Top Ranked Alabama Bridges

Coosa River Memorial Bridge (Etowah County, Alabama)
Rated 100% with 2 votes
Concrete arch bridge over Coosa River on Broad Street in Gadsden
Open to traffic
Built 1927 by the C.G. Kershaw Contracting Co.
Short Creek Suspension Bridge (Marshall County, Alabama)
Rated 100% with 2 votes
Lost Suspension bridge over Short Creek on River Rd
No longer exists
Stracener Bridge (Blount County, Alabama)
Rated 99% with 2 votes
Abandoned through truss bridge over Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River on CR 14
Abandoned
Bridge moved to current site in 1943 to replace a bridge destroyed by flooding; bypassed by new bridge in 1979
Naheola Bridge (Choctaw County, Alabama)
Rated 99% with 3 votes
Vertical lift bridge over Tombigbee River
Open to rail traffic
Built 1934 by the Virginia Bridge & Iron Co.; Road surface removed and bridge closed to automobiles in 2000, Open to railroad traffic
Garden City Old US 31 Bridge (Cullman County, Alabama)
Rated 99% with 2 votes
Parker through truss bridge over Mulberry Fork Black Warrior River on Old US 31 in Garden City
Bridge is technically abandoned, but it is soon going to be officially a part of a walking trail and park.
Bridge made obsolete by the new US 31 bridge in 1960
Sketoe Bridges (Dale County, Alabama)
Rated 99% with 2 votes
Abandoned concrete girder and a wooden bridge over Choctawhatchee River on AL 123 at the John Hutto Park in Newton
Abandoned
First bridge (wooden) built during or before Civil War and replaced by current old bridge (abandoned stringer bridge) probably during the 1920's. The current old bridge, although left abandoned in place, was replaced by the new bridge in 1976.
"New" Old Broadwell Mill Road Bridge (Calhoun County, Alabama)
Rated 98% with 3 votes
Polygonal Warren pony truss bridge over Little Tallahatchee Creek on Old Broadwell Mill Road
Open to traffic
Built 2010 by US Bridge to replace the Old Broadwell Mill Bridge
Old Railroad Bridge (Lauderdale County, Alabama)
Rated 98% with 4 votes
Warren through truss bridge over Tennessee River on Walking trail on lower deck, abandon railway on upper deck
Open to pedestrians
First bridge in location built in 1837, rebuilt several times through the years
Keller Memorial Bridge (Morgan County, Alabama)
Rated 98% with 3 votes
Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Tennessee River on Us 31 *
Replaced by new bridge
Built 1925; Rehabilitated 1964; Demolished 1998
Old US 78 Bridge (Marion County, Alabama)
Rated 97% with 2 votes
Open-spandrel arch bridge over Gulf Branch on an abandoned alignment of US 78
Closed to all traffic
Veterans Memorial Bridge (Dale County, Alabama)
Rated 96% with 2 votes
Concrete arch bridge over Pea River on former US 231
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1921; Bypassed 1970
L&N Railroad Bridge (Limestone County, Alabama)
Rated 93% with 2 votes
Slab bridge over AL 53/7th Street on L&N Railroad
Open to traffic above and below
Built 1913
Ghost Bridge (Lauderdale County, Alabama)
Rated 92% with 14 votes
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Cypress Creek on CR 282 in Florence
Demolished
Built 1912; Closed 1996; Demolished 2013
Concord Bridge (Blount County, Alabama)
Rated 90% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over Calvert Prong Little Warrior River on Deaverstown Road
Intact open to all traffic in Nov 2012
Built 1940
B.B. Comer Bridge (Jackson County, Alabama)
Rated 90% with 6 votes
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Tennessee River on AL 35 at Scottsboro
Open to traffic
Built 1930
John Snodgrass Bridge (Jackson County, Alabama)
Rated 89% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over Tennessee River on AL 117 near Stevenson
Open to traffic
Built 1958
O'Neal Bridge (Colbert County, Alabama)
Rated 88% with 4 votes
Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge over Tennessee River on US 43 between Florence and Sheffield
Open to traffic
Built 1939
Ricetown Rd Bridge (Cullman County, Alabama)
Rated 88% with 2 votes
Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over Mulberry Fork on formerly Ricetown Rd
Abandoned
Old Shoal Creek Bridge (Lauderdale County, Alabama)
Rated 88% with 2 votes
Camelback through truss bridge over Shoal Creek on US 43
closed to traffic
Built 1925
Riverside Bridge (St. Clair County, Alabama)
Rated 88% with 2 votes
Through truss swing bridge over Coosa River (Logan Martin Lake) on US 78 at Riverside
Open to traffic
Built 1930; rehabilitated 1972
Brown Bridge (Walker County, Alabama)
Rated 87% with 3 votes
Concrete bridge over a small creek on Brown Bridge Rd
Open to traffic
Old Broadwell Mill Road Bridge (Calhoun County, Alabama)
Rated 86% with 3 votes
Pratt pony truss bridge over a stream on a pedestrian walkway in Alexandria Park
Open to pedestrians
Built 1951 over Little Tallahatchee Creek
4th Street Bridge (Cullman County, Alabama)
Rated 86% with 3 votes
Stone arch bridge over an unnamed creek on 4th Street
Open to traffic
Bridge seems to be built pre 1900 and then rehabilitated/widened in 1935.
Fosters Covered Bridge (Houston County, Alabama)
Rated 86% with 3 votes
Replica covered bridge over unnamed stream on Private Road
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1972
Spring Park Bridge (Colbert County, Alabama)
Rated 85% with 2 votes
Stone arch bridge over Spring Creek on South Water Street
Open to traffic
Built ca.1930s as a WPA project
Coosa River Bridge (Etowah County, Alabama)
Rated 84% with 2 votes
Polygonal Warren through truss bridge over Coosa River on AL 77 in Southside
Open to traffic
Built 1939 by the C.G. Kershaw Contracting Co.
Old Bivens Bridge (Jefferson County, Alabama)
Rated 84% with 2 votes
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Five Mile Creek on an old alignment of Bivens Brookside Road
Open to pedestrians
Sulfur Creek Stone Arch (Limestone County, Alabama)
Rated 84% with 3 votes
Tunnel under Richard Martin Trail (Old Railroad Bed) at Sulfur Creek
Open to pedestrians only
Tennessee River Drawbridge (Limestone County, Alabama)
Rated 83% with 3 votes
Vertical Lift Drawbridge over Tennessee River in Decatur
Open to traffic
Stevenson Railroad Bridge (Jackson County, Alabama)
Rated 82% with 2 votes
Warren pony truss bridge over CSX Railroad on Tennessee Avenue
Open to traffic
Cole's Bridge (Coffee County, Alabama)
Rated 81% with 3 votes
Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over Pea River on an old alignment of Co Rd 147
Abandoned
L&N Railroad Trestle (Tuscaloosa County, Alabama)
Rated 81% with 4 votes
Steel stringer bridge over Hurricane Creek on L&N Railroad
Open to traffic
Built ca.1913; heavily damaged by an F4 tornado on April 27, 2011; reconstructed 2011 with 3 original piers remaining
Country Club Road Bridge (Walker County, Alabama)
Rated 81% with 2 votes
Through truss bridge over Blackwater Creek on Country Club Road in Jasper
Open to one-lane traffic
Built 1898 by the Canton Bridge Co.
Black Warrier River Railroad Bridge (Marengo County, Alabama)
Rated 80% with 3 votes
Vertical lift bridge over Black Warrior River on Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway
Open to traffic
Built ca. 1927
Johnsey Bridge (Walker County, Alabama)
Rated 80% with 3 votes
Lost through truss bridge over Blackwater Creek on Johnsey Bridge Road
Replaced in 2009 by a pony truss bridge
Probably built by the Canton Bridge Co.
L&N Mountain Fork Railroad Bridge (Madison County, Alabama)
Rated 78% with 2 votes
Lost Bridge over Mountain Fork on Former L&N Railroad alignment
Only the piers remain
Was part of the L&N Huntsville, AL, to Decherd, TN, Railroad
Swann Covered Bridge (Blount County, Alabama)
Rated 77% with 4 votes
Covered bridge over Locust Fork River on Swann Bridge Road
Open to all traffic
Built 1933; renovated 2012
Edmund Pettus Bridge (Dallas County, Alabama)
Rated 75% with 3 votes
Steel through arch bridge over Alabama River on US 80 in Selma
Open to traffic
Built 1940
Bridgeport Railroad Walking Bridge (Jackson County, Alabama)
Rated 73% with 4 votes
Walking bridge, converted from a former L & N Railroad deck truss bridge
Open to pedestrians
Served as the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis (later L&N) Railroad's main line from Nashville to Atlanta
Old Union Crossing Covered Bridge (De Kalb County, Alabama)
Rated 71% with 4 votes
Warren through truss wooden bridge over Little River, West Fork on County Road 614
Open to traffic
Original covered bridge built by Union Army in 1864, covered Kingpost truss portion moved to current location and rebuilt on existing steel cable bridge in 1972, rebuilt and restored by Jack Jones, 1980
Kymulga Covered Bridge (Talladega County, Alabama)
Rated 71% with 4 votes
Howe through truss bridge over Talladega Creek on an access to the Old Georgia Road in Kymulga Park about four miles north of Childersburg on Grist Mill Road
Preserved and open to pedestrians
Built 1861