County Commission | The Magazine December 2018 | Page 17

FROM THE COVER
Bridge Funding Falls Short
What You See and What You Don’t: These are above and below images of the same bridge.
School buses cannot safely cross a bridge with a three-ton weight limit.
Alabama County Bridge System
7,000
6,000
5,000
8,663
TOTAL
COUNTY
BRIDGES
6,996
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
1,501
166
17% 2% 81%
Bridge
Re-construction
Since 2000* Bridge Re-construction
5-Year Projection Remaining
Bridges
*Note: An unusually large number of bridge projects have been completed since 2000 because of
two special funding initiatives, the GARVEE Bonds Bridge Program and ATRIP.
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