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9TH Avenue over Northwood Lake Branch

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

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

9TH Avenue over Northwood Lake Branch in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1989, making it 36 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,825 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2010).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 273 of the 481 inventoried bridges in Tuscaloosa County rated fair (56.8%); 2 (0.4%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-59 over Mud Creek	1955	62,647	Fair
I-59 over NS RR Active * US 11	2017	61,767	Good
I-59 over SR-6 (US-11) Skyland	2020	59,031	Good
I-359 (+) over I-59	1970	58,080	Fair
I-359 over Cribbs Mill Creek	1970	58,080	Fair
I-359 over US 43 US 11 Ns-rr	1983	57,667	Fair