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Bleckley County, GA

30 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 86.7% rated Good, 13.3% Fair, 0% Poor.

30
Public bridges
86.7%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Bleckley County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 42%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
30
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.

Bleckley County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Bleckley County ranks #67 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Bleckley County, Georgia contains 30 public highway bridges. Roughly 86.7% are rated “Good,” 13.3% “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

30

Public highway bridges in Bleckley County

Good condition

86.7%

26 of 30 rated 7-9

Fair condition

13.3%

4 of 30 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 30 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#67 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 30 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
86.7% (26)
Fair
13.3% (4)
Poor
0% (0)

60% of Bleckley County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

18 of the 30 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 86.7% 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 Bleckley County's bridges were built

30 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 9 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 30% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 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 Bleckley County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Bleckley 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 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 5 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Bleckley County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Lee County 33 0%
Lincoln County 32 3.1%
Bleckley County (this page) 30 0%
Lanier County 28 0%
Baker County 27 3.7%
Webster County 26 0%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (30 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 30 Good 26 Fair 4 Poor 0

All bridges (30)

SR 278

Fair

Over: GUM SWAMP CREEK

7 MI NE OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1973 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 210

SR 112

Fair

Over: I-16 (SR 404)

14.6 MI NE OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1969 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,740

SR 26

Fair

Over: GUM SWAMP CREEK

6.2 MI NE OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1949 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,670

PORTER ROAD

Fair

Over: JORDAN CREEK TRIB.

IN CITY LIMIT OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1973 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 730

MONTROSE ROAD

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK

13.7 MI NE OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1969 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 270

SR 87 BUS- US 23B

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN

SOUTH CITY OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1996 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 2,170

MAGNOLIA ROAD

Good

Over: SHELLSTONE CREEK

7.3 MI NW OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1959 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 7,190

MAGNOLIA ROAD

Good

Over: SOUTH SHELLSTONE CREEK

6.5 MI NW OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1959 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 20

SR 112

Good

Over: BOLLINGER CREEK

4.6 MI NW OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1999 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 1,340

SR87R-US23B-US129A

Good

Over: SOUTH SHELLSTONE CREEK

2.2 MI N OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1933 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 6,770

US 23- SR 112

Good

Over: COOLY CREEK

3.5 MI NW OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1935 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 8,260

MONTROSE ROAD

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

11.2 MI NE OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1952 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 270

HUDSON-JONES RD

Good

Over: COOLY CREEK

3.5 MI N OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1970 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 420

BUTTS ROAD

Good

Over: REEDY CREEK

8.3 MI NE OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1970 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 730

US 23B- US 129 ALT

Good

Over: JORDAN CREEK TRIB.

IN COCHRAN CITY LIMITS, Bleckley, GA

Built 1934 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 2,930

CARY SALEM ROAD

Good

Over: GUM SWAMP CREEK

8.3 MI NE OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1993 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 150

SIDNEY LASSITER RD

Good

Over: GUM SWAMP CREEK

9.8 MI NE OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1978 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 40

JACK DYKES ROAD

Good

Over: GUM SWAMP CREEK TRIB.

4.1 MI E OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1974 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 160

OLD MILLEDGEVILLE

Good

Over: JORDAN CREEK

4 MI SW OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1978 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 400

COLEY STATION RD

Good

Over: SOUTH SHELLSTONE CREEK

3.5 MI NW OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1974 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 670

SR 257

Good

Over: LIMESTONE CREEK

5 MI S OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1988 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 1,310

ROYAL PHILLIPS RD

Good

Over: GUM SWAMP CREEK

5.8 MI NE OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 2016 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 1,550

HENDRICKS ROAD

Good

Over: JORDAN CREEK

3.4 MI SW OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 2022 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 121

US 23- US 129 ALT

Good

Over: BOLLINGER CREEK

4.7 MI NW OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1935 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 8,260

SR87(US23 BYPASS)

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR

1.5 MI SE OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 2018 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 6,160

US 23

Good

Over: SOUTH SHELLSTONE CREEK

2.2 MI N OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1983 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 8,260

SR 126

Good

Over: GUM SWAMP CREEK

5.8 MI E OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 2007 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 1,890

SR 112

Good

Over: GUM SWAMP CREEK

10.6 MI NE OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1974 Load: 61.6 t ADT: 1,580

SR 257

Good

Over: LITTLE LIMESTONE CREEK

5.2 MI S OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1988 Load: 87.0 t ADT: 1,220

US 23- US 129 ALT

Good

Over: LITTLE SHELLSTONE CREEK

7 MI NW OF COCHRAN, Bleckley, GA

Built 1935 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 6,140

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