Total bridges
63
Public highway bridges in Chattahoochee County
County profile · official public datasets
Chattahoochee County, GA
63 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 73% rated Good, 25.4% Fair, 1.6% Poor.
- 63
- Public bridges
- 73%
- Good condition
- 1.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Chattahoochee County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- 103rd
- of 159 on Poor share
- 1.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 63
- public highway bridges
- 1990
- 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.
Chattahoochee County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Chattahoochee County ranks #103 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.6%). Chattahoochee County, Georgia contains 63 public highway bridges. Roughly 73% are rated “Good,” 25.4% “Fair,” and 1.6% “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
73%
46 of 63 rated 7-9
Fair condition
25.4%
16 of 63 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.6%
1 of 63 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#103 of 159
Among Georgia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 63 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 73% (46)
Fair 25.4% (16)
Poor 1.6% (1)
Chattahoochee County's Poor-condition bridges carry 100 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 100 crossings a day against 1,834 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 63 of 63 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
31.7% of Chattahoochee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
20 of the 63 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 73% 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
BUENA VISTA ROAD over PINE KNOT CREEK, built 1977, carries 100 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 100 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Chattahoochee County's bridges were built
63 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 6
1940–1949
6 bridges
- 1950s 2
1950–1959
2 bridges
- 1960s 4
1960–1969
4 bridges
- 1970s 9
1970–1979
9 bridges
- 1980s 1
1980–1989
1 bridges
- 1990s 2
1990–1999
2 bridges
- 2000s 9
2000–2009
9 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
25 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 25 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 39.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1990, 13 years newer than the Georgia average of 1977.
How Chattahoochee County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Georgia counties nearest Chattahoochee County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.6% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1990 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 17 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 158 Georgia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce County | 65 | 86.2% | 13.8% | 0% | 1975 |
| Hancock County | 64 | 78.1% | 12.5% | 9.4% | 1975 |
| Jefferson County | 64 | 81.3% | 17.2% | 1.6% | 1978 |
| Lamar County | 64 | 56.3% | 40.6% | 3.1% | 1967 |
| Chattahoochee County (this page) | 63 | 73% | 25.4% | 1.6% | 1990 |
| Pickens County | 62 | 75.8% | 24.2% | 0% | 1968 |
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 Chattahoochee 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 Chattahoochee County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside GA (63 bridges here).
- Highlands County, FL · 63 bridges
- Red River County, LA · 63 bridges
- Lincoln County, ME · 63 bridges
- Gladwin County, MI · 63 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1990 here).
- Maricopa County, AZ · avg 1990 · 2,847 bridges
- Tarrant County, TX · avg 1990 · 2,617 bridges
- Fairfax County, VA · avg 1990 · 751 bridges
- Guilford County, NC · avg 1990 · 736 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (16)
CLARKE DUNCAN HWY
FairOver: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR
5.5 MI E OF CUSSETA, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 1962 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 2,710
FIRST DIVISION RD.
FairOver: SR 520 (US 27) 1.97 EAST
7.5 MI NW OF CUSSETA, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 1943 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 10,600
DMPRC LTRAIL 5A
FairOver: BONHAM CREEK
.25 MILES SE N2006, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 2008 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 25
SC 119/CLYO RD
FairOver: SAVANNAH RIVER
17.4 MI W OF RIDGELAND, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 1959 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 2,100
DMPRC LTRAIL 1
FairOver: BONHAM CREEK
0.25 MILES NW OF N2005, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 2008 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 25
SC 170
FairOver: LITTLE BACK RIVER
GA/SC LN, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 1925 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 4,000
82ND AIRBORNE DIV
FairOver: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER
. 3 KM S/O BASE ENTRANCE, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 1961 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 750
DMPRC LTRAIL 3
FairOver: BONHAM CREEK
.25 MILES SE N2004, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 2008 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 25
SR 520 (US 27)
FairOver: CS 33156 VICTORY POND RD
5 MI NW OF CUSSETA, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 1943 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 13,300
SUNSHINE ROAD
FairOver: OSWICHEE CREEK
3.7 KM E/O SIGHTSEEING RD, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 75
CACTUS ROAD
FairOver: N.F. PINE KNOT CREEK
6.5 KM N/O ST RTE 103, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25
MARNE ROAD
FairOver: I-185
.1 KM E/O SANTA FE RD, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 900
HOURGLASS ROAD
FairOver: KINGS POND SPILLWAY
1 KM SE/O HOURGLASS RD, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15
DMPRC LTRAIL 4
FairOver: BONHAM CREEK
.15 MILES SE OF N2005, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 2008 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 25
WOOD ROAD
FairOver: UNKNOWN STREAM
FORT BENNING, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 2012 Load: 82.3 t ADT: 10
BOX SPRING ROAD
FairOver: PINE KNOT CREEK
NORTH OF CACTUS RANGE, Chattahoochee, GA
Built 1974 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 100
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