Total bridges
98
Public highway bridges in Dougherty County
County profile · official public datasets
Dougherty County, GA
98 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 80.6% rated Good, 19.4% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 98
- Public bridges
- 80.6%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Dougherty County posts a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- Top 8%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 98
- public highway bridges
- 1975
- 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.
Dougherty County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Dougherty County ranks #13 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Dougherty County, Georgia contains 98 public highway bridges. Roughly 80.6% are rated “Good,” 19.4% “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.
Good condition
80.6%
79 of 98 rated 7-9
Fair condition
19.4%
19 of 98 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 98 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#13 of 159
Among Georgia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 98 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 80.6% (79)
Fair 19.4% (19)
Poor 0% (0)
60.2% of Dougherty County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
59 of the 98 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 80.6% 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 Dougherty County's bridges were built
98 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
17 bridges
- 1960s 8
1960–1969
8 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
38 bridges
- 1980s 12
1980–1989
12 bridges
- 1990s 9
1990–1999
9 bridges
- 2000s 2
2000–2009
2 bridges
- 2010s 6
2010–2019
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 38 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 38.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Georgia average (1977).
How Dougherty County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Georgia counties nearest Dougherty 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 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 158 Georgia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmer County | 101 | 47.5% | 44.6% | 7.9% | 1973 |
| Crisp County | 99 | 83.8% | 15.2% | 1% | 1972 |
| Harris County | 99 | 74.7% | 24.2% | 1% | 1978 |
| Newton County | 99 | 68.7% | 30.3% | 1% | 1979 |
| Dougherty County (this page) | 98 | 80.6% | 19.4% | 0% | 1975 |
| Forsyth County | 97 | 88.7% | 11.3% | 0% | 1989 |
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 Dougherty 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 Dougherty County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside GA (98 bridges here).
- Boone County, AR · 98 bridges
- Van Buren County, AR · 98 bridges
- Butler County, KY · 98 bridges
- Koochiching County, MN · 98 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1975 here).
- San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
- Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
- Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges
- Monroe County, NY · avg 1975 · 615 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (79)
US 19/SR 520 (WBL)
GoodOver: M-129 MAPLE STREET
ALBANY - NORTHEAST SECTIO, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 18,000
US 82/SR 520 (EBL)
GoodOver: M-149 PALMYRA ROAD
ALBANY - NORTHSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1979 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 9,530
SR 234
GoodOver: KIOKEE CREEK
APP. 10 MILES WEST OF ALB, Dougherty, GA
Built 1958 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 1,540
US 19/SR 3 (NBL)
GoodOver: SR 520 BUSINESS
ALBANY - EASTSIDE (OGLETH, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 25,000
SR 300 (SBL)
GoodOver: PINEY WOODS CREEK
APP 4.3 MILES NORTH EAST, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 7,540
US 19 / STATE ROUT
GoodOver: SR 133
ALBANY - NORTHSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 2014 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 5,120
SR 520 NBL-US 19-8
GoodOver: M-127 E BROAD AVENUE
ALBANY - EASTSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 27,000
BLAYLOCK STREET
GoodOver: SR 520
ALBANY - NORTHEAST SECTIO, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 3,520
US 82 /SR 520(EBL)
GoodOver: SR 520B (US 19B-US 82B)
ALBANY - NORTHSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 37,900
US 19/SR 520 (WBL)
GoodOver: REMOVED NFS RR
ALBANY - NORTHSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 20,500
US 19/SR 520 (EBL
GoodOver: M-129 MAPLE STREET
ALBANY - NORTHEAST SECTIO, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 13,000
SR 520 BUSINESS US
GoodOver: NS RAILROAD
ALBANY - EASTSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1954 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 17,400
SR 91- SR 133
GoodOver: NS RAILROAD
ALBANY - NORTHSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 15,600
SR 133
GoodOver: MARINE CORP CANAL TRIB
3 MI SE OF ALBANY, Dougherty, GA
Built 1941 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 6,270
SR 234
GoodOver: CHICKASAWHATCHEE CR TRIB
0.3 MILES E CALHOUN CO., Dougherty, GA
Built 2019 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 1,430
SR 520 BUSINESS US
GoodOver: CSX RAILROAD
ALBANY - EASTSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1954 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 17,400
OLD DAWSON ROAD
GoodOver: KIOKEE CREEK
10.5 MI NW OF ALBANY, Dougherty, GA
Built 1980 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 1,240
US 19/SR 520 (WBL)
GoodOver: NS RAILROAD
ALBANY - EASTSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 18,000
US 19/SR 3 (SBL)
GoodOver: SR 520 BUSINESS
ALBANY - EASTSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 2,130
TARVA ROAD
GoodOver: PINEY WOODS BRANCH
3.35 MI S OF PRETORIA, Dougherty, GA
Built 1978 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 530
NELMS ROAD
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
APP 2.4 MI E OF JCT SR 3, Dougherty, GA
Built 1971 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 540
NELMS ROAD
GoodOver: DRY CREEK OVERFLOW
APP 10 MI SE OF ALBANY, Dougherty, GA
Built 1972 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 480
US 19/SR 3 (NBL)
GoodOver: SR520-CLARK AVE.
ALBANY - EASTSIDE CLARK, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 27,000
SR 520 SBL-US 19-8
GoodOver: M-127 EAST BROAD AVENUE
ALBANY - EASTSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 2,130
US 82 B SR 520 WBL
GoodOver: PINEY WOODS CREEK
3.5 MLES EAST OF JCT SR 3, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 24,300
NOTTINGHAM WAY ST
GoodOver: SR 520 ( US 82 COR Z)
ALBANY - NORTH WEST SECTI, Dougherty, GA
Built 1980 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 15,800
WALKER DUCKER RD
GoodOver: KIOKEE CREEK
APP. 3 MILES NORTH WEST O, Dougherty, GA
Built 1979 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 10
US 19/SR 3 (SBL)
GoodOver: SR520-CLARK AVE.
ALBANY - EASTSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,130
GORDON AVE.
GoodOver: PERCOSIA CREEK
ALBANY - SW SECTION, Dougherty, GA
Built 1977 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 4,770
MOCK ROAD
GoodOver: MARINE CORP CANAL
ALBANY-3 MI N JCT SR3, Dougherty, GA
Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 7,832
SR 133
GoodOver: MARINE CORP CANAL
ALBANY - SE SECTION, Dougherty, GA
Built 1942 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 13,700
US 19- SR 3
GoodOver: DRY CREEK TRIB
0.3 MI N OF MITCHELL C.L., Dougherty, GA
Built 1957 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 11,400
SBL RAMP TO SR 3 U
GoodOver: MARINE CORP CANAL
ALBANY - SE SECTION, Dougherty, GA
Built 1959 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,050
WESTOVER RD NBL
GoodOver: PERCOSIA CREEK
ALBANY - SW SECTION, Dougherty, GA
Built 1975 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 7,850
LOCKETT STATION RD
GoodOver: PERCOSIA CREEK
ALBANY - SW SECTION, Dougherty, GA
Built 1968 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,030
COUNTY LINE ROAD
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
APP 12 MI SE OF ALBANY, Dougherty, GA
Built 1968 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,010
MUD CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: KIOKEE CREEK
APP 14 MIILES SOUTH WEST, Dougherty, GA
Built 1978 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 90
10TH AVENUE
GoodOver: KINCHAFOONEE CREEK TRIB
ALBANY - NORTHSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1969 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 804
US 82/SR 520 (EBL)
GoodOver: CSX RAILROAD (ABANDONED)
ALBANY - NORTHSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1980 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 37,900
US 19/SR 520 ( WBL
GoodOver: SR 91 (SR 133)
ALBANY - NORTHSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 20,600
US 19/SR 520 (EBL)
GoodOver: REMOVED NS RR
ALBANY - NORTHSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 43,600
SR 62
GoodOver: KIOKEE CREEK TRIB
APP 12 MI W OF JCT SR 91, Dougherty, GA
Built 1982 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,370
GRAVEL HILL ROAD
GoodOver: DRY CREEK OVERFLOW
APP 7 MILES SOUTH EAST OF, Dougherty, GA
Built 1955 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 610
GRAVEL HILL ROAD
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
APP 6.5 MILES SOUTH EAST, Dougherty, GA
Built 1955 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 610
SR 62
GoodOver: CHICKASAWHATCHEE CREEK
0.6 MILES EAST OF CALHOUN, Dougherty, GA
Built 1982 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,370
SR 62
GoodOver: CHICKASAWHATCHEE CR O/F
0.3 MILES EAST OF CALHOUN, Dougherty, GA
Built 1982 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,370
US 82 /SR 520(WBL)
GoodOver: SR 520B (US 19B-US 82B)
ALBANY - NORTHSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 1974 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 17,100
SR 520/US 82
GoodOver: M-0136
DOUGHERTY- LEE COUNTY LIN, Dougherty, GA
Built 1999 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 22,600
SR 3
GoodOver: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROA
ALBANY - NORTHSIDE, Dougherty, GA
Built 2015 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 280
SR 300
GoodOver: FLINT RIVER TRIB
APP 5.3 MI NE OF ALBANY, Dougherty, GA
Built 1937 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 7,090
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