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US 280 over Buck Creek

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

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

US 280 over Buck Creek in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2005, making it 20 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 7,273 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 44 of the 152 inventoried bridges in Tallapoosa County rated good (28.9%); 16 (10.5%) 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 216 ft
Location	.1 Mi W Jct SR49
NBI structure number	018648
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Al 22 over Sugar Creek	1985	26,563	Fair
SR38/US280 over Tallapoosa River	1969	17,661	Fair
SR38 / US 280 over Manoy Creek	2003	14,569	Fair
US 280 over Buck Creek	2002	14,547	Good
SR38 / US280 over Creek	2004	13,580	Fair
SR38/US 280 over North Fork Sandy Creek	1977	13,353	Fair