Total bridges
77
Public highway bridges in Appling County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
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
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
9 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s 4
1950–1959
4 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
13 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
11 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
6 bridges
- 1990s 2
1990–1999
2 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
9 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
14 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 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).
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.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan County | 78 | 67.9% | 32.1% | 0% | 1979 |
| Macon County | 78 | 76.9% | 23.1% | 0% | 1977 |
| Baldwin County | 77 | 85.7% | 14.3% | 0% | 1979 |
| Appling County (this page) | 77 | 81.8% | 18.2% | 0% | 1977 |
| Screven County | 76 | 72.4% | 26.3% | 1.3% | 1974 |
| Washington County | 76 | 93.4% | 6.6% | 0% | 1980 |
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).
- Clear Creek County, CO · 77 bridges
- Liberty County, FL · 77 bridges
- Cass County, IL · 77 bridges
- Wolfe County, KY · 77 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1977 here).
- San Diego County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,632 bridges
- King County, WA · avg 1977 · 1,238 bridges
- Riverside County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,117 bridges
- Shelby County, TN · avg 1977 · 1,077 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (77)
US 341
GoodOver: NS RAILROAD
2 MILES EAST OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA
Built 2008 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 5,330
US 341 SR 27
GoodOver: COLEMANS CREEK
6 MI E OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 2009 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,550
BROWN ROAD
GoodOver: SWEETWATER CREEK
7.8 MI SW OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA
Built 2011 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121
SR 203
GoodOver: BIG SATILLA CREEK TRIB
13 MI S OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA
Built 1962 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 880
US 1 SR 4
GoodOver: BAY CREEK
8 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 1927 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 5,880
SR 121
GoodOver: NORTH FIVE MILE CREEK
6 MI N OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA
Built 1938 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,200
US 1 SR 4
GoodOver: BLACK WATER CREEK
2 MILES S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 2011 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 4,590
US 1 SR 4
GoodOver: BLACK WATER CREEK
2 MI S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 2012 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 4,170
US 1 SR 4
GoodOver: SWEETWATER CREE
1.5 MI S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 2011 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 4,590
US 1 SR 4
GoodOver: SWEETWATER CREE
1.5 MI S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 2012 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 4,170
OSCAR TIPPINS ROAD
GoodOver: TEN MILE CREEK
9.5 MI NE OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 2010 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 130
US 1 SR 4
GoodOver: TEN MILE CREEK TRIB
3 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 1927 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 5,460
US 1 SR 4
GoodOver: LITTLE TEN MILE CREEK
5 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 1927 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 5,460
US 341 WBL
GoodOver: NS RAILROAD
2 MILES EAST OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA
Built 2006 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 2,320
SR 4 (US 1)
GoodOver: ALTAMAHA RIVER
10 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 2022 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 6,750
SR 4 (US 1)
GoodOver: ALTAMAHA RIVER
10 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 2017 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 5,300
LAKE CHAPEL CH RD
GoodOver: COLEMANS CREEK
12.9 MI SE OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA
Built 2022 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 750
SR 15
GoodOver: BIG SATILLA CR
0.21 M. N. OF PIERCE CO., Appling, GA
Built 2006 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,530
GRAHAM-ZOAR ROAD
GoodOver: BISHOP CREEK
1 MI S OF GRAHAM, Appling, GA
Built 1965 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 1,200
RED OAK ROAD
GoodOver: SWEETWATER CREEK
3.5 MI S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 2016 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 1,070
SATILLA ROAD
GoodOver: BIG SATILLA CREEK TRIB
6 MI S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 1974 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 1,200
US 1 SR 4
GoodOver: TEN MILE CREEK
2 MI N OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 1950 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 5,460
ZOAR ROAD
GoodOver: BISHOP CREEK
3.5 MI W OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 2015 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 1,200
ZOAR ROAD
GoodOver: SWEETWATER CREEK
1 MI W OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 2015 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 1,940
ZOAR ROAD
GoodOver: BIG SATILLA CREEK TRIB
4 MI W OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 2015 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 270
SR 121
GoodOver: COLEMANS CREEK
16 MI SE OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA
Built 1975 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 860
PRATT HUTTO ROAD
GoodOver: COLEMANS CREEK
7MI S OF SURRENCY, Appling, GA
Built 2011 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 121
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