Total bridges
104
Public highway bridges in Brooks County
County profile · official public datasets
Brooks County, GA
104 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 68.3% rated Good, 27.9% Fair, 3.8% Poor.
- 104
- Public bridges
- 68.3%
- Good condition
- 3.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Brooks County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 140th
- of 159 on Poor share
- 3.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 104
- public highway bridges
- 1970
- 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.
Brooks County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Brooks County ranks #140 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.8%). Brooks County, Georgia contains 104 public highway bridges. Roughly 68.3% are rated “Good,” 27.9% “Fair,” and 3.8% “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
68.3%
71 of 104 rated 7-9
Fair condition
27.9%
29 of 104 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.8%
4 of 104 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#140 of 159
Among Georgia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 104 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 68.3% (71)
Fair 27.9% (29)
Poor 3.8% (4)
Brooks County's Poor-condition bridges carry 976 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 244 crossings a day against 2,455 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 104 of 104 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
56.7% of Brooks County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
59 of the 104 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 68.3% 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 52.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
LIVINGSTON ROAD over PISCOLA CREEK, built 1969, carries 514 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 976 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Brooks County's bridges were built
104 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s
1920–1929
8 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
9 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
7 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
14 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
17 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
8 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
14 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
12 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
8 bridges
- 2010s 5
2010–2019
5 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 17 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1970, 7 years older than the Georgia average of 1977.
How Brooks County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Georgia counties nearest Brooks County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.8% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 8 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 158 Georgia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fannin County | 107 | 36.4% | 61.7% | 1.9% | 1980 |
| Habersham County | 107 | 77.6% | 21.5% | 0.9% | 1974 |
| Grady County | 104 | 93.3% | 5.8% | 1% | 1982 |
| Brooks County (this page) | 104 | 68.3% | 27.9% | 3.8% | 1970 |
| Morgan County | 103 | 84.5% | 15.5% | 0% | 1981 |
| Clarke County | 102 | 78.4% | 21.6% | 0% | 1972 |
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 Brooks 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 Brooks County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside GA (104 bridges here).
- Nassau County, FL · 104 bridges
- Bonner County, ID · 104 bridges
- Martin County, IN · 104 bridges
- Livingston County, KY · 104 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1970 here).
- Hamilton County, OH · avg 1970 · 783 bridges
- Yavapai County, AZ · avg 1970 · 543 bridges
- Garfield County, OK · avg 1970 · 504 bridges
- San Luis Obispo County, CA · avg 1970 · 401 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (104)
BLAIR ROAD
FairOver: DENMARK LAKE DRAIN
7.6 MI SW OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1930 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 121
DEVANE ROAD
FairOver: OKAPILCO CREEK TRIB
APP 3 MI E OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1922 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 350
OLD MADISON ROAD
FairOver: PISCOLA CREEK
3.5 MI SE OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1920 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 320
RAILROAD STREET
FairOver: JONES CREEK TRIB
S MORVEN @ CITY PARK, Brooks, GA
Built 1920 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 80
HEMPSTEAD CH RD
FairOver: LITTLE RIVER
APP 6 MI NW OF BARNEY, Brooks, GA
Built 1966 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 450
US 221 - SR 333
FairOver: CS 735 & CSX RAILROAD
SOUTH QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1938 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 4,930
M.L.KING JR DRIVE
FairOver: OKAPILCO CREEK
APP 3 MI N OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1968 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 1,380
CLYATTVILLE ROAD
FairOver: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER O/F
APP 9 MI SE OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1957 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 540
SR 122
FairOver: OKAPILCO CREEK
APP 8.3 MI E OF PAVO, Brooks, GA
Built 1941 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 2,490
CLYATTVILLE ROAD
FairOver: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER
14 MI SE OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1957 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 540
SR 122
FairOver: BRICE POND TRIB
APP 5 MI W OF BARNEY, Brooks, GA
Built 1940 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 2,490
TALLOKAS RD
FairOver: MULE CREEK
APP 7 MI NE OF BARWICK, Brooks, GA
Built 1957 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 610
TALLOKAS ROAD
FairOver: ADAMS MILL POND DRAIN
APP 6 MI E OF PAVO, Brooks, GA
Built 1957 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 470
TALLOKAS ROAD
FairOver: LAKE NICHOLS DRAIN
APP 6 MI E OF PAVO, Brooks, GA
Built 1957 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 470
STUDSTILL ROAD
FairOver: MILLRACE CREEK
APP 7 MI NE OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 260
BEATY ROAD
FairOver: MULE CREEK TRIB
APP 2 MI SE OF PAVO, Brooks, GA
Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 400
BEATY ROAD
FairOver: REEDY CREEK
APP 1 MI SE OF PAVO, Brooks, GA
Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 310
PEACH ROAD
FairOver: SLAUGHTER CREEK OVERFLOW
APP 1.5 MI NE OF MORVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1988 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 121
OLD COFFEE ROAD
FairOver: SLAUGHTER CREEK
APP 1.5 MI NE OF MORVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 370
WINTER ROAD
FairOver: CARROLL CREEK
APP 2 MI NW OF DIXIE, Brooks, GA
Built 1955 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 300
MAGNOLIA CHURCH RD
FairOver: MULE CREEK OVERFLOW
APP 1.5 MI NE OF PAVO, Brooks, GA
Built 1945 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 514
MAGNOLIA CHURCH RD
FairOver: MULE CREEK TRIB
APP 1.7 MI NE OF PAVO, Brooks, GA
Built 1945 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 514
BETHEL CHURCH RD
FairOver: BRICE POND TRIB
APP 3.5 MI NE OF PAVO, Brooks, GA
Built 1970 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 180
US 221 SR 76
FairOver: PISCOLA CREEK RELIEF
APP 4 MI S OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1935 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,740
HEMPSTEAD CH RD
FairOver: OKAPILCO CREEK
APP 5 MI NW OF BARNEY, Brooks, GA
Built 1930 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 121
PEACH ROAD
FairOver: SLAUGHTER CREEK
APP 1.5 MI NE OF MORVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1988 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 121
MT CARMEL CHURCH R
FairOver: COON CREEK
APP 3 MI N OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1985 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 121
EDMONDSON ROAD
FairOver: SLAUGHTER CREEK
APP 2.5 MI N OF MORVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1991 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 121
SR 76
FairOver: OKAPILCO CREEK OVERFLOW
APP 1 MI N OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1978 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,670
SR 333
GoodOver: OKAPILCO CREEK TRIB
APP 2 MI N OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1937 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 1,380
COFFEE ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE CREEK
APP 8 MI W OF MORVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1959 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 340
LAWSON POND ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE RIVER
APP 4 MI NE OF MOVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1961 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 700
LAWSON POND ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE RIVER TRIB
APP 3 MI NE OF MORVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1961 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 700
LAWSON POND ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE RIVER OVERFLOW
APP 4 MI NE OF MORVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1961 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 700
US 221 SR 76
GoodOver: PISCOLA CREEK OVERFLOW
APP 3 MI S OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1935 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 1,740
COFFEE ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE CREEK TRIB
APP 6 MI W OF MORVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1959 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 340
COFFEE ROAD
GoodOver: OKAPILCO CREEK TRIB
APP 5 MI W OF MORVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1959 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 340
COFFEE ROAD
GoodOver: OKAPILCO CREEK
APP 5 MI W OF MORVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1959 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 340
SR 76
GoodOver: LITTLE RIVER
APP 2 MI N OF BARNEY, Brooks, GA
Built 1990 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 1,840
SR 333
GoodOver: PINE BRANCH
APP 3.5 MI S OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1958 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 1,450
US 84 SR 38 EBL
GoodOver: OKAPILCO CREEK
APP 1.5 MI E OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1974 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 11,300
US 84 SR 38 EBL
GoodOver: OKAPILCO CREEK OVERFLOW
APP 2 MI E OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1974 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 11,200
DRY LAKE ROAD
GoodOver: DRY LAKE CREEK
APP 3.3 MI S OF BARWICK, Brooks, GA
Built 1962 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 690
SR 133
GoodOver: LITTLE RIVER
APP 8 W OF VALDOSTA, Brooks, GA
Built 2000 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 10,800
SR 76
GoodOver: OKAPILCO CREEK
APP 6 MI N OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1977 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 1,670
SR 122
GoodOver: OKAPILCO CREEK TRIB
APP 7 MI S OF BARNEY, Brooks, GA
Built 1941 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,490
CLYATTVILLE ROAD
GoodOver: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER TRIB
APP 7.5 MI SE OF QUITMAN, Brooks, GA
Built 1957 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 540
TALLOKAS ROAD
GoodOver: MULE CREEK TRIB
APP 7 MI E OF BARWICK, Brooks, GA
Built 1957 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 290
LAWSON POND ROAD
GoodOver: SLAUGHTER CREEK
APP 2 MI E OF MORVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1961 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,200
LAWSON POND ROAD
GoodOver: LAKE LAWSON DRAIN
APP 2.5 MI E OF MORVEN, Brooks, GA
Built 1961 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 700
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