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Friendship Ch Rd over Pole Creek

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

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

Friendship Ch Rd over Pole Creek in Etowah County, Alabama, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 9 (excellent condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2016, making it 9 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 47 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2014).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 108 of the 238 inventoried bridges in Etowah County rated good (45.4%); 5 (2.1%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
Its most recent inspection on record is dated May 2023, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
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

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	9	9	Excellent condition


Structure	Concrete culvert
Length	about 58 ft
Location	0.8 Mi S of 132
NBI structure number	020926
Condition class	Good
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	May 2023
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	8: foundations stable, scour above the top of the footing

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 431 over Nowlin Branch	1959	33,989	Fair
US 431 over Coosa Rv * US 411	1954	33,655	Fair
US 431 over Lake Street	1955	33,655	Fair
US 431 over Branch	1959	32,697	Fair
George Wallacedr over Nowlin Branch	1974	28,512	Fair
US 431 over Branch	1960	20,045	Fair