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Co. Hwy. 51 over Yellowleaf Creek

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

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

Co. Hwy. 51 over Yellowleaf Creek in Shelby County, Alabama, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1935, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 800 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 343 inventoried bridges in Shelby County rated poor (0.9%); 3 (0.9%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 88 ft
Location	1 Mi So. Jct Co 55
NBI structure number	014984
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I - 65 over Bishop Creek	1980	83,600	Fair
I65 over Hogpen Creek	1979	77,840	Fair
I - 65 over Buck Ck	1959	57,460	Fair
I - 65 South over Cahaba River	1978	56,815	Fair
I - 65 North over Cahaba River	1978	56,815	Fair
I - 65 South over Co Rd 17	1980	47,910	Fair