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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.

Total bridges

104

Public highway bridges in Brooks County

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.

1920s

8
1930s

9
1940s

7
1950s

14
1960s

17
1970s

8
1980s

14
1990s

12
2000s

8
2010s

5
2020s

2

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Brooks County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
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 104 Good 71 Fair 29 Poor 4

Good-condition bridges (71)

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Brooks County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Brooks County's Poor-condition bridges carry 976 vehicle crossings a day

56.7% of Brooks County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 52.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Brooks 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 (71)

SR 333

COFFEE ROAD

LAWSON POND ROAD

LAWSON POND ROAD

LAWSON POND ROAD

US 221 SR 76

COFFEE ROAD

COFFEE ROAD

COFFEE ROAD

SR 76

SR 333

US 84 SR 38 EBL

US 84 SR 38 EBL

DRY LAKE ROAD

SR 133

SR 76

SR 122

CLYATTVILLE ROAD

TALLOKAS ROAD

LAWSON POND ROAD

LAWSON POND ROAD

STUDSTILL ROAD

THAGARD ROAD

DIXIE-BARWICK ROAD

OLD MADISON ROAD

OLD MADISON ROAD

MAGNOLIA CHURCH RD

DIXIE ROAD

DIXIE ROAD

DUNN ROAD

PEACH ROAD

SR 76

DIXIE ROAD

US 84 WBL SR 38

OLD PAVO ROAD

SR 133

TROUPVILLE ROAD

SR 333

SR 333

SR 122

DRY LAKE ROAD

GROOVERVILLE ROAD

CR185

COOPER ROAD

HENRY REAVES OVERP

US 84 SR 38 WBL

US 84 SR 38 WBL

SR 122

US 84 EBL SR 38

US 221 SR 76

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