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Echols County, GA

41 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 68.3% rated Good, 31.7% Fair, 0% Poor.

41
Public bridges: 68.3%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Echols 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 38%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 41
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.

Echols County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Echols County ranks #61 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Echols County, Georgia contains 41 public highway bridges. Roughly 68.3% are rated “Good,” 31.7% “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 Echols County

Good condition

68.3%

28 of 41 rated 7-9

Fair condition

31.7%

13 of 41 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 41 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#61 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 41 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

68.3% (28)

Fair

31.7% (13)

Poor

0% (0)

65.9% of Echols County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

27 of the 41 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 68.3% 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
1950s

15
1960s

7
1970s

3
1980s

6
1990s

3
2000s

4
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 15 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 36.6% 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.

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Echols County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 6 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Echols County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Bacon County	44	81.8%	15.9%	2.3%	1976
Calhoun County	43	88.4%	11.6%	0%	1978
Montgomery County	42	76.2%	23.8%	0%	1976
Pike County	41	78%	22%	0%	1977
Echols County (this page)	41	68.3%	31.7%	0%	1970
Taliaferro County	40	65%	35%	0%	1974

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (41 bridges here).

Saguache County, CO · 41 bridges
Ohio County, IN · 41 bridges
Clinton County, KY · 41 bridges
Carter County, MT · 41 bridges

Similar average build year

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

Hamilton County, OH · avg 1970 · 783 bridges
Yavapai County, AZ · avg 1970 · 543 bridges
Garfield County, OK · avg 1970 · 504 bridges
San Luis Obispo County, CA · avg 1970 · 401 bridges

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

All 41 Good 28 Fair 13 Poor 0

All bridges (41)

Sort:

WOODPECKER ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE CREEK

APP 15 MI SE OF TARVER, Echols, GA

Built 1955 Load: 10.8 t ADT: 40

BAMBURG ROAD

Fair

Over: TOMS CREEK

APP 3.6 MI N OF TARVER, Echols, GA

Built 1982 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 121

J. FRANK CULPEPPER

Fair

Over: ENOCH CREEK

6 MI W OF STATENVILLE, Echols, GA

Built 1964 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 1,470

FAS 568

Fair

Over: ALAPAHA RIVER

APP 2 MI E OF HOWELL, Echols, GA

Built 1955 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 490

US 441

Fair

Over: LITTLE SUWANNEE CREEK

APP 8 MIL S OF FARGO, Echols, GA

Built 1955 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 540

TOMS CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: TOMS CREEK TRIB

APP 10 MI SE OF TARVER, Echols, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 40

TOMS CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE CREEK TRIB

APP 12.5 MI SE OF TARVER, Echols, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 30

TOMS CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE CREEK TRIB

APP 15 MI SE OF TARVER, Echols, GA

Built 1970 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 300

BETHEL CHURCH RD

Fair

Over: LONG BRANCH

7.5 MI SW OF STATENVILLE, Echols, GA

Built 1964 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 300

US 129

Fair

Over: GA SOUTHERN RAILROAD

10 MI N OF STATENVILLE, Echols, GA

Built 1939 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,300

SR 135

Fair

Over: HOWELL BRANCH

16 MI NW OF STATENVILLE, Echols, GA

Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 440

FAS 568

Fair

Over: CONNELL BRANCH

APP 1.5 MI E OF HOWELL, Echols, GA

Built 1955 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 490

FAS 568

Fair

Over: ALAPAHA RIVER OVERFLOW

APP 2.5 MI E OF HOWELL, Echols, GA

Echols County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

65.9% of Echols County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Echols 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 (41)

WOODPECKER ROAD

BAMBURG ROAD

J. FRANK CULPEPPER

FAS 568

US 441

TOMS CREEK ROAD

TOMS CREEK ROAD

TOMS CREEK ROAD

BETHEL CHURCH RD

US 129

SR 135

FAS 568

FAS 568

J. FRANK CULPEPPER

J. FRANK CULPEPPER

SR 94

SR 376

SR 94

SR 94

PINELAND ROAD

SR 135

WILL REWIS ROAD

MAYDAY ROAD

SR 94

SR 135

SR 135

SR 94

SR 187

SR 94

TOMS CREEK ROAD

US 129 SR 11

SR 135

SR 94

WOODPECKER ROAD

US 129

SR 94

SR 94

SR 94

SR 94

SR 135

US 129

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