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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.

Total bridges

47

Public highway bridges in Ben Hill County

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

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).

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Ben Hill County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Evans County 48 0%
Long County 47 0%
Ben Hill County (this page) 47 4.3%
Butts County 46 6.5%
Marion County 46 2.2%
Towns County 46 4.3%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1973 here).

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

All 47 Good 40 Fair 5 Poor 2

Good-condition bridges (40)

SR 182

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

11 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1962 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 180

SR 182

Good

Over: OCMULGEE RIVER TRIB

8.5 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1965 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 220

US 129 / SR 11

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

5.5 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1926 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 3,260

DICKSON MILL POND

Good

Over: DICKSONS MILL CRK TRIB

8 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1954 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 60

GULL ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE STERGEON CREEK

12.5 MI NE OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1981 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 121

REBECCA ROAD

Good

Over: RANDALL CREEK

13.2 MI NW OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1958 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 300

OTTER CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

5 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1980 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 60

SR 107

Good

Over: WILLACOOCHEE CREEK

1.5 MI SW OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1976 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 1,910

SR 90

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK TRIB

3 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1939 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,520

SR 90

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

3 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1939 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,520

SR 90

Good

Over: RANDALL CREEK

APP 6 MI S OF REBECCA, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1954 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 210

US 319 / SR 107

Good

Over: RED BLUFF CREEK

15 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1937 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,430

SR 125

Good

Over: COURTHOUSE BRANCH

3 MI SW OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1946 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,930

SR 182

Good

Over: OCMULGEE RIVER TRIB

8 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 220

SR 206

Good

Over: SATILLA CREEK

3.5 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1949 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,190

REBECCA ROAD

Good

Over: WILLIS CREEK

11.1 MI NW OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1958 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 300

BELLS CABIN ROAD

Good

Over: COURTHOUSE BRANCH

1.1 MI W OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1954 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,330

US 319 / SR 107

Good

Over: STERGEON CREEK

14 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1998 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,430

MORNING GLORY RD

Good

Over: LITTLE HOUSE CREEK

8 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1970 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 60

DICKSON MILL POND

Good

Over: LITTLE STERGEON CREEK

12.5 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1974 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 121

M-2222

Good

Over: TURKEY BRANCH

1 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1982 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,370

S. MONITOR DRIVE

Good

Over: TURKEY BRANCH

FITZGERALD - SE SECTION, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1990 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,760

SR 107

Good

Over: TURKEY BRANCH TRIB

CTY LMTS OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1991 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,911

US 129 / SR 11

Good

Over: TURKEY BRANCH

1 MI S OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1993 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 6,690

US 319 / SR 107

Good

Over: STURGEON CREEK TRIB

10 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1993 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,350

SUNDEW ROAD

Good

Over: RANDALL CREEK

13.5 MI NW OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1976 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 40

ED WARD ROAD

Good

Over: TURKEY BRANCH

2.5 MI S OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1985 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 410

JACK ALLEN ROAD

Good

Over: TURKEY BRANCH

N FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1960 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,730

JEFFERSON STREET

Good

Over: TURKEY BRANCH

1 MI NE OF FITIZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1963 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 250

MARIGOLD ROAD

Good

Over: WILLIS CREEK

10 MI NW FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1985 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 20

SAWYER DRIVE

Good

Over: TURKEY BRANCH

EAST FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1988 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 690

OTHAR LEE ROGERS R

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

3.5 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1991 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 704

SR 90

Good

Over: ALAPAHA RIVER OVERFLOW

3 MI S OF REBECCA, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1997 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 730

STURGEON CH ROAD

Good

Over: STURGEON CREEK

7.4 MI E OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1999 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 300

MARTIN YOUNG ROAD

Good

Over: WILLACHOOCHEE CREEK

3 MI W OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 2000 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,270

SR 107

Good

Over: TURKEY BRANCH

CTY LMTS OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1991 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 4,911

SR 90

Good

Over: ALAPAHA RIVER

2.5 MI S OF REBECCA, Ben Hill, GA

Built 1997 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 730

SR 90

Good

Over: LITTLE HOUSE CREEK

7 MI NORTH OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 2006 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 3,520

PERRY HOUSE ROAD

Good

Over: WILLACHOOCHEE CREEK

3.7 MI S OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 2018 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 5,070

US 129 SR 11

Good

Over: HOUSE CREEK

9.5 MI N OF FITZGERALD, Ben Hill, GA

Built 2018 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,180

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