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Effingham County, GA

73 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 93.2% rated Good, 6.8% Fair, 0% Poor.

73
Public bridges
93.2%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Effingham County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 18%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
73
public highway bridges
1972
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.

Effingham County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Effingham County ranks #29 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Effingham County, Georgia contains 73 public highway bridges. Roughly 93.2% are rated “Good,” 6.8% “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

73

Public highway bridges in Effingham County

Good condition

93.2%

68 of 73 rated 7-9

Fair condition

6.8%

5 of 73 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 73 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#29 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 73 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
93.2% (68)
Fair
6.8% (5)
Poor
0% (0)

54.8% of Effingham County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

40 of the 73 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 93.2% 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 Effingham County's bridges were built

73 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 17 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1972, 5 years older than the Georgia average of 1977.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Effingham County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Effingham County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Clinch County 74 2.7%
Decatur County 74 1.4%
Hart County 74 2.7%
Dade County 73 1.4%
Dooly County 73 0%
Effingham County (this page) 73 0%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (73 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1972 here).

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

All 73 Good 68 Fair 5 Poor 0

All bridges (73)

LITTLE McCALL ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE EBENEZER CREEK

5 MI NW OF RINCON, Effingham, GA

Built 1995 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 514

SR 21 (NBL)

Good

Over: JACKS BRANCH

1 MI E OF SPRINGFIELD, Effingham, GA

Built 1996 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 7,380

SR 21 (SBL)

Good

Over: JACKS BRANCH

1 MI E OF SPRINGFIELD, Effingham, GA

Built 1997 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 5,640

STANDARD LANE

Good

Over: JACKS BRANCH

1 MI W OF SPRINGFIELD, Effingham, GA

Built 1997 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 300

LONG BRIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: LOCKNER CREEK

3 MI E OF RINCON, Effingham, GA

Built 1996 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,260

CLYO-KILDARE ROAD

Good

Over: EBENEZER CREEK

13 MI N OF SPRINGFIELD, Effingham, GA

Built 1996 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 550

SPRINGFIELD-TUSCLU

Good

Over: JACKS BRANCH

1 MI NW OFSPRINGFIELD, Effingham, GA

Built 1997 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,020

BUNYAN KESSLER RD

Good

Over: DASHER CREEK

2 MI E OFRINCON, Effingham, GA

Built 2001 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,606

LOG LANDING ROAD

Good

Over: EBENEEZER CREEK

4 MI N OF RINCON, Effingham, GA

Built 2002 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,480

LOG LANDING ROAD

Good

Over: EBENEZER CREEK

4 MILES N OF RINCON, Effingham, GA

Built 2007 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,480

SR 21

Good

Over: DEVILS BRANCH

1.5 MILES SOUTH OF SCREVE, Effingham, GA

Built 2007 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 5,020

SECKINGER FORD RD

Good

Over: DASHER CREEK

1.5 MI E OF RINCON, Effingham, GA

Built 2014 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 6,530

OLD AUGUSTA ROAD

Good

Over: DEVILS BRANCH

12 MI NE OF SPRINGFIELD, Effingham, GA

Built 1978 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 190

SR 26 (US 80)

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW

9 MI S OF GUYTON, Effingham, GA

Built 2015 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 11,700

SR 26 - US 80

Good

Over: LITTLE OGEECHEE CREEK

8 MI S OF GUYTON, Effingham, GA

Built 1926 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 11,100

HONEY RIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

4 MI S OF GUYTON, Effingham, GA

Built 2019 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 514

SR 119

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW

3.5 W OF GUYTON, Effingham, GA

Built 1992 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 4,370

SR 17

Good

Over: OGEECHEE CREEK

11 MI S OF GUYTON, Effingham, GA

Built 1960 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 6,830

SR 21 (NBL)

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

0.75 MI OF SPRINGFIELD, Effingham, GA

Built 1997 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 20,800

SR 21 (SBL)

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

0.75 MI S OF SPRINGFIELD, Effingham, GA

Built 1997 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 5,640

OLD RIVER ROAD

Good

Over: I-16 (SR 404)

15 MI S OF GUYTON, Effingham, GA

Built 2020 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 4,670

SR 119

Good

Over: WHITE DEER BRANCH

1 MI W OF SPRINGFIELD, Effingham, GA

Built 1989 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 9,270

SR 119

Good

Over: JACKS BRANCH

IN SPRINGFIELD CITY LIMIT, Effingham, GA

Built 1964 Load: 72.5 t ADT: 4,640

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.