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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.

Total bridges

Public highway bridges in Dougherty County

Good condition

80.6%

79 of 98 rated 7-9

Fair condition

19.4%

19 of 98 rated 5-6

Poor condition

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.

1930s

2
1940s

4
1950s

17
1960s

8
1970s

38
1980s

12
1990s

9
2000s

2
2010s

6

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Dougherty County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
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.

All 98 Good 79 Fair 19 Poor 0

All bridges (98)

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Dougherty County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

60.2% of Dougherty County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Dougherty 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 (98)

US 19- SR 3

SBL RAMP TO SR 3 U

WESTOVER RD NBL

LOCKETT STATION RD

COUNTY LINE ROAD

MUD CREEK ROAD

10TH AVENUE

US 82/SR 520 (EBL)

US 19/SR 520 ( WBL

US 19/SR 520 (EBL)

SR 62

GRAVEL HILL ROAD

GRAVEL HILL ROAD

SR 62

SR 62

US 82 /SR 520(WBL)

SR 520/US 82

SR 3

SR 300

US 19 - SR 3

SR 520 (WBL)

US 19/SR 520

SR 91

NELMS ROAD

WESTOVER RD (SBL)

RADIUM SPRINGS RD

RADIUM SPRINGS RD

SR234

MOCK ROAD

US 82 (EBL) SR 520

US 82 (WBL) SR 520

SR 91

SR 62

CLARKE AVENUE/ OVE

SR 300 (NBL)

SR 300

SR 520 (EBL)

US 19/SR 520 (EBL)

US 19- SR 3

COUNTY LINE ROAD

PINE ISLAND ROAD

SR 62

US 82/SR 520 (WBL)

SR 133

RADIUM SPRINGS ROA

US 82 /SR 520(WBL)

SR 133 (NBL)

SR3 RAMP

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