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Appling County, GA

77 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 81.8% rated Good, 18.2% Fair, 0% Poor.

77
Public bridges
81.8%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Appling County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 15%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
77
public highway bridges
1977
avg year built

Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.

Appling County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Appling County ranks #24 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Appling County, Georgia contains 77 public highway bridges. Roughly 81.8% are rated “Good,” 18.2% “Fair,” and 0% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.

Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

Total bridges

77

Public highway bridges in Appling County

Good condition

81.8%

63 of 77 rated 7-9

Fair condition

18.2%

14 of 77 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 77 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#24 of 159

Among Georgia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 77 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
81.8% (63)
Fair
18.2% (14)
Poor
0% (0)

46.8% of Appling County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

36 of the 77 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 81.8% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.

Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Appling County's bridges were built

77 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 14 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Georgia average (1977).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Appling County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Appling County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 158 Georgia counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Appling County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Bryan County 78 0%
Macon County 78 0%
Baldwin County 77 0%
Appling County (this page) 77 0%
Screven County 76 1.3%
Washington County 76 0%

Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Appling County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Two NBI-derived peer sets for Appling County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (77 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1977 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 77 Good 63 Fair 14 Poor 0

Good-condition bridges (63)

SR 121

Good

Over: ALISONS CREEK

3 MI N OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 1938 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,200

SR 121

Good

Over: FIVE MILE CREEK TRIB

7.5 MI NE OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 1938 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,200

US 341 SR 27

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK TRIB

2 MI W OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1934 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 10,800

SR 121

Good

Over: FIVE MILE CREEK TRIB

7 MI NE OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 1938 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 1,200

SR 121

Good

Over: LITTLE SATILLA CREEK

2.5 MI N OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 1939 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 1,200

GRAHAM-ZOAR ROAD

Good

Over: BIG SATILLA CREEK TRIB

4 MI S OF GRAHAM, Appling, GA

Built 1965 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 1,200

DYAL SCHOOL ROAD

Good

Over: BISHOP CREEK

7 MI SW OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1975 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 220

NAILS FERRY ROAD

Good

Over: TEN MILE CREEK

4 MI NW OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1964 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 6,090

HOLMESVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: COLEMANS CREEK

5.7 MI S OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 1950 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 514

HOLMESVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: DRY BRANCH

5.7 MI S OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 514

OSCAR TIPPINS ROAD

Good

Over: TEN MILE CREEK TRIB

3.6 MI N OF SR 144, Appling, GA

Built 1972 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 110

US 1 SR 4

Good

Over: BIG SATILLA CREEK

8 MILES S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 2012 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 4,590

SR 15

Good

Over: BORE CREEK

12 MI S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1949 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,750

SR 203

Good

Over: BIG SATILLA CREEK TRIB

13.5 MI S OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 1962 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 880

MILES-BECKWORTH RD

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

2.3 MI S OF HOLMESVILLE, Appling, GA

Built 1980 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 60

HUNDREDS ROAD

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CR TRIB

2.5 MILES E OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 2005 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 130

ZOAR ROAD

Good

Over: BLACK WATER CREEK

2 MI W OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1955 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,200

COUNTY FARM ROAD

Good

Over: BIG SATILLA CREEK

1 MI E OF JEFF DAVIS LINE, Appling, GA

Built 1980 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 280

REESE ROAD

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

12.3 MI SE OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1976 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 121

US 1 SR 4

Good

Over: BAY CREEK TRIB

7 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1934 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 5,880

SR 15

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK TRIB

1 MI S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1940 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 3,350

US 341 SR 27

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

2 MI W OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1969 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 7,560

SR 121

Good

Over: SOUTH FIVE MILE CREEK

6 MI N OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 1938 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,200

GRAHAM-ZOAR ROAD

Good

Over: BISHOP CREEK TRIB

0.5 MI S OF GRAHAM, Appling, GA

Built 1965 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 470

US 1 SR 4

Good

Over: LITTLE TEN MILE CRK TRIB

4 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1934 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 5,460

LAKE MAYERS ROAD

Good

Over: BISHOP CREEK

2 MI S OF GRAHAM, Appling, GA

Built 1985 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 340

FIRE TOWER ROAD

Good

Over: TEN MILE CREEK

8.6 MI NORTH OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 2009 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 30

SPR BRANCH ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE TEN MILE CREEK

6 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1981 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 430

BEN CARTER ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE TEN MILE CREEK

6 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1981 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 450

POOR ROBIN ROAD

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK TRIB

3.8 MI SE OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1976 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,089

POOR ROBIN ROAD

Good

Over: DRY BRANCH

5 MI SW OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 1976 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 514

CLELAND LANE

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

3 MI W OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1990 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 370

COUNTY FARM RD EXD

Good

Over: BIG SATILLA CREEK TRIB

11 MI SW OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1992 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,200

MILES ROAD

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK TRIB

1 MI S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 2003 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,089

GENE ROAD

Good

Over: REEDY CREEK TRIB

13 MI S OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 2003 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 300

GENE ROAD

Good

Over: REEDY CREEK

13.5 MI S OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 2003 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 300

US 341

Good

Over: NS RAILROAD

2 MILES EAST OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 2008 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 5,330

US 341 SR 27

Good

Over: COLEMANS CREEK

6 MI E OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 2009 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,550

BROWN ROAD

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

7.8 MI SW OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 2011 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121

SR 203

Good

Over: BIG SATILLA CREEK TRIB

13 MI S OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 1962 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 880

US 1 SR 4

Good

Over: BAY CREEK

8 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1927 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 5,880

SR 121

Good

Over: NORTH FIVE MILE CREEK

6 MI N OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 1938 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,200

US 1 SR 4

Good

Over: BLACK WATER CREEK

2 MILES S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 2011 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 4,590

US 1 SR 4

Good

Over: BLACK WATER CREEK

2 MI S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 2012 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 4,170

US 1 SR 4

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREE

1.5 MI S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 2011 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 4,590

US 1 SR 4

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREE

1.5 MI S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 2012 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 4,170

OSCAR TIPPINS ROAD

Good

Over: TEN MILE CREEK

9.5 MI NE OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 2010 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 130

US 1 SR 4

Good

Over: TEN MILE CREEK TRIB

3 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1927 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 5,460

US 1 SR 4

Good

Over: LITTLE TEN MILE CREEK

5 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1927 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 5,460

US 341 WBL

Good

Over: NS RAILROAD

2 MILES EAST OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA

Built 2006 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 2,320

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