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Berrien County, GA

81 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 79% rated Good, 21% Fair, 0% Poor.

81
Public bridges: 79%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 12%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 81
public highway bridges: 1972
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.

Berrien County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Berrien County ranks #19 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Berrien County, Georgia contains 81 public highway bridges. Roughly 79% are rated “Good,” 21% “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

Public highway bridges in Berrien County

Good condition

79%

64 of 81 rated 7-9

Fair condition

21%

17 of 81 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 81 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#19 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 81 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

79% (64)

Fair

21% (17)

Poor

0% (0)

51.9% of Berrien County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

42 of the 81 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 79% 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.

1930s

10
1940s

4
1950s

10
1960s

11
1970s

11
1980s

18
1990s

7
2000s

9
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 18 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1972, 5 years older than the Georgia average of 1977.

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Berrien 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 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Berrien County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Murray County	82	32.9%	50%	17.1%	1964
Fayette County	81	71.6%	24.7%	3.7%	1986
Sumter County	81	86.4%	13.6%	0%	1974
White County	81	34.6%	63%	2.5%	1977
Berrien County (this page)	81	79%	21%	0%	1972
Burke County	80	73.8%	21.3%	5%	1974

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (81 bridges here).

Calhoun County, IL · 81 bridges
Tunica County, MS · 81 bridges
Worth County, MO · 81 bridges
Cayey County, PR · 81 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1972 here).

Santa Clara County, CA · avg 1972 · 964 bridges
Madison County, AL · avg 1972 · 710 bridges
Kern County, CA · avg 1972 · 668 bridges
York County, PA · avg 1972 · 569 bridges

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

All 81 Good 64 Fair 17 Poor 0

Good-condition bridges (64)

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Berrien County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

51.9% of Berrien County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Berrien 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 (64)

SR 125

RIVERSIDE CH. RD

US 82 (EBL) COR Z

US 82 (EBL) COR Z

US 82 (WBL) COR Z

ALPHA-LENOX HWY.

ALPHA-LENOX HWY.

CR 362

CR 76

SR 11 - US 129

SR 76

SR 76

SR 135

DOGWOOD DRIVE

CR 145

US 82 COR Z

US 82 COR Z

SR 76

SR 125

CR 11

SR 11 - US 129

SR 11 - US 129

NASHVILLE ENIGMA

OLD COFFEE ROAD

CR 27

CR 27

LAKE ROAD

SR 135

SR 135

PLEASANT DRIVE RD

SR 168 SR 64

SR 76

SR 11 - US 129

CECIL ROAD

SR 11 - US 129

SR 37

SR 64- SR 168

SR 76

SR 168

J.E. McMILLAN

GLADYS ROAD

SR 168

SR 11 - US 129

CHASERVILLE ROAD

US 82 (EBL) COR Z

AVERA MILL ROAD

GAINEY BRIDGE RD

HULL AVE.

CR 18

CR 230 VICKERS CHU

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