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Brantley County, GA

54 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 68.5% rated Good, 27.8% Fair, 3.7% Poor.

54
Public bridges: 68.5%
Good condition: 3.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

136th
of 159 on Poor share: 3.7%
Poor-condition share: 54
public highway bridges: 1974
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.

Brantley County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Brantley County ranks #136 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.7%). Brantley County, Georgia contains 54 public highway bridges. Roughly 68.5% are rated “Good,” 27.8% “Fair,” and 3.7% “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 Brantley County

Good condition

68.5%

37 of 54 rated 7-9

Fair condition

27.8%

15 of 54 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.7%

2 of 54 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#136 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 54 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

68.5% (37)

Fair

27.8% (15)

Poor

3.7% (2)

Brantley County's Poor-condition bridges carry 5,740 vehicle crossings a day

That is 4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,870 crossings a day against 2,964 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 54 of 54 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

61.1% of Brantley County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

33 of the 54 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 68.5% 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 99% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 82 COR Z WBL / over SATILLA RIVER OVERFLOW, built 1964, carries 5,680 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 5,740 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1930s

3
1950s

13
1960s

14
1970s

4
1980s

6
1990s

5
2000s

6
2010s

2
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 14 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Brantley County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.7% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 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 Brantley County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Warren County	56	78.6%	17.9%	3.6%	1975
Jones County	54	75.9%	20.4%	3.7%	1972
Brantley County (this page)	54	68.5%	27.8%	3.7%	1974
Lumpkin County	53	43.4%	52.8%	3.8%	1972
Stewart County	53	88.7%	11.3%	0%	1979
Wheeler County	53	75.5%	24.5%	0%	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 Brantley 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 Brantley County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (54 bridges here).

Rio Blanco County, CO · 54 bridges
Larue County, KY · 54 bridges
Owen County, KY · 54 bridges
Crawford County, MI · 54 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1974 here).

Knox County, TN · avg 1974 · 588 bridges
Summit County, OH · avg 1974 · 563 bridges
Onondaga County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Orange County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges

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

All 54 Good 37 Fair 15 Poor 2

All bridges (54)

Sort:

CR 83

Fair

Over: BUFFALO CREEK TRIB.

2.5 MI NE OF HICKOX, Brantley, GA

Built 1955 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 390

US 301/SR 23

Fair

Over: LITTLE BUFFALO CREEK

7 MI S OF NAHUNTA, Brantley, GA

Built 1969 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 3,400

HIGH BLUFF ROCK RD

Fair

Over: BIG CREEK

12 MI SW OF NAHUNTA, Brantley, GA

Built 1961 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 890

CR 15

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

3.5 MI W OF HOBOKEN, Brantley, GA

Built 1959 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 380

US 301 /SR 23

Fair

Over: SATILLA RIVER OVERFLOW

4 MI S OF HORTENSE, Brantley, GA

Built 1958 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 2,940

US 301 /SR 23

Fair

Over: SATILLA RIVER OVERFLOW

3 MI S OF HORTENSE, Brantley, GA

Built 1958 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 2,940

US 301 /SR 23

Fair

Over: LITTLE SATILLA RIVER O/F

3 MI S OF HORTENSE, Brantley, GA

Built 1958 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 2,940

US 301

Fair

Over: SATILLA RIVER

4 MI N OF NAHUNTA, Brantley, GA

Built 1958 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 2,940

US 301

Fair

Over: LITTLE SATILLA RIVER

1 MI S OF HORTENSE, Brantley, GA

Built 1958 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 2,940

US 301 /SR 23

Fair

Over: LITTLE SATILLA RIVER O/F

8 MI S OF HORTENSE, Brantley, GA

Built 1958 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 2,940

CR 1

Fair

Over: DIX BRANCH

1 MI W OF HOBOKEN, Brantley, GA

Built 1955 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 121

CR 79

Fair

Over: LITTLE BUFFALO CREEK

1.5 MI SE OF HICKOX, Brantley, GA

Built 1965 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,310

CR 103 / RAYBON

Fair

Over: SATILLA RIVER TRIB.

3.5 MI N OF NAHUNTA, Brantley, GA

Built 1968 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 620

CANEY BAY ROAD

Fair

Over: TIGER BAY CREEK

2.5 MI W OF HICKOX, Brantley, GA

Built 1981 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 320

HARRELL HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: LITTLE SATILLA RIVER O/F

4 MI W OF HORTENSE, Brantley, GA

Brantley County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Brantley County's Poor-condition bridges carry 5,740 vehicle crossings a day

61.1% of Brantley County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 99% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Brantley 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

All bridges (54)

CR 83

US 301/SR 23

HIGH BLUFF ROCK RD

CR 15

US 301 /SR 23

US 301 /SR 23

US 301 /SR 23

US 301

US 301

US 301 /SR 23

CR 1

CR 79

CR 103 / RAYBON

CANEY BAY ROAD

HARRELL HIGHWAY

US 301 /SR 23

HARRELL HIGHWAY

US 82 COR Z EBL /

HARRELL HIGHWAY

CR 5

US 82 COR Z EBL

HIGH BLUFF ROCK RD

HIGH BLUFF ROCK RD

CR 79

KELLY STREET

CR 224

CR 224

US 82 COR Z WBL

US 82 COR Z EBL /

US 82 COR Z EBL /

CR 81

US 82 COR Z WBL /

CR 103

US 82 COR Z / SR 5

SR 110

SR 15

MILES STILL ROAD

CANEY BAY ROAD

SR 15

HARRELL HIGHWAY

HARRELL HIGHWAY

HARRELL HIGHWAY

HARRELL HIGHWAY

HARRELL HIGHWAY

US 301 /SR 23

CR00191

SR 15

US 82 COR Z / SR 5

WHITE FORD ROAD

US 82 COR Z WBL

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