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Barrow County, GA

79 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 69.6% rated Good, 30.4% Fair, 0% Poor.

79
Public bridges
69.6%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Barrow County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 13%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
79
public highway bridges
1983
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.

Barrow County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Barrow County ranks #21 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Barrow County, Georgia contains 79 public highway bridges. Roughly 69.6% are rated “Good,” 30.4% “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

79

Public highway bridges in Barrow County

Good condition

69.6%

55 of 79 rated 7-9

Fair condition

30.4%

24 of 79 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 79 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#21 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 79 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
69.6% (55)
Fair
30.4% (24)
Poor
0% (0)

38% of Barrow County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

30 of the 79 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 69.6% 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 Barrow County's bridges were built

79 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 19 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1983, 6 years newer than the Georgia average of 1977.

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

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Barrow County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Barrow County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Berrien County 81 0%
Fayette County 81 3.7%
Burke County 80 5%
Barrow County (this page) 79 0%
Bryan County 78 0%
Macon County 78 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 Barrow 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 Barrow County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (79 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1983 here).

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

All 79 Good 55 Fair 24 Poor 0

All bridges (79)

HAYMON MORRIS RD

Good

Over: WILLIAMSON CREEK

4.5 MI SE OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1984 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 6,190

5TH AVENUE

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

IN CITY OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1976 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 770

ROCKWELL CH ROAD

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

3.6 MI N OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1957 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 1,728

BOGART ROAD

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK TRIB

2.4 MI E OF STATHAM, Barrow, GA

Built 1989 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 370

US 29 - SR 316

Good

Over: BARBER CREEK

5.5 MI SE OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1993 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 27,100

ROSS ROAD

Good

Over: BEECH CREEK

3.5 MI NW OF STATHAM, Barrow, GA

Built 1994 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,358

MT. MORIAH ROAD

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

1.4 MI N OF AUBURN, Barrow, GA

Built 1970 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 4,588

SR 316

Good

Over: SR00053

5M SOUTHEAST OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 2023 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 24,850

MILES PATRICK RD

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

IN CITY OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1969 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 1,970

US 29 - SR 316

Good

Over: BARBER CREEK TRIB

6 MI SE OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1993 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 27,100

SR 211

Good

Over: BEECH CREEK

6.8 MI E OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 2016 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 3,550

DEE KENNEDY ROAD

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

2.7 MI N OF AUBURN, Barrow, GA

Built 1965 Load: 59.8 t ADT: 2,820

CHARLES FLOYD RD

Good

Over: MARBURY CREEK

2.6 MI SW OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1968 Load: 61.6 t ADT: 14,500

TOM MILLER ROAD

Good

Over: WILLIAMSON CREEK

4.1 MI W OF BETHLEHEM, Barrow, GA

Built 1968 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 1,990

HARRISON MILL RD

Good

Over: MARBURY CREEK

3.5 MI S OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1969 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 940

DEE KENNEDY ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE MULBERRY RIVER

3 MI N OF AUBURN, Barrow, GA

Built 1986 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 2,804

PARKS MILL ROAD

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

IN AUBURN CITY LIMITS, Barrow, GA

Built 1972 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 1,840

BOWMAN ROAD

Good

Over: BEECH CREEK

4.5 MI E OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1966 Load: 71.6 t ADT: 2,970

FINCH DRIVE

Good

Over: BARBERS CREEK

5 MI N OF STATHAM, Barrow, GA

Built 1995 Load: 73.4 t ADT: 103

BROWNS BRIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: APALACHEE RIVER

1.9 MI. SW OF AUBURN, Barrow, GA

Built 1997 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 170

SMITH MILL ROAD

Good

Over: MARBURY CREEK TRIB

2.3 MI E OF BETHLEHEM, Barrow, GA

Built 1975 Load: 96.1 t ADT: 1,340

US 29 - SR 316

Good

Over: MARBURY CREEK TRIB

5 MI S OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1991 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 32,200

US 29 - SR 316

Good

Over: MARBURY CREEK

4.3 MI S OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1993 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 28,300

US 29 - SR 316

Good

Over: BARBER CREEK TRIB

6.2 MI SE OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1993 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 27,100

US 29 - SR 316

Good

Over: BARBER CREEK TRIB

6.8 MI SE OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1993 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 27,700

HOLSENBECK SC RD

Good

Over: BEECH CREEK TRIB

3 MI E OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1977 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 610

JACKSON TRAIL RD

Good

Over: BARBER CREEK

5 MI SE OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1969 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 3,070

SMITH SISTERS RD

Good

Over: APALACHEE RIVER TRIB

4.1 MI SW OF STATHAM, Barrow, GA

Built 1996 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,358

GAINESVILLE HWY

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

2.7 MI N OR WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 2003 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 9,690

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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.