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Catoosa County, GA

86 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 53.5% rated Good, 43% Fair, 3.5% Poor.

86
Public bridges
53.5%
Good condition
3.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

132nd
of 159 on Poor share
3.5%
Poor-condition share
86
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.

Catoosa County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Catoosa County ranks #132 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.5%). Catoosa County, Georgia contains 86 public highway bridges. Roughly 53.5% are rated “Good,” 43% “Fair,” and 3.5% “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

86

Public highway bridges in Catoosa County

Good condition

53.5%

46 of 86 rated 7-9

Fair condition

43%

37 of 86 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.5%

3 of 86 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#132 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 86 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
53.5% (46)
Fair
43% (37)
Poor
3.5% (3)

Catoosa County's Poor-condition bridges carry 7,050 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,350 crossings a day against 13,809 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 86 of 86 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

47.7% of Catoosa County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

41 of the 86 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 53.5% 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 76% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

POST ROAD (M-1110) over I-75, built 1961, carries 5,360 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 7,050 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Catoosa County's bridges were built

86 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 24 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 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 Catoosa County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Catoosa County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.5% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Catoosa County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Spalding County 88 2.3%
Catoosa County (this page) 86 3.5%
Early County 85 0%
Union County 85 4.7%
Elbert County 84 4.8%
Glynn County 84 1.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (86 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 86 Good 46 Fair 37 Poor 3

All bridges (86)

SR 2 (WBL)

Good

Over: W. CHICKAMAUGA CREEK O/F

2 MI SE OF FT OGLETHORPE, Catoosa, GA

Built 1969 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 31,000

SR 146

Good

Over: CHICKAMAUGA CREEK

3 MI E OF FT OGLETHORPE, Catoosa, GA

Built 1983 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 19,100

GREENWOOD ROAD

Good

Over: SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK

2.3 MI SE OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1984 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 190

COTTONWOOD MILL RD

Good

Over: EAST CHICKAMAUGA CREEK

6.2 MI SE OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1989 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 804

I-75

Good

Over: PEAVINE CREEK

4.5 MI E OF FT OGLETHORPE, Catoosa, GA

Built 1961 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 85,200

THREE NOTCH ROAD

Good

Over: PEAVINE CREEK

5.7 MI SW OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 2018 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 4,290

SR 151

Good

Over: LITTLE CHICKAMAUGA CR TR

4.2 MI S OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1948 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 6,050

SR 151

Good

Over: LITTLE CHICKAMAUGA CR TR

2.5 MI SW OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1948 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 11,200

KEITH-SALEM ROAD

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

4.4 MI NE OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1977 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 20

MAG WILLIAMS ROAD

Good

Over: BLUE SPRINGS BRANCH

7 MI SW OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1975 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 240

HOUSTON VALLEY RD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

5.3 MI SE OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 2020 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 390

SR 146

Good

Over: BLACK BRANCH

0.5 MI N OF FT OGLETHORPE, Catoosa, GA

Built 1979 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 19,100

FANT DRIVE

Good

Over: BLACK BRANCH

IN NE FORT OGLETHORPE, Catoosa, GA

Built 1987 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 10,100

SMITH CHAPEL ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE TIGER CREEK

5 MI. E OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1996 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 50

STEWART ROAD

Good

Over: TIGER CREEK

5.9 MI. NE OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1994 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 480

CITY HALL DRIVE

Good

Over: BLACK BRANCH

IN E FT. OGLETHORPE, Catoosa, GA

Built 2003 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,190

INDUSTRIAL BLVD

Good

Over: LITTLE CHICKAMAUGA CR OF

1 MI S OF RINGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 2004 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,100

FLAGSTONE DRIVE

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

2 MI N OF FORT OGLETHORPE, Catoosa, GA

Built 2008 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 600

COLBERT HOLLOW ROA

Good

Over: LITTLE CHICKAMAUGA CREEK

9.7 MI SW OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 2008 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 830

STEWART ROAD

Good

Over: CAT CREEK

6 MI NE OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1979 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 200

INDUSTRIAL BLVD.

Good

Over: LITTLE CHICKAMAUGA CREEK

1 MI S OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 2004 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 2,100

SR 151

Good

Over: LITTLE CHICKAMAUGA CREEK

5.5 MI S OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1986 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 6,050

ROLLINS IND. BLVD.

Good

Over: LITTLE CHICKAMAUGA CREEK

1.8 MI SW OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1991 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 870

HEADRICK ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

5.8 MI NE OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1977 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 220

SR 151

Good

Over: I-75

1 MI W OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 2019 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 2,190

SR 151

Good

Over: SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK

IN WEST RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 2020 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 9,450

SR 151

Good

Over: LITTLE CHICKAMAUGA CR TR

3 MI SW OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1948 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 11,200

I-75

Good

Over: SR 146

4 MI E OF FT OGLETHORPE, Catoosa, GA

Built 1961 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 92,600

STATE ROUTE 3 (US

Good

Over: TIGER CREEK

1.9 MI EAST OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 2016 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 8,820

SR 146

Good

Over: CHICKAMAUGA CREEK OVERFL

3 MI E OF FT OGLETHORPE, Catoosa, GA

Built 2009 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 19,100

ALEXANDERS BRIDGE

Good

Over: SLOUGH

1.1 miles to GA Route S10, Catoosa, GA

Built 2011 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 438

SR 146

Good

Over: CHICKAMAUGA CREEK

3 MI E OF FT OGLETHORPE, Catoosa, GA

Built 2009 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 19,100

SR 146

Good

Over: CHICKAMAUGA CREEK OVERFL

3 MI E OF FT OGLETHORPE, Catoosa, GA

Built 2009 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 19,100

KEITH ROAD

Poor

Over: LITTLE TIGER CREEK

4.5 MI EAST OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1967 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 1,570

SPIVEY ROAD

Poor

Over: SUGAR CREEK

4.8 MI NE OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1975 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 120

POST ROAD (M-1110)

Poor

Over: I-75

2 MI WEST OF RINGGOLD, Catoosa, GA

Built 1961 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 5,360

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