Total bridges
139
Public highway bridges in Bulloch County
County profile · official public datasets
Bulloch County, GA
139 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 80.6% rated Good, 19.4% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 139
- Public bridges
- 80.6%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Bulloch County posts a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 4%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 139
- 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.
Bulloch County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Bulloch County ranks #7 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Bulloch County, Georgia contains 139 public highway bridges. Roughly 80.6% are rated “Good,” 19.4% “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
80.6%
112 of 139 rated 7-9
Fair condition
19.4%
27 of 139 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 139 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#7 of 159
Among Georgia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 139 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 80.6% (112)
Fair 19.4% (27)
Poor 0% (0)
51.8% of Bulloch County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
72 of the 139 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 80.6% 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 Bulloch County's bridges were built
139 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 6
1920–1929
6 bridges
- 1930s 8
1930–1939
8 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 11
1950–1959
11 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
22 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
49 bridges
- 1980s 11
1980–1989
11 bridges
- 1990s 15
1990–1999
15 bridges
- 2000s 9
2000–2009
9 bridges
- 2010s 2
2010–2019
2 bridges
- 2020s 5
2020–2029
5 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 49 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 35.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Georgia average (1977).
How Bulloch County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Georgia counties nearest Bulloch County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 5 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 158 Georgia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry County | 140 | 86.4% | 12.1% | 1.4% | 1988 |
| Bulloch County (this page) | 139 | 80.6% | 19.4% | 0% | 1974 |
| Meriwether County | 135 | 37% | 48.1% | 14.8% | 1972 |
| Gordon County | 133 | 68.4% | 30.1% | 1.5% | 1979 |
| Lowndes County | 130 | 83.8% | 14.6% | 1.5% | 1981 |
| Whitfield County | 130 | 53.8% | 44.6% | 1.5% | 1973 |
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 Bulloch 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 Bulloch County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside GA (139 bridges here).
- St. Helena County, LA · 139 bridges
- Garrett County, MD · 139 bridges
- Midland County, MI · 139 bridges
- Leflore County, MS · 139 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.
Fair-condition bridges (27)
OLD SR 46
FairOver: ASH BRANCH
11.6 MI SE OF BROOKLET, Bulloch, GA
Built 1956 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 740
CYPRESS LAKE ROAD
FairOver: DRY BRANCH
5 MI SW OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1970 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 1,480
OLD RIVER ROAD
FairOver: OGEECHEE RIVER
13.7 MI SE OF BROOKLET, Bulloch, GA
Built 1956 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 4,370
LAKEVIEW ROAD
FairOver: OGEECHEE RIVER
11 MI N OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1970 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 590
OLD RIVER ROAD
FairOver: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW
13.6 MI SE OF BROOKLET, Bulloch, GA
Built 1956 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 4,370
US 301
FairOver: OGEECHEE RIVER
8.8 MI N OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1972 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 6,150
I-16 EBL
FairOver: LUKE SWAMP BRANCH
9.8 MI S OF BROOKLET, Bulloch, GA
Built 1974 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 31,700
OLD SR 46
FairOver: BOGGY BRANCH
10 MI S OF BROOKLET, Bulloch, GA
Built 1956 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,260
US 25 / SR 73
FairOver: LITTLE LOTTS CREEK
IN CITY LIMIT STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1934 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 8,040
NEVIL DENMARK RD
FairOver: MANN BRANCH
0.5 MI W OF DENMARK, Bulloch, GA
Built 1951 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,890
KENNEDY BR ROAD
FairOver: TENMILE CREEK TRIB
7 MI SW OF REGISTER, Bulloch, GA
Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 830
AKINS POND ROAD
FairOver: MILL CREEK
4.9 MI NW OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,050
WESTSIDE ROAD
FairOver: BIG BRANCH
9.8 MI W OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1994 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,010
OLD RIVER ROAD
FairOver: BUCK CREEK
8.5 MI NE OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1993 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 320
JIM WATER ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE LOTTS CREEK
10.6 MI S OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1995 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 121
G .W. OLIVER ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE LOTTS CREEK
4.8 MI E OF REGISTER, Bulloch, GA
Built 1998 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 121
WESTSIDE ROAD
FairOver: DRY BRANCH
4 MI W OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 2000 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,510
US 80 / SR 26
FairOver: PANTHER BRANCH
1.7 MI W OF PORTAL, Bulloch, GA
Built 1927 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 3,720
MALARD POND BRIDGE
FairOver: NEVILS CREEK
7.5 MI NE OF PORTAL, Bulloch, GA
Built 1990 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 240
SR 24
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
8 MI E OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1934 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,880
LAWRENCE CH ROAD
FairOver: ASH BRANCH
15.5 MI S OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1974 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 200
US 301 BYPASS / SR
FairOver: LOTTS CREEK TRIB
3 MI S OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1995 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 25,200
US 25 / SR 73
FairOver: LOTTS CREEK
1.8 MI NE OF REGISTER, Bulloch, GA
Built 1981 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 16,400
SR 24
FairOver: FLOYD BRANCH
5 MI E OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1934 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 2,400
US 80 / SR 26
FairOver: LOTTS CREEK
13.5 MI NW OF STATESBORO, Bulloch, GA
Built 1927 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 2,290
I-16 EBL
FairOver: S-733 NEVILS DENMARK RD
9 MI SW OF BROOKLET, Bulloch, GA
Built 1976 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 24,500
I-16 WBL
FairOver: S-733 NEVILS DENMARK RD
9 MI SW OF BROOKLET, Bulloch, GA
Built 1976 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 23,900
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