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Upper Columbus Rd. over Sipsey River

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

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

Upper Columbus Rd. over Sipsey River in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2000, making it 25 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 750 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 206 of the 481 inventoried bridges in Tuscaloosa County rated good (42.8%); 2 (0.4%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 288 ft
Location	9.8 Mi. NW Jct. US No. 82
NBI structure number	018218
Condition class	Good

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