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Emanuel County, GA

121 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 81% rated Good, 17.4% Fair, 1.7% Poor.

121
Public bridges
81%
Good condition
1.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Emanuel County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

106th
of 159 on Poor share
1.7%
Poor-condition share
121
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.

Emanuel County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Emanuel County ranks #106 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.7%). Emanuel County, Georgia contains 121 public highway bridges. Roughly 81% are rated “Good,” 17.4% “Fair,” and 1.7% “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

121

Public highway bridges in Emanuel County

Good condition

81%

98 of 121 rated 7-9

Fair condition

17.4%

21 of 121 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.7%

2 of 121 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#106 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 121 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
81% (98)
Fair
17.4% (21)
Poor
1.7% (2)

Emanuel County's Poor-condition bridges carry 242 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 121 crossings a day against 3,677 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 121 of 121 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

46.3% of Emanuel County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

56 of the 121 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 81% 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.

One structure carries 50% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

HALLS BRIDGE ROAD over LITTLE OHOOPEE RIVER, built 1920, carries 121 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 242 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Emanuel County's bridges were built

121 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 27 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 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 Emanuel County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Emanuel County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.7% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Emanuel County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Worth County 125 0%
Jackson County 123 1.6%
Emanuel County (this page) 121 1.7%
Rabun County 118 1.7%
Franklin County 117 2.6%
Polk County 117 1.7%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (121 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 121 Good 98 Fair 21 Poor 2

All bridges (121)

US 1 BYPASS (NBL)

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN

2.5 MI S OF SWAINSBORO, Emanuel, GA

Built 2002 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 2,530

US 1 BYPASS (SBL)

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN

2.5 MI S OF SWAINSBORO, Emanuel, GA

Built 2002 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 4,650

OLD MCLEOD BRIDGE

Good

Over: LITTLE OHOOPEE RIVER

6 MI W OF SWAINSBORO, Emanuel, GA

Built 1994 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 690

US 221 /SR171

Good

Over: OHOOPEE RIVER O/F

0.8 MI S OF NORRISTOWN, Emanuel, GA

Built 1998 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 550

US 221 /SR171

Good

Over: OHOOPEE RIVER

0.5 MI S OF NORRISTOWN, Emanuel, GA

Built 1998 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 550

HARRINGTON STREET

Good

Over: READY CREEK

IN OAK PARK, Emanuel, GA

Built 1926 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 50

SR 46

Good

Over: JACKS CREEK

4 MI SW OF STILLMORE, Emanuel, GA

Built 1995 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 510

US 1 (SBL)

Good

Over: OHOOPEE RIVER O/F

2 MILES NORTH OF OAK PARK, Emanuel, GA

Built 2013 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 4,500

US 1 ( NBL ) / SR

Good

Over: JACKS CREEK

7.2 MI N OF OAK PARK, Emanuel, GA

Built 2007 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,860

US 1 ( SBL ) / SR

Good

Over: JACKS CREEK

7.2 MI N OF OAK PARK, Emanuel, GA

Built 2007 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 6,180

SR 23

Good

Over: NATHANS CREEK

3.3 MI NE OF TWIN CITY, Emanuel, GA

Built 1992 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,890

US 221 /SR171

Good

Over: LITTLE OHOOPEE RIV TRIB.

2.6 MI N OF NORRISTOWN, Emanuel, GA

Built 1935 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 750

SR 57

Good

Over: SARDIS CREEK

9.7 MI NW OF SWAINSBORO, Emanuel, GA

Built 2005 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 1,730

SR 297

Good

Over: LONG CREEK

5.5 MI W OF OAK PARK, Emanuel, GA

Built 1974 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,470

SR 23

Good

Over: FIFTEEN MILE CREEK TRIB.

S CITY LIMITS OF GARFIELD, Emanuel, GA

Built 1992 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,890

US 80 / SR 26

Good

Over: CANOOCHEE CREEK

4.6 MI E OF SWAINSBORO, Emanuel, GA

Built 1986 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 4,960

US 80 / SR 26

Good

Over: ROBINS CREEK

4.7 MI NW OF NORRISTOWN, Emanuel, GA

Built 1973 Load: 62.5 t ADT: 1,820

US 1 BYPASS/ SR 4

Good

Over: EAST FORK YAM GRANDY CRK

2.2 MI SW OF SWAINSBORO, Emanuel, GA

Built 2005 Load: 72.5 t ADT: 2,630

US 1

Good

Over: READY CREEK

IN OAK PARK, Emanuel, GA

Built 2014 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 3,000

HALLS BRIDGE ROAD

Poor

Over: WEST FORK YAM GRANDY CR

3 MI W OF SWAINSBORO, Emanuel, GA

Built 1920 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 121

HALLS BRIDGE ROAD

Poor

Over: LITTLE OHOOPEE RIVER

2.7 MI NE OF NORRISTOWN, Emanuel, GA

Built 1920 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 121

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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.