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Bridge conditions in Escambia County, Alabama

200 inventoried bridges · 3 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

The federal inventory lists 200 bridges in Escambia County: 44 rated good, 153 fair, and 3 poor.

3 of the 200 bridges in Escambia County, Alabama, are rated in poor condition (1.5%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
44 bridges (22.0%) are rated good and 153 (76.5%) fair.
The median Escambia County bridge was built in 1968.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is Miller Creek Bridg over Miller Creek (built 1964), carrying about 100 vehicles a day.

Good 22.0% · Fair 76.5% · Poor 1.5% of 200 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Miller Creek Bridg over Miller Creek	1964	100	Poor
County Road over Hodge Creek	1968	75	Poor
County Road over Narrow Gap Creek	1945	20	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

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
I-65 over Pond Creek	1959	23,692	Fair
I-65 over Big Spring Creek	1960	23,692	Fair
US 31 over Mays Branch	1953	18,864	Fair
US 31 over Big Escambia Creek	2002	15,410	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

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