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Clarke County, GA

102 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 78.4% rated Good, 21.6% Fair, 0% Poor.

102
Public bridges: 78.4%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Clarke County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 8%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 102
public highway bridges: 1972
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.

Clarke County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Clarke County ranks #12 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Clarke County, Georgia contains 102 public highway bridges. Roughly 78.4% are rated “Good,” 21.6% “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

102

Public highway bridges in Clarke County

Good condition

78.4%

80 of 102 rated 7-9

Fair condition

21.6%

22 of 102 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 102 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#12 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 102 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

78.4% (80)

Fair

21.6% (22)

Poor

0% (0)

54.9% of Clarke County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

56 of the 102 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 78.4% 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.

1920s

2
1930s

3
1940s

5
1950s

5
1960s

34
1970s

29
1980s

8
1990s

5
2000s

3
2010s

5
2020s

3

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 34 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 33.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1972, 5 years older than the Georgia average of 1977.

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Clarke County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 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 Clarke County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Brooks County	104	68.3%	27.9%	3.8%	1970
Grady County	104	93.3%	5.8%	1%	1982
Morgan County	103	84.5%	15.5%	0%	1981
Clarke County (this page)	102	78.4%	21.6%	0%	1972
Gilmer County	101	47.5%	44.6%	7.9%	1973
Crisp County	99	83.8%	15.2%	1%	1972

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (102 bridges here).

La Plata County, CO · 102 bridges
Pulaski County, IN · 102 bridges
Clark County, KS · 102 bridges
Sibley County, MN · 102 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1972 here).

Santa Clara County, CA · avg 1972 · 964 bridges
Madison County, AL · avg 1972 · 710 bridges
Kern County, CA · avg 1972 · 668 bridges
York County, PA · avg 1972 · 569 bridges

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

All 102 Good 80 Fair 22 Poor 0

All bridges (102)

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Clarke County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

54.9% of Clarke County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Clarke 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 (102)

CHEROKEE ROAD

SR8 SR10L US29 (C

SR8 SR10L US29 (C

FIRST STREET

SMOKEY ROAD

SR8 SR10L US29 (CC

SR 15ALT-US129 (NB

SR8 SR10L US29 (CB

WHITEHALL ROAD

SR8 SR10L US29 (C

SR8 SR10L US29 (C

MILLEDGE CIRCLE

NORTH OCONEE ACCES

OCONEE STREET

SR8 SR10L US29 (CC

US 78 BUS

LEXINGTON ROAD US7

CHASE STREET

SR 15ALT-US129

SR8 SR10L US29 (CC

SR8 SR10L RMP (CBL

MITCHELL BRIDGE RD

SR 10L ENT RAMP U

NORTH AVENUE (NBL)

NORTH AVENUE (SBL)

OLD LEXINGTON RD

NEWTON BRIDGE RD

SR8 SR10L US29

JEFFERSON RIVER RD

COLLINS IND. DRIVE

NOWHERE ROAD

TALLASSEE ROAD

EPPS BRIDGE PARKWA

TRAIL CREEK STREET

SR8 SR10L US29 (CC

WESTCHESTER DRIVE

SR8 SR10L US29 (CC

SR8 SR10L US29 (CB

WEST LAKE DRIVE

US 78 BUS (EBL)

COMMERCE RD-US 441

US 129 US 441

CARRIAGE LANE

FOWLER MILL ROAD

US129 SR10L SR15

US129 SR10L SR15

SR8 SR10L US29 (CB

OLD LEXINGTON RD

OLD HULL ROAD

SR 10 LOOP

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