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Baker County, GA

27 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 70.4% rated Good, 25.9% Fair, 3.7% Poor.

27
Public bridges
70.4%
Good condition
3.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

138th
of 159 on Poor share
3.7%
Poor-condition share
27
public highway bridges
1981
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.

Baker County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Baker County ranks #138 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.7%). Baker County, Georgia contains 27 public highway bridges. Roughly 70.4% are rated “Good,” 25.9% “Fair,” and 3.7% “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

27

Public highway bridges in Baker County

Good condition

70.4%

19 of 27 rated 7-9

Fair condition

25.9%

7 of 27 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.7%

1 of 27 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#138 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 27 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
70.4% (19)
Fair
25.9% (7)
Poor
3.7% (1)

Baker County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,900 vehicle crossings a day

That is 20.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 4,900 crossings a day against 726 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 27 of 27 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

51.9% of Baker County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

14 of the 27 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 70.4% 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 29 over SAVANNAH RIV/CO RD IN GA, built 1956, carries 4,900 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 4,900 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Baker County's bridges were built

27 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 6 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Baker County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.7% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Baker County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Lincoln County 32 3.1%
Bleckley County 30 0%
Lanier County 28 0%
Baker County (this page) 27 3.7%
Webster County 26 0%
Schley County 25 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 Baker 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 Baker County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (27 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1981 here).

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

All 27 Good 19 Fair 7 Poor 1

Good-condition bridges (19)

SHEFFIELD ROAD

Good

Over: ALLIGATOR CREEK

APP 13 MILES WEST NORTHWE, Baker, GA

Built 1956 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 121

SR 91

Good

Over: COOLEEWAHEE CREEK

APP .3 MI N OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 1979 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 3,000

SR 37

Good

Over: CHICKASAWHATCHEE CREEK

APP 9 MI WNW OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 1986 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,040

SR 91

Good

Over: BIG CYPRESS CREEK

APP 12 MI SW OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 1941 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,600

SR 200

Good

Over: ICHAWAYNOCHAWAY CR TRIB

11.1 MI SW OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 1956 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 360

MILFORD CH ROAD

Good

Over: CANEY CREEK TRIB

APP 13 MI NW OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 110

CLEAR LAKE ROAD

Good

Over: CHICKASAWHATCHE CREEK

8.9 MILES NW OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 2006 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 160

JONES ROAD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

APP. 16 MILES NW OF NEWTO, Baker, GA

Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 180

CROSS ROAD

Good

Over: BIG CYPRESS CREEK

APP 12 MI SW OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 2023 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 100

FAS 1630

Good

Over: BIG CYPRESS CREEK

APP 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF, Baker, GA

Built 2003 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 110

SR 216

Good

Over: ICHAWAYNOCHAWAY OVERFLOW

14 MI NW OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 2018 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 160

FAS 1586 CANEY CR

Good

Over: CANEY CREEK

APP 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF, Baker, GA

Built 1966 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 180

SR 216

Good

Over: ICHAWAYNOCHAWAY CREEK

13 MI NW OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 2018 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 160

SR91

Good

Over: ICHAWAYNOCHAWAY CREEK

APP. 11 MILES SW OF NEW, Baker, GA

Built 2006 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 3,600

COLQUITT FORD RD

Good

Over: COOLEEWANEE CREEK

APP 6 MI NE OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 1987 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 30

CR 126

Good

Over: BELMOUNT CREEK

11.5 MI WNW OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 2015 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 150

FAS 1586

Good

Over: LITTLE CYPRESS CREEK

APP 15 MI WSW OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 1968 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 210

JONES ROAD

Good

Over: ALLIGATOR CREEK

APP 14 MI WEST NORTHWEST, Baker, GA

Built 1966 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 160

SR 200

Good

Over: ICHAWAYNOCHAWAY CREEK

10 MI WSW OF NEWTON, Baker, GA

Built 2020 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 360

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.