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Cherokee County, GA

164 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 84.8% rated Good, 15.2% Fair, 0% Poor.

164
Public bridges: 84.8%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Cherokee County pairs a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 4%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 164
public highway bridges: 1985
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.

Cherokee County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Cherokee County ranks #6 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Cherokee County, Georgia contains 164 public highway bridges. Roughly 84.8% are rated “Good,” 15.2% “Fair,” and 0% “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

164

Public highway bridges in Cherokee County

Good condition

84.8%

139 of 164 rated 7-9

Fair condition

15.2%

25 of 164 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 164 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#6 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 164 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

84.8% (139)

Fair

15.2% (25)

Poor

0% (0)

15.2% of Cherokee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

25 of the 164 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 84.8% 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.

1930s

3
1940s

3
1950s

9
1960s

9
1970s

18
1980s

68
1990s

17
2000s

22
2010s

10
2020s

5

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 68 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 41.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1985, 8 years newer than the Georgia average of 1977.

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Cherokee County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Cherokee County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Coweta County	173	80.3%	19.1%	0.6%	1988
Laurens County	169	69.8%	26.6%	3.6%	1972
Carroll County	168	72.6%	26.8%	0.6%	1977
Clayton County	168	82.7%	16.1%	1.2%	1982
Troup County	168	73.8%	25.6%	0.6%	1980
Cherokee County (this page)	164	84.8%	15.2%	0%	1985

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (164 bridges here).

Sevier County, AR · 164 bridges
Pawnee County, KS · 164 bridges
Morrison County, MN · 164 bridges
Choctaw County, MS · 164 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1985 here).

Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
Nueces County, TX · avg 1985 · 528 bridges
Grayson County, TX · avg 1985 · 513 bridges

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

All 164 Good 139 Fair 25 Poor 0

All bridges (164)

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Cherokee County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

15.2% of Cherokee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Cherokee 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

All bridges (164)

BELLS FERRY ROAD

WATERS ROAD

SR 92

LITTLE REFUGE ROAD

CANTON HIGHWAY

SR 140

SR 369

YELLOW CREEK ROAD

VAUGHN ROAD

SR 20

SR 108

SR 92

UPPER BETHANY RD

E. CHEROKEE DRIVE

E. CHEROKEE DRIVE

PALM STREET

MAIN STREET (M-901

SALACOA ROAD

I-575 (NBL)

TOWN LAKE PARKWAY

DAMASCUS ROAD

SR 5 BUSINESS

SR 140

SOAP CREEK ROAD

ROBERTS ROAD

KEMP DRIVE

SR 140

LEO TAYLOR LANE

GEORGE GRAY LANE

LOWER BETHANY RD

LYON DAIRY ROAD

EPPERSON ROAD

RMP MILL ST. I-575

OLD PAGE PLACE RD

SR 5 B. HOWELL BR

PRIEST ROAD

KELLOGG CREEK RD

LOWER BIRMINGHAM

RAMP TO SR 20 EBL

I-575 (SBL)

MARIETTA STREET

MARION SPENCE ROAD

CONNS CREEK ROAD

BRADSHAW LANE

GRANDMAR CHASE

I-575 (SBL)

MARION SPENCE RD

EPPERSON ROAD

NORTHSIDE CHEROKEE

I-575 (NBL)

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