Alabama Website Statistics

All Bridges

  • Total listed Alabama bridges: 494
  • Bridges with photos: 265 (53.6%)
  • Bridges with Street View: 202 (40.9%)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 492 (99.6%)

  • Total photos: 4,818

Extant Bridges

  • Extant bridges: 399 (80.8% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 227 (56.9% of extant)
  • Bridges with Street View: 190 (47.6% of extant)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 397 (99.5% of extant)

Lost Bridges

  • Lost bridges: 89 (18.0% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 26 (29.2% of lost)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 89 (100.0% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

  1. Godwin-King Covered Bridge (Tuscaloosa County, built 1834, destroyed by fire)
  2. Coldwater Covered Bridge (Calhoun County, built 1850, open to pedestrians)
  3. Bridgeport Railroad Walking Bridge (Jackson County, built 1851, open to pedestrians)
  4. Waldo Covered Bridge (Talladega County, built 1858, closed to all traffic)
  5. Kymulga Covered Bridge (Talladega County, built 1861, open to pedestrians)
  6. Half Chance Iron Bridge (Marengo County, built 1880, destroyed by flood)
  7. Pleasant Hill Road Bridge (Etowah County, built 1882, in storage)
  8. Northport Bridge (Tuscaloosa County, built 1882, open to pedestrians)
  9. Old Selma (Swing) Bridge and Bridge Tender's House (Dallas County, built 1884, lost)
  10. Old Railroad Bridge (Lauderdale County, built 1893, open to pedestrians)

By Design

  • Arch: 54 (10.9%)
    • Deck arch: 48 (9.7%)
      • Closed-spandrel arch: 8 (1.6%)
      • Open-spandrel arch: 9 (1.8%)
      • Steel arch: 6 (1.2%)
      • Stone arch: 7 (1.4%)
    • Through arch: 6 (1.2%)
      • Concrete through arch: 1 (0.2%)
      • Steel through arch: 2 (0.4%)

  • Beam: 117 (23.7%)
    • Stringer: 84 (17.0%)
      • Concrete stringer: 8 (1.6%)
      • Steel stringer: 42 (8.5%)
      • Timber stringer: 19 (3.8%)
    • Concrete tee beam: 32 (6.5%)

  • Culvert: 4 (0.8%)

  • Rigid frame: 3 (0.6%)
    • Concrete rigid frame: 1 (0.2%)

  • Girder: 15 (3.0%)
    • Deck girder: 8 (1.6%)
      • Concrete deck girder: 1 (0.2%)
      • Deck plate girder: 4 (0.8%)
    • Pony/through girder: 3 (0.6%)
      • Pony/through plate girder: 3 (0.6%)

  • Other: 6 (1.2%)

  • Slab: 15 (3.0%)

  • Suspension: 2 (0.4%)
    • Cable-stayed: 1 (0.2%)

  • Truss: 260 (52.6%)
    • Deck truss: 9 (1.8%)
      • Warren deck truss: 3 (0.6%)
    • Pony truss: 119 (24.1%)
      • Bailey pony truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Double-intersection Warren pony truss: 2 (0.4%)
      • Howe pony truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Polygonal Warren pony truss: 12 (2.4%)
        • Polygonal Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 1 (0.2%)
      • Pratt pony truss: 18 (3.6%)
      • Half-hip Pratt pony truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Queenpost pony truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Warren pony truss: 30 (6.1%)
        • Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 2 (0.4%)
        • Warren pony truss with all verticals: 2 (0.4%)
    • Through truss: 131 (26.5%)
      • Bowstring through truss: 2 (0.4%)
      • Camelback through truss: 4 (0.8%)
      • Howe through truss: 2 (0.4%)
      • Lattice through truss: 9 (1.8%)
        • Town lattice truss: 9 (1.8%)
      • Multiple Kingpost through truss: 1 (0.2%)
      • Parker through truss: 12 (2.4%)
      • Polygonal Warren through truss: 9 (1.8%)
        • Polygonal Warren through truss with alternating verticals: 1 (0.2%)
        • Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals: 1 (0.2%)
      • Pratt through truss: 46 (9.3%)
      • Warren through truss: 20 (4.0%)
        • Warren through truss with all verticals: 2 (0.4%)

    • Tunnel: 10 (2.0%)

    • Unknown: 8 (1.6%)