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Chattooga County, GA

113 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 58.4% rated Good, 32.7% Fair, 8.8% Poor.

113
Public bridges: 58.4%
Good condition: 8.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

154th
of 159 on Poor share: 8.8%
Poor-condition share: 113
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.

Chattooga County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Chattooga County ranks #154 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.8%). Chattooga County, Georgia contains 113 public highway bridges. Roughly 58.4% are rated “Good,” 32.7% “Fair,” and 8.8% “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

113

Public highway bridges in Chattooga County

Good condition

58.4%

66 of 113 rated 7-9

Fair condition

32.7%

37 of 113 rated 5-6

Poor condition

8.8%

10 of 113 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#154 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 113 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

58.4% (66)

Fair

32.7% (37)

Poor

8.8% (10)

Chattooga County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,258 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 426 crossings a day against 2,168 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 113 of 113 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

48.7% of Chattooga County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

55 of the 113 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 58.4% 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 31.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

BACK BERRYTON RD over RACCOON CREEK TRIB., built 1952, carries 1,358 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 10-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 4,258 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

1
1920s

2
1930s

8
1940s

11
1950s

18
1960s

15
1970s

4
1980s

16
1990s

16
2000s

12
2010s

6
2020s

4

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 18 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Chattooga County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.8% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Chattooga County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Franklin County	117	70.1%	27.4%	2.6%	1976
Walton County	115	72.2%	26.1%	1.7%	1981
Chattooga County (this page)	113	58.4%	32.7%	8.8%	1974
Houston County	112	86.6%	13.4%	0%	1979
Tift County	112	85.7%	14.3%	0%	1974
Mitchell County	111	86.5%	11.7%	1.8%	1971

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (113 bridges here).

Lake County, FL · 113 bridges
Jersey County, IL · 113 bridges
Tipton County, IN · 113 bridges
Powell County, MT · 113 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.

All 113 Good 66 Fair 37 Poor 10

Good-condition bridges (66)

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Chattooga County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Chattooga County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,258 vehicle crossings a day

48.7% of Chattooga County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 31.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Chattooga 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 (66)

LITTLE SAND MT RD

EAST ARMUCHEE RD

EAST ARMUCHEE RD

SR 100

SR 114

WEST ARMUCHEE RD

HAYWOOD VALLEY RD

GORE-SUBLIGNA RD

GORE-SUBLIGNA RD

FIRST STREET

SR 100

SR 48

TIDINGS ROAD

OLD HOLLAND ROAD

ALPINE ROAD

ALPINE ROAD

SR 114

SR 337

HARRISBURG ROAD

SR 48

HAIR LAKE ROAD

OLD HIGHWAY 27

FIRST STREET

N. W. CONGRESS ST.

BELLAH AVENUE

LYERLY ROAD

FARMERSVILLE ROAD

WILDLIFE LAKE ROAD

STORY MILL ROAD

FIRST AVENUE

CURRANT STREET

RIDGEWAY ROAD

SILVER HILL ROAD

US 27 SBL/SR 1

HAYWOOD VALLEY RD

UNITY CHURCH ROAD

LYERLY DAM ROAD

US 27 NBL /SR 1

FARMERSVILLE ROAD

FARMERSVILLE RD

US-27 /SR 1

KEEN ROAD

HAIR LAKE ROAD

US 27 /SR 1

NARROWS PICNIC RD

LICK SKILLET ROAD

SR 48

SR 48

PENN BRIDGE ROAD

BACK BERRYTON RD

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