Total bridges
41
Public highway bridges in Echols County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
Good condition
68.3%
28 of 41 rated 7-9
Fair condition
31.7%
13 of 41 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
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.
When Echols County's bridges were built
41 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
15 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
7 bridges
- 1970s 3
1970–1979
3 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
6 bridges
- 1990s 3
1990–1999
3 bridges
- 2000s 4
2000–2009
4 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
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.
| 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.
Fair-condition bridges (13)
WOODPECKER ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE CREEK
APP 15 MI SE OF TARVER, Echols, GA
Built 1955 Load: 10.8 t ADT: 40
BAMBURG ROAD
FairOver: TOMS CREEK
APP 3.6 MI N OF TARVER, Echols, GA
Built 1982 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 121
J. FRANK CULPEPPER
FairOver: ENOCH CREEK
6 MI W OF STATENVILLE, Echols, GA
Built 1964 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 1,470
FAS 568
FairOver: ALAPAHA RIVER
APP 2 MI E OF HOWELL, Echols, GA
Built 1955 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 490
US 441
FairOver: LITTLE SUWANNEE CREEK
APP 8 MIL S OF FARGO, Echols, GA
Built 1955 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 540
TOMS CREEK ROAD
FairOver: TOMS CREEK TRIB
APP 10 MI SE OF TARVER, Echols, GA
Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 40
TOMS CREEK ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE CREEK TRIB
APP 12.5 MI SE OF TARVER, Echols, GA
Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 30
TOMS CREEK ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE CREEK TRIB
APP 15 MI SE OF TARVER, Echols, GA
Built 1970 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 300
BETHEL CHURCH RD
FairOver: LONG BRANCH
7.5 MI SW OF STATENVILLE, Echols, GA
Built 1964 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 300
US 129
FairOver: GA SOUTHERN RAILROAD
10 MI N OF STATENVILLE, Echols, GA
Built 1939 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,300
SR 135
FairOver: HOWELL BRANCH
16 MI NW OF STATENVILLE, Echols, GA
Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 440
FAS 568
FairOver: CONNELL BRANCH
APP 1.5 MI E OF HOWELL, Echols, GA
Built 1955 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 490
FAS 568
FairOver: ALAPAHA RIVER OVERFLOW
APP 2.5 MI E OF HOWELL, Echols, GA
Built 1955 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 490
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