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Bacon County, GA

44 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 81.8% rated Good, 15.9% Fair, 2.3% Poor.

44
Public bridges: 81.8%
Good condition: 2.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Bacon County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

121st
of 159 on Poor share: 2.3%
Poor-condition share: 44
public highway bridges: 1976
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.

Bacon County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Bacon County ranks #121 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.3%). Bacon County, Georgia contains 44 public highway bridges. Roughly 81.8% are rated “Good,” 15.9% “Fair,” and 2.3% “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

Public highway bridges in Bacon County

Good condition

81.8%

36 of 44 rated 7-9

Fair condition

15.9%

7 of 44 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.3%

1 of 44 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#121 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 44 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

81.8% (36)

Fair

15.9% (7)

Poor

2.3% (1)

Bacon County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,350 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,350 crossings a day against 2,033 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 44 of 44 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

54.5% of Bacon County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

24 of the 44 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.

One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 301 over SAVANNAH RIVER, built 1965, carries 1,350 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 1,350 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

2
1930s

1
1940s

1
1950s

9
1960s

7
1970s

5
1980s

5
1990s

3
2000s

5
2010s

4
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 9 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Bacon County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Bacon County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Dawson County	45	68.9%	28.9%	2.2%	1970
Miller County	45	77.8%	22.2%	0%	1977
Twiggs County	45	75.6%	24.4%	0%	1971
Pulaski County	44	84.1%	15.9%	0%	1971
Rockdale County	44	81.8%	15.9%	2.3%	1979
Bacon County (this page)	44	81.8%	15.9%	2.3%	1976

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 Bacon 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 Bacon County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (44 bridges here).

Archuleta County, CO · 44 bridges
Wallace County, KS · 44 bridges
Trimble County, KY · 44 bridges
Kent County, MD · 44 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1976 here).

Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges

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

All 44 Good 36 Fair 7 Poor 1

Good-condition bridges (36)

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Bacon County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Bacon County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,350 vehicle crossings a day

54.5% of Bacon County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (36)

FAS 1719

FAS 2391

SR 4 - US 1 (SBL)

FAS 2573

SR 203

FAS 1589

CR 65 BEAVER RO

CR 118

CR 124

SR 203

HAYESTOWN ROAD

SR 4 - US 1

CR 322 BACON SCHOO

SR 4 - US 1 (NBL)

SR 32

SR 4 - US 1 (NBL)

SR 4 - US 1

SR 4 - US 1

IOWA RIVER ROAD

SR 203

SR 4 ALT.

FAS 1303

FAS 2573

FAS 1827 WHITE PI

SR 4 - US 1 (SBL)

FAS 1303

DOUGLAS STREET

FAS 1827

CR 324

FAS 2573

CR 124

LIBERTY CHURCH RD

CHINA ROAD

SR 4 - US 1

SR 4 - US 1

SR 32

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