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Bartow County, GA

219 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 67.1% rated Good, 30.6% Fair, 2.3% Poor.

219
Public bridges: 67.1%
Good condition: 2.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

123rd
of 159 on Poor share: 2.3%
Poor-condition share: 219
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.

Bartow County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Bartow County ranks #123 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.3%). Bartow County, Georgia contains 219 public highway bridges. Roughly 67.1% are rated “Good,” 30.6% “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

219

Public highway bridges in Bartow County

Good condition

67.1%

147 of 219 rated 7-9

Fair condition

30.6%

67 of 219 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.3%

5 of 219 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#123 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 219 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

67.1% (147)

Fair

30.6% (67)

Poor

2.3% (5)

Bartow County's Poor-condition bridges carry 13,484 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.4% 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 2,697 crossings a day against 19,085 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 219 of 219 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

41.6% of Bartow County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

91 of the 219 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 67.1% 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 88.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 41 over TWO RUN CREEK, built 1949, carries 11,900 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 13,484 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

10
1930s

14
1940s

11
1950s

24
1960s

15
1970s

58
1980s

15
1990s

20
2000s

26
2010s

21
2020s

5

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 58 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Bartow County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.3% Poor share is the 5th-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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Bartow County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Bibb County	220	76.4%	23.6%	0%	1974
Bartow County (this page)	219	67.1%	30.6%	2.3%	1977
Muscogee County	208	84.6%	15.4%	0%	1974
Floyd County	202	57.4%	39.1%	3.5%	1975
Colquitt County	194	83.5%	16%	0.5%	1982
Richmond County	183	89.6%	8.7%	1.6%	1984

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (219 bridges here).

Faulkner County, AR · 219 bridges
McMinn County, TN · 219 bridges
Decatur County, IN · 220 bridges
Dubois County, IN · 220 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 219 Good 147 Fair 67 Poor 5

Good-condition bridges (147)

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Bartow County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Bartow County's Poor-condition bridges carry 13,484 vehicle crossings a day

41.6% of Bartow County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 88.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Bartow 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 (147)

I-75

SR 293

SR 20 - US 411 (EB

I-75 (NBL)

MT PLEASANT ROAD

SR113/SBL

I-75 (NBL)

I-75 (SBL)

I-75 (NBL)

US 411

I-75 (SBL)

SR 3 - US 41 (SBL)

I-75 (SBL)

SR 61 SR 113

SR 3 - US 41 (SBL)

I-75 (NBL)

I-75 (SBL)

REYNOLDS BR ROAD

WHITE-CASSVILLE RD

JONES MILL ROAD

US 411

I-75 (SBL)

TAYLORSVILLE ROAD

SR 293

I-75 (SBL)

SR 3 - US 41 (NBL)

SR 3 - US 41 (SBL)

MACEDONIA ROAD

BRANSON MILL DR

CALICO VALLEY RD

RED TOP MOUNTAIN R

IRON BELT ROAD

I-75 (SBL)

OLD STATE RT. 293

COVERED BRIDGE RD.

MT PLEASANT ROAD

PORTER STREET

SR113/NBL

ALLTOONA SHORES RD

RED TOP MTN. ROAD

I-75 (NBL)

I-75 (SBL)

WOODY ROAD

SR 3 - US 41 (NBL)

SR 3 /US 41

I-75 (NBL)

I-75 (SBL)

LACEY RD / MOONEY

DOUTHIT BRIDGE RD.

SR 20

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