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Clay County, GA

21 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 76.2% rated Good, 23.8% Fair, 0% Poor.

21
Public bridges
76.2%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Clay County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 45%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
21
public highway bridges
1970
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.

Clay County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Clay County ranks #71 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Clay County, Georgia contains 21 public highway bridges. Roughly 76.2% are rated “Good,” 23.8% “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

21

Public highway bridges in Clay County

Good condition

76.2%

16 of 21 rated 7-9

Fair condition

23.8%

5 of 21 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 21 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#71 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 21 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
76.2% (16)
Fair
23.8% (5)
Poor
0% (0)

66.7% of Clay County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

14 of the 21 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 76.2% 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.

When Clay County's bridges were built

21 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 6 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1970, 7 years older than the Georgia average of 1977.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Clay County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is 12 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Clay County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Baker County 27 3.7%
Webster County 26 0%
Schley County 25 0%
Glascock County 22 4.5%
Clay County (this page) 21 0%
Quitman County 20 10%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (21 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1970 here).

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

All 21 Good 16 Fair 5 Poor 0

All bridges (21)

SR 39

Fair

Over: KOLOMOKI CREEK

3 MI S OF JCT SR 37, Clay, GA

Built 1953 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 930

CR 20

Fair

Over: NORTH PRONG KOLOMOKI CRK

2 MI NW OF BLUFFTON, Clay, GA

Built 1960 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 120

CR 9

Fair

Over: KOLOMOKI CREEK

6 MI WSW OF BLUFFTON, Clay, GA

Built 1955 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 70

GA SR 37-ALA SR 10

Fair

Over: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER

AT GA & ALA STATE LINE, Clay, GA

Built 1972 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,360

FAS 933

Fair

Over: NORTH PRONG KOLOMOKI CRK

10.3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF F, Clay, GA

Built 1988 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 180

SR 39

Good

Over: ROARING BRANCH

4 MI S OF FORT GAINES, Clay, GA

Built 1953 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 930

SR 266

Good

Over: WAUKEEFRISKEE CREEK

5 MI E OF FORT GAINES, Clay, GA

Built 1957 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 500

SR 266

Good

Over: HOG CREEK

5.2 MI E OF JCT SR 39, Clay, GA

Built 1957 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 500

CR76

Good

Over: DRAG NASTY CREEK

9 MILES NORTH OF FORT GAI, Clay, GA

Built 2010 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 514

FAS 933

Good

Over: WILLIAMS CREEK

3.1 MI E OF BLUFFTON, Clay, GA

Built 1954 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 530

CR 63

Good

Over: WALTER F GEOR LAKE TRIB.

10 MILES NORTH OF FORT GA, Clay, GA

Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 50

CR 82

Good

Over: SANDY BRANCH

7 MI N OF FORT GAINES, Clay, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 270

SR 39

Good

Over: CEMOCHECKOBEE CREEK

FORT GAINES CITY LIMIT, Clay, GA

Built 2001 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 2,670

US 27 SR 1

Good

Over: LITTLE PACHITLA CREEK

6 MILES NORTH OF BLUFFTON, Clay, GA

Built 1930 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,400

SR 39

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

6 MILES NORTH OF FORT GA, Clay, GA

Built 1961 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,520

FAS 933

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

5.5 MI SE OF FT GAINES, Clay, GA

Built 1988 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 210

CR 12

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

7 MI W OF BLUFFTON, Clay, GA

Built 1984 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121

CR 29

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

5 MI NE OF BLUFFTON, Clay, GA

Built 1980 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121

SR 39

Good

Over: DRAG NASTY CREEK

11.2 MILES NORTH OF FORT, Clay, GA

Built 1961 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,250

SR 39

Good

Over: PATAULA CREEK

10 MILES NORTH OF FORT GA, Clay, GA

Built 1961 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 1,290

CR130

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

2.5 MLES EAST OF BLUFFTO, Clay, GA

Built 2018 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 530

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.