Total bridges
85
Public highway bridges in Early County
County profile · official public datasets
Early County, GA
85 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 92.9% rated Good, 7.1% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 85
- Public bridges
- 92.9%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Early County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- Top 11%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 85
- public highway bridges
- 1979
- 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.
Early County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Early County ranks #17 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Early County, Georgia contains 85 public highway bridges. Roughly 92.9% are rated “Good,” 7.1% “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
92.9%
79 of 85 rated 7-9
Fair condition
7.1%
6 of 85 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 85 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#17 of 159
Among Georgia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 85 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 92.9% (79)
Fair 7.1% (6)
Poor 0% (0)
43.5% of Early County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
37 of the 85 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 92.9% 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 Early County's bridges were built
85 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
8 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
19 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
10 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
16 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
12 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
12 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 19 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Georgia average (1977).
How Early County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Georgia counties nearest Early 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 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 158 Georgia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catoosa County | 86 | 53.5% | 43% | 3.5% | 1978 |
| Union County | 85 | 36.5% | 58.8% | 4.7% | 1975 |
| Early County (this page) | 85 | 92.9% | 7.1% | 0% | 1979 |
| Elbert County | 84 | 69% | 26.2% | 4.8% | 1971 |
| Glynn County | 84 | 66.7% | 32.1% | 1.2% | 1976 |
| Paulding County | 84 | 71.4% | 28.6% | 0% | 1987 |
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 Early 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 Early County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside GA (85 bridges here).
- Monroe County, AR · 85 bridges
- Elbert County, CO · 85 bridges
- Hardee County, FL · 85 bridges
- Fulton County, IN · 85 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1979 here).
- Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
- Jefferson County, KY · avg 1979 · 662 bridges
- Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
- McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (85)
SPOONER QUARTER RD
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
2.5 MILES NORTH OF JAKIN, Early, GA
Built 1970 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 514
DOT HARVEY ROAD
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
2.6 MI N OF JAKIN, Early, GA
Built 1991 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121
FIVE BRIDGES ROAD
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLAK, Early, GA
Built 1985 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 150
KESTLER ROAD
GoodOver: LONG BRANCH
3 MI S OF DAMASCUS, Early, GA
Built 1989 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 130
DOWRY ROAD
GoodOver: SOWHATCHEE CREEK
APP 3.5 MI SE OF HILTON, Early, GA
Built 1990 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121
WICKLESVILLE ROAD
GoodOver: MILL CREEK
3.5 MILES SOUTH EAST OF A, Early, GA
Built 1990 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 90
SIMMONS RD.
GoodOver: GATES BRANCH
8 MILES NORTH OF BLAKELY, Early, GA
Built 1981 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 60
FIVE BRIDGES ROAD
GoodOver: DRY CREEK OVERFLOW
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLAK, Early, GA
Built 1985 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 20
CR 118
GoodOver: LITTLE KOLOMOKI CREEK
6.3 MILE NORTH OF BLAKEL, Early, GA
Built 1995 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121
JACK SLAYTON ROAD
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARLI, Early, GA
Built 1996 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121
FRIAR ROAD
GoodOver: HOWARD MILL CREEK TRIB
APP. 5 MI N OF JAKIN, Early, GA
Built 1999 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121
SOWHATCHEE ROAD
GoodOver: SHEFFIELD MILL CREEK
11.5 MI. S.W. OF BLAKELY, Early, GA
Built 1999 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121
LOWER RIVER ROAD
GoodOver: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIV TRIB
3.2 MI. SW OF HILTON, Early, GA
Built 1999 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 300
US84/ SR 38
GoodOver: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER
GA. /ALA . LINE, Early, GA
Built 2006 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 6,060
OLD RIVER ROAD
GoodOver: COHEELEE CREEK
APP 1.7 MILES NORTHWEST O, Early, GA
Built 1980 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 50
CROSSROADS CEM RD
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK
4.5 MI NW OF DAMASCUS, Early, GA
Built 1978 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 60
US 84/ SR 38
GoodOver: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER TRIB
5 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAKI, Early, GA
Built 2006 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 4,730
SR 39
GoodOver: FLAT CREEK
9.6 MILES SOUTH OF BLAKEL, Early, GA
Built 1951 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 470
SR 62
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK
3.2 MILES WEST OF ARLINGT, Early, GA
Built 1988 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 2,360
GRIMSLEY MILL ROAD
GoodOver: GRIMSLEY MILL CREEK
6.5 MI. N.W. OF BLAKELY, Early, GA
Built 2002 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 80
US 84/ SR 38
GoodOver: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER TRIB
5 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAK, Early, GA
Built 2005 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 6,060
SR 62
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK OVERFLOW
3.5 MILES WEST OF ARLINGT, Early, GA
Built 1988 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 2,360
SR 62
GoodOver: PERRY CREEK
1 MILES WEST OF ARLINGTON, Early, GA
Built 1988 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 2,360
FIRST KOLOMOKI RD.
GoodOver: LITTLE KOLOMOKI CREEK
5.67 MI N OF BLAKELY, Early, GA
Built 2021 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 280
DAMASCUS-HILTON RD
GoodOver: SOWHATCHEE CREEK
1.8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HI, Early, GA
Built 2021 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 470
US84/ SR 38
GoodOver: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER TRIB
4.3 MILES NORTHWEST OF J, Early, GA
Built 2005 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 6,060
US 84
GoodOver: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER TRIB
4.3 MILES NORTHWEST OF JA, Early, GA
Built 2006 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 4,730
US 27/ SR 1
GoodOver: BLUE CREEK
2 MILES SOUTH OF BLAKELY, Early, GA
Built 2008 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,250
US 27/ SR 1
GoodOver: BLUE CREEK
2 MILES SOUTH OF BLAKLEY, Early, GA
Built 2008 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,970
ROCK BLUFF ROAD
GoodOver: WAMBLE CREEK
8 MILES WEST OF DAMASCUS, Early, GA
Built 2009 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 80
MAYS FORD ROAD
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK OVERFLOW
3.8 MILES SW OF ARLINGTON, Early, GA
Built 2009 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 121
FIRST KOLOMOKI RD.
GoodOver: NO PRONG KOLOMOKI CRK
7.14 MILES NORTH OF BLAKE, Early, GA
Built 2022 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 280
FLEA HOP ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE KOLOMOKI CREEK
6 MILE NORTH OF BLAKELY, Early, GA
Built 1981 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 300
U.S.27/ SR 1
GoodOver: WAMBLE CREEK
APP 4.5 MI S OF BLAKELY, Early, GA
Built 2001 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 2,970
US 27 - SR1
GoodOver: BLUE CREEK
2.4 MILES SOUTH OF BLAKEL, Early, GA
Built 2009 Load: 74.3 t ADT: 2,970
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