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Camden County, GA

95 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 71.6% rated Good, 27.4% Fair, 1.1% Poor.

95
Public bridges: 71.6%
Good condition: 1.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

84th
of 159 on Poor share: 1.1%
Poor-condition share: 95
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.

Camden County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Camden County ranks #84 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). Camden County, Georgia contains 95 public highway bridges. Roughly 71.6% are rated “Good,” 27.4% “Fair,” and 1.1% “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 Camden County

Good condition

71.6%

68 of 95 rated 7-9

Fair condition

27.4%

26 of 95 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.1%

1 of 95 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#84 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 95 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

71.6% (68)

Fair

27.4% (26)

Poor

1.1% (1)

Camden County's Poor-condition bridges carry 580 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 580 crossings a day against 15,866 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 95 of 95 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

41.1% of Camden County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

39 of the 95 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 71.6% 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.

One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

BORRELL BLVD over BORRELLS CREEK, built 1991, carries 580 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 580 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1940s

4
1950s

14
1960s

8
1970s

26
1980s

15
1990s

9
2000s

17
2010s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Camden County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.1% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Camden County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Dougherty County	98	80.6%	19.4%	0%	1975
Forsyth County	97	88.7%	11.3%	0%	1989
Liberty County	95	66.3%	33.7%	0%	1980
Camden County (this page)	95	71.6%	27.4%	1.1%	1978
Banks County	93	61.3%	34.4%	4.3%	1978
Haralson County	93	64.5%	33.3%	2.2%	1978

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (95 bridges here).

Pike County, AR · 95 bridges
Fulton County, KY · 95 bridges
Bertie County, NC · 95 bridges
Custer County, SD · 95 bridges

Similar average build year

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

Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges

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

All 95 Good 68 Fair 26 Poor 1

Good-condition bridges (68)

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Camden County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Camden County's Poor-condition bridges carry 580 vehicle crossings a day

41.1% of Camden County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Camden 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 (68)

I-95 (SBL)

I-95 (NBL)

I-95 (SBL)

I-95 (NBL)

DOVER BLUFF ROAD

US 17 OCEAN HWY

US 17 OCEAN HWY

MAIN ROAD

BILLYVILLE ROAD

HARRIETTS BLUFF RD

FAS 1836

COLERAIN-ST. MARYS

ST. MARYS ROAD

CR 138

HORSE STAMP CH RD

MAIN ROAD

MAIN ROAD

I-95 (SBL)

PINE ISLAND ROAD

SR 25 SPUR

BREWSTER AVENUE

N RIVER CAUSWAY DR

I-95 (SBL)

ST. MARYS RD (EBL)

I-95 (NBL)

I-95 (SBL)

ST. MARYS RD (EBL)

OKEFENOKEE PKWY

ST. MARYS RD (WBL)

US 17 OCEAN HWY

HARRIETTS BLUFF RD

ST. MARYS RD (WBL)

OKEFENOKEE PKWY.

OKEFENOKEE PKWY

OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY

SR 110

SR 110

SR 110

I-95 (NBL)

I-95 (NBL)

I-95 (SBL)

I-95 (NBL)

I-95 (SBL)

COLERAIN-ST. MARYS

OKEFENOKEE PKWY

CLARK BLUFF ROAD

CLARK BLUFF ROAD

SHEFFIELD ISLAND

SUGAR MILL BLVD

SUGAR MILL BLVD

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