Total bridges
81
Public highway bridges in Berrien County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
Good condition
79%
64 of 81 rated 7-9
Fair condition
21%
17 of 81 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
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.
When Berrien County's bridges were built
81 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s
1930–1939
10 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
10 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
11 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
11 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
18 bridges
- 1990s 7
1990–1999
7 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
9 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
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.
| 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.
Good-condition bridges (64)
PARKER CHAPEL RD.
GoodOver: CYPRESS CREEK TRIB
APP 6 MI SW OF ENIGMA, Berrien, GA
Built 2002 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 30
SR 125
GoodOver: NEW RIVER
APP 7.2 MI SW OF ENIGMA, Berrien, GA
Built 2005 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,750
SR37
GoodOver: CAT CREEK
WEST CITY LIMIT OF RAY CI, Berrien, GA
Built 2005 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,740
SR00168
GoodOver: FIVE MILE CREEK
APP 7 MI SE OF NASHVILLE, Berrien, GA
Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 740
US 82 (WBL) COR Z
GoodOver: HARDY MILL CREEK
APP 1.8 MI W OF ENIGMA, Berrien, GA
Built 1988 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 10,400
CR 145
GoodOver: NEW RIVER TRIB
APP 6 MI W OF NASHVILLE, Berrien, GA
Built 1969 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 310
VICKERS CHURCH ROA
GoodOver: HARDY MILL CREEK
APP 5 MI SE OF ENIGMA, Berrien, GA
Built 1989 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 130
SR 158
GoodOver: WILLACOOCHEE RIVER
7.1 MI NE OF ALAPAHA, Berrien, GA
Built 2021 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 510
US 82 (WBL) COR Z
GoodOver: ALAPAHA RIVER
APP 1.7 MI E OF ALAPAHA, Berrien, GA
Built 1986 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 44,500
VICKERS CHURCH ROA
GoodOver: HARDY MILL CK OVERFLOW
APP 5 MI SE OF ENIGMA, Berrien, GA
Built 1990 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 130
PARK STREET
GoodOver: BEAVERDAM CREEK
SOUTH RAY CITY, Berrien, GA
Built 1980 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 300
SR 64 SR 168
GoodOver: ALAPAHA RIVER O
11 MI SE OF NASHVILLE, Berrien, GA
Built 2006 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 610
NEW GRIFFIN CH RD
GoodOver: ALAPAHA RIVER TRIB
2.7 MI NE OF ALAPAHA, Berrien, GA
Built 1974 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 40
MILL CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: WILLACHOOCHEE RIVER TRIB
5.2 MI NE OF ALAPAHA, Berrien, GA
Built 2009 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 70
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