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Banks County, GA

93 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 61.3% rated Good, 34.4% Fair, 4.3% Poor.

93
Public bridges: 61.3%
Good condition: 4.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

143rd
of 159 on Poor share: 4.3%
Poor-condition share: 93
public highway bridges: 1978
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.

Banks County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Banks County ranks #143 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.3%). Banks County, Georgia contains 93 public highway bridges. Roughly 61.3% are rated “Good,” 34.4% “Fair,” and 4.3% “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 Banks County

Good condition

61.3%

57 of 93 rated 7-9

Fair condition

34.4%

32 of 93 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.3%

4 of 93 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#143 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 93 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

61.3% (57)

Fair

34.4% (32)

Poor

4.3% (4)

Banks County's Poor-condition bridges carry 336 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 84 crossings a day against 5,726 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 93 of 93 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

52.7% of Banks County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

49 of the 93 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 61.3% 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 32.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

WRIGHTS MILL ROAD over HUDSON RIVER, built 1960, carries 110 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 336 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

1
1930s

2
1940s

1
1950s

11
1960s

29
1970s

9
1980s

8
1990s

6
2000s

19
2010s

4
2020s

3

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 29 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 31.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Banks County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 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 Banks County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Camden County	95	71.6%	27.4%	1.1%	1978
Liberty County	95	66.3%	33.7%	0%	1980
Haralson County	93	64.5%	33.3%	2.2%	1978
Banks County (this page)	93	61.3%	34.4%	4.3%	1978
Douglas County	92	87%	13%	0%	1984
Monroe County	90	72.2%	26.7%	1.1%	1970

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (93 bridges here).

Baker County, FL · 93 bridges
Alexander County, IL · 93 bridges
Stark County, IL · 93 bridges
Cumberland County, KY · 93 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1978 here).

Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges

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

All 93 Good 57 Fair 32 Poor 4

All bridges (93)

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Banks County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Banks County's Poor-condition bridges carry 336 vehicle crossings a day

52.7% of Banks County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 32.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Banks 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

All bridges (93)

MOSS FARM ROAD

SPRING ROAD

WILSON BRIDGE ROAD

YONAH HOMER ROAD

WYNN LAKE ROAD

BROWN BRIDGE ROAD

SR 326

MARSHBURNS ROAD

SIMS BRIDGE ROAD

HEBRON ROAD

SR 98

MCCOY BRIDGE ROAD

SHADY GROVE ROAD

I-85 (NBL)

I-85 (SBL)

WHEELER STREET

SR 59

SR 51

I-85 (SBL)

DAMASCUS ROAD

US 441 / SR15

HISTORIC HOMER HWY

BELLAMY ROAD

I-85 (NBL)

I-85

I-85 (NBL)

I-85 (SBL)

SR 63

GOWDER ROAD

EMORY CHAMBERS RD

OLD HWY 441 BYPASS

SR 63

HARDEN BRIDGE ROAD

SOAPSTONE ROAD

DUNCAN ROAD

YONAH HOMER ROAD

US441 HOMER BPASS

N MANGUM BRIDGE RD

SR 323

US 441 (NBL) / SR1

JAKE SHUBERT ROAD

I-85 (NBL)

I-85 (SBL)

ROCK SPRINGS ROAD

SR63

DAMASCUS ROAD

I-85

LOUDEN RIDGE ROAD

US441 HOMER BPASS

SR105

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