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PAYNE LAKE-Bridge over Payne Lk Spillway

Hale County, Alabama · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

PAYNE LAKE-Bridge over Payne Lk Spillway in Hale County, Alabama, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1934, making it 91 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1992).
It is one of 82 of the 177 inventoried bridges in Hale County rated fair (46.3%); 10 (5.6%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Concrete girder and floorbeam
Length	about 76 ft
Location	Oakmulgee District
NBI structure number	080104000003046
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Al 69 over Elliotts Creek	1988	9,400	Fair
Al 69 over Gabriel Creek	1984	8,420	Good
Al 69 over Gile Creek	1929	7,960	Fair
Al 69 over Gile Creek	1929	7,960	Fair
Al 69 over Millians Creek	1989	7,960	Fair
Al 14 over Colwell Creek	1929	7,220	Fair