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Nautica Way over Branch

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

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

Nautica Way over Branch in Calhoun County, Alabama, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1936, making it 89 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2010).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 15 of the 386 inventoried bridges in Calhoun County rated poor (3.9%); 15 (3.9%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 32 ft
Location	2.121 Mi NE Al Hwy. 21
NBI structure number	020437
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-20 over Stream	2003	47,103	Fair
SR1/US431 over SR4/US78	2003	40,376	Good
I-20 over Branch	1969	37,868	Fair
I20 over Snow Creek	2012	37,868	Good
SR21 over Branch	1959	32,026	Fair
SR21 over Snow Creek	1969	32,026	Fair