Total bridges
47
Public highway bridges in Ben Hill County
County profile · official public datasets
Ben Hill County, GA
47 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 85.1% rated Good, 10.6% Fair, 4.3% Poor.
- 47
- Public bridges
- 85.1%
- Good condition
- 4.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Ben Hill County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 141st
- of 159 on Poor share
- 4.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 47
- public highway bridges
- 1973
- 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.
Ben Hill County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Ben Hill County ranks #141 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.3%). Ben Hill County, Georgia contains 47 public highway bridges. Roughly 85.1% are rated “Good,” 10.6% “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.
Good condition
85.1%
40 of 47 rated 7-9
Fair condition
10.6%
5 of 47 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.3%
2 of 47 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#141 of 159
Among Georgia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 47 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 85.1% (40)
Fair 10.6% (5)
Poor 4.3% (2)
Ben Hill County's Poor-condition bridges carry 550 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.8% 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 275 crossings a day against 1,575 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 47 of 47 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
51.1% of Ben Hill County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
24 of the 47 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 85.1% 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 81.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
BETHLEHAM CH RD over OTTER CREEK, built 1955, carries 450 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 550 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Ben Hill County's bridges were built
47 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
9 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
6 bridges
- 1970s 4
1970–1979
4 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
6 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
11 bridges
- 2000s 2
2000–2009
2 bridges
- 2010s 2
2010–2019
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 11 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1973) matches the Georgia average (1977).
How Ben Hill County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Georgia counties nearest Ben Hill County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.3% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 158 Georgia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans County | 48 | 77.1% | 22.9% | 0% | 1981 |
| Long County | 47 | 72.3% | 27.7% | 0% | 1969 |
| Ben Hill County (this page) | 47 | 85.1% | 10.6% | 4.3% | 1973 |
| Butts County | 46 | 54.3% | 39.1% | 6.5% | 1978 |
| Marion County | 46 | 84.8% | 13% | 2.2% | 1969 |
| Towns County | 46 | 65.2% | 30.4% | 4.3% | 1973 |
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 Ben Hill 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 Ben Hill County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside GA (47 bridges here).
- Juneau City and County, AK · 47 bridges
- Jackson County, CO · 47 bridges
- Benewah County, ID · 47 bridges
- St. Bernard County, LA · 47 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1973 here).
- Jefferson County, AL · avg 1973 · 1,068 bridges
- Erie County, NY · avg 1973 · 906 bridges
- Davidson County, TN · avg 1973 · 832 bridges
- Lancaster County, PA · avg 1973 · 801 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (47)
BELLS CABIN ROAD
FairOver: WILLACOOCHEE CREEK
1.2 MI W OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1954 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 1,330
IRWINVILLE HWY
FairOver: WILLACOOCHEE CREEK
2 MI W OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1948 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 4,911
BETHLEHAM CH RD
FairOver: LITTLE HOUSE CREEK
8.5 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1955 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 100
LULAVILLE ROAD
FairOver: OTTER CREEK TRIB
5 MI N E FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1969 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 514
CEMETERY ROAD
FairOver: TURKEY BRANCH
IN SE FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1997 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,440
SR 182
GoodOver: OTTER CREEK
11 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1962 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 180
SR 182
GoodOver: OCMULGEE RIVER TRIB
8.5 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1965 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 220
US 129 / SR 11
GoodOver: OTTER CREEK
5.5 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1926 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 3,260
DICKSON MILL POND
GoodOver: DICKSONS MILL CRK TRIB
8 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1954 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 60
GULL ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE STERGEON CREEK
12.5 MI NE OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1981 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 121
REBECCA ROAD
GoodOver: RANDALL CREEK
13.2 MI NW OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1958 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 300
OTTER CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: OTTER CREEK
5 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1980 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 60
SR 107
GoodOver: WILLACOOCHEE CREEK
1.5 MI SW OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1976 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 1,910
SR 90
GoodOver: OTTER CREEK TRIB
3 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1939 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,520
SR 90
GoodOver: OTTER CREEK
3 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1939 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,520
SR 90
GoodOver: RANDALL CREEK
APP 6 MI S OF REBECCA, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1954 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 210
US 319 / SR 107
GoodOver: RED BLUFF CREEK
15 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1937 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,430
SR 125
GoodOver: COURTHOUSE BRANCH
3 MI SW OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1946 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,930
SR 182
GoodOver: OCMULGEE RIVER TRIB
8 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 220
SR 206
GoodOver: SATILLA CREEK
3.5 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1949 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,190
REBECCA ROAD
GoodOver: WILLIS CREEK
11.1 MI NW OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1958 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 300
BELLS CABIN ROAD
GoodOver: COURTHOUSE BRANCH
1.1 MI W OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1954 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,330
US 319 / SR 107
GoodOver: STERGEON CREEK
14 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1998 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,430
MORNING GLORY RD
GoodOver: LITTLE HOUSE CREEK
8 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1970 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 60
DICKSON MILL POND
GoodOver: LITTLE STERGEON CREEK
12.5 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1974 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 121
M-2222
GoodOver: TURKEY BRANCH
1 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1982 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,370
S. MONITOR DRIVE
GoodOver: TURKEY BRANCH
FITZGERALD - SE SECTION, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1990 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,760
SR 107
GoodOver: TURKEY BRANCH TRIB
CTY LMTS OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1991 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,911
US 129 / SR 11
GoodOver: TURKEY BRANCH
1 MI S OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1993 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 6,690
US 319 / SR 107
GoodOver: STURGEON CREEK TRIB
10 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1993 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,350
SUNDEW ROAD
GoodOver: RANDALL CREEK
13.5 MI NW OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1976 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 40
ED WARD ROAD
GoodOver: TURKEY BRANCH
2.5 MI S OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1985 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 410
JACK ALLEN ROAD
GoodOver: TURKEY BRANCH
N FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1960 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,730
JEFFERSON STREET
GoodOver: TURKEY BRANCH
1 MI NE OF FITIZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1963 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 250
MARIGOLD ROAD
GoodOver: WILLIS CREEK
10 MI NW FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1985 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 20
SAWYER DRIVE
GoodOver: TURKEY BRANCH
EAST FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1988 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 690
OTHAR LEE ROGERS R
GoodOver: OTTER CREEK
3.5 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1991 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 704
SR 90
GoodOver: ALAPAHA RIVER OVERFLOW
3 MI S OF REBECCA, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1997 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 730
STURGEON CH ROAD
GoodOver: STURGEON CREEK
7.4 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1999 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 300
MARTIN YOUNG ROAD
GoodOver: WILLACHOOCHEE CREEK
3 MI W OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 2000 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,270
SR 107
GoodOver: TURKEY BRANCH
CTY LMTS OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1991 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 4,911
SR 90
GoodOver: ALAPAHA RIVER
2.5 MI S OF REBECCA, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1997 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 730
SR 90
GoodOver: LITTLE HOUSE CREEK
7 MI NORTH OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 2006 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 3,520
PERRY HOUSE ROAD
GoodOver: WILLACHOOCHEE CREEK
3.7 MI S OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 2018 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 5,070
US 129 SR 11
GoodOver: HOUSE CREEK
9.5 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 2018 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,180
TULIP ROAD
PoorOver: YOUNG CREEK
13 MI NW OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1955 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 100
BETHLEHAM CH RD
PoorOver: OTTER CREEK
4 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA
Built 1955 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 450
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