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Murder Creek Road over Murder Creek

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

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

Murder Creek Road over Murder Creek in Escambia 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 2004, making it 21 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 179 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2004).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 44 of the 200 inventoried bridges in Escambia County rated good (22.0%); 3 (1.5%) 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 290 ft
Location	.5 Mi NE Kirkland
NBI structure number	018661
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-65 SB over Hurricane Creek	1964	26,382	Fair
I-65 NB over Hurricane Creek	1964	26,382	Fair
I-65 over Little Escambia Creek	1960	25,108	Fair
I-65 over Dean Creek	1960	25,106	Fair
I-65 Nbl over Branch	1964	24,571	Fair
I-65 over Hog Branch	1964	23,996	Fair