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Butts County, GA

46 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 54.3% rated Good, 39.1% Fair, 6.5% Poor.

46
Public bridges
54.3%
Good condition
6.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

151st
of 159 on Poor share
6.5%
Poor-condition share
46
public highway bridges
1978
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.

Butts County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Butts County ranks #151 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.5%). Butts County, Georgia contains 46 public highway bridges. Roughly 54.3% are rated “Good,” 39.1% “Fair,” and 6.5% “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

46

Public highway bridges in Butts County

Good condition

54.3%

25 of 46 rated 7-9

Fair condition

39.1%

18 of 46 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6.5%

3 of 46 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#151 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 46 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
54.3% (25)
Fair
39.1% (18)
Poor
6.5% (3)

Butts County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,380 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,127 crossings a day against 6,624 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 46 of 46 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

47.8% of Butts County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

22 of the 46 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 54.3% 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 92.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 36 over NORRIS CREEK, built 1954, carries 5,920 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 6,380 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Butts County's bridges were built

46 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 12 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Georgia average (1977).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Butts County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.5% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is 7 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Butts County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Ben Hill County 47 4.3%
Long County 47 0%
Marion County 46 2.2%
Towns County 46 4.3%
Butts County (this page) 46 6.5%
Dawson County 45 2.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (46 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1978 here).

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

All 46 Good 25 Fair 18 Poor 3

Good-condition bridges (25)

COLWELL ROAD

Good

Over: CABIN CREEK

8 MI SW OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1968 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 600

SR 36

Good

Over: I-75

8 MILES SW OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1999 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 8,010

I-75

Good

Over: CABIN CREEK

8 MI SW OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1966 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 89,300

MAYFIELD ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE SANDY CREEK

2 MI SE OF FLOVILLA, Butts, GA

Built 2001 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 121

SR 42 - US 23

Good

Over: YELLOW WATER CREEK

1.2 MI N OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1932 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 7,420

STARK ROAD

Good

Over: YELLOW WATER CREEK TRIB

2.5 MI NE OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1948 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,480

HALLS BRIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: CANEY FORK CREEK

6 MI NE OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1950 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,310

NATHAN THAXTON RD

Good

Over: BIG SANDY CREEK

3 MI SW OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1970 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 290

DEAN PATRICK ROAD

Good

Over: TOWALIGA RIVER TRIB

3 MI SW OF JENKINSBURG, Butts, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 740

ROY BELL ROAD

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

9.7 MI SW OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 2000 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 120

PRATT SMITH RD

Good

Over: PANTHER CREEK

3.5 MI EAST OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1995 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 704

SR 16

Good

Over: I-75

8 MI W OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 2006 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 17,700

BROWNLEE ROAD

Good

Over: ABOOTHLACOOSTA CREEK

2 MI S OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1995 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,360

FINCHERVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: TUSSAHAW CREEK TRIB

3 MI N OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1994 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,640

VICKER ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE SANDY CREEK

4 MI SE OF FLOVILLA, Butts, GA

Built 2001 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 220

FINCHERVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: TUSSAHAW CREEK

5 MI NORTH OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 2005 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,640

SR 16

Good

Over: OCMULGEE RIVER

BUTTS-JASPER CO. LINE, Butts, GA

Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,150

STARK ROAD

Good

Over: YELLOW WATER CREEK

1.3 MI N OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1994 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 2,480

SR 36

Good

Over: TOWALIGA RIVER

7.5 MI SW OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 2013 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 5,920

SR 36

Good

Over: SOUTH RIVER

BUTTS-JASPER CO LINE, Butts, GA

Built 2016 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 6,250

SR 16

Good

Over: YELLOW WATER CREEK

7 MI E OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1995 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,150

INDIAN CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

4 MI SW OF JENKINSBURG, Butts, GA

Built 1992 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 220

SR 36

Good

Over: YELLOW WATER CREEK

1 MI N OF JCT SR 42, Butts, GA

Built 2019 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 6,420

BROWNLEE ROAD

Good

Over: BIG SANDY CREEK

3.5 MI S OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1994 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 1,200

DOUGLAS CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: PLYMALE CREEK

0.5 MI E OF FLOVILLA, Butts, GA

Built 2016 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 160

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