.5 Mi S US 98
NBI structure number	013810
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 Spring Hill Ave	1962	97,939	Fair
I-10 WB * EB over Branch	1964	96,938	Fair
I-10 WB * EB over Halls Mill Creek	1964	96,938	Fair
I-10 WB * EB over Moores Creek	1964	96,938	Fair
I-65 over Three Mile Creek	1962	92,601	Fair
I-65 over US 90	1961	89,739	Fair