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Fannin County, GA

107 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 36.4% rated Good, 61.7% Fair, 1.9% Poor.

107
Public bridges: 36.4%
Good condition: 1.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Fannin County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

113th
of 159 on Poor share: 1.9%
Poor-condition share: 107
public highway bridges: 1980
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.

Fannin County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fannin County ranks #113 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.9%). Fannin County, Georgia contains 107 public highway bridges. Roughly 36.4% are rated “Good,” 61.7% “Fair,” and 1.9% “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

107

Public highway bridges in Fannin County

Good condition

36.4%

39 of 107 rated 7-9

Fair condition

61.7%

66 of 107 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.9%

2 of 107 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#113 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 107 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

36.4% (39)

Fair

61.7% (66)

Poor

1.9% (2)

Fannin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,940 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 970 crossings a day against 2,517 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 107 of 107 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

31.8% of Fannin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

34 of the 107 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 36.4% 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 94.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

MADOLA ROAD over FIGHTINGTOWN CREEK, built 1956, carries 1,840 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 1,940 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

1
1920s

1
1930s

5
1940s

3
1950s

6
1960s

7
1970s

14
1980s

29
1990s

27
2000s

14

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 29 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1980) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Fannin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.9% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Fannin County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Mitchell County	111	86.5%	11.7%	1.8%	1971
Habersham County	107	77.6%	21.5%	0.9%	1974
Ware County	107	74.8%	24.3%	0.9%	1979
Fannin County (this page)	107	36.4%	61.7%	1.9%	1980
Brooks County	104	68.3%	27.9%	3.8%	1970
Grady County	104	93.3%	5.8%	1%	1982

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (107 bridges here).

Magoffin County, KY · 107 bridges
Barnstable County, MA · 107 bridges
Mille Lacs County, MN · 107 bridges
Luna County, NM · 107 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1980 here).

Tulsa County, OK · avg 1980 · 1,135 bridges
Miami-Dade County, FL · avg 1980 · 1,057 bridges
Pulaski County, AR · avg 1980 · 721 bridges
McLennan County, TX · avg 1980 · 714 bridges

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

All 107 Good 39 Fair 66 Poor 2

All bridges (107)

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Fannin County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Fannin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,940 vehicle crossings a day

31.8% of Fannin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 94.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Fannin 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 (107)

FDR-22

WATKINS ROAD

OLD SKEENAH GAP RD

MT. RIVERS ROAD

DAVENPORT FARM RD

OLD S R 2

GRAND STREET

OLD LOVING ROAD

FORGE MILL ROAD

CUT CANE ROAD

JOHN DICK CREEK RD

RIVER ROAD

SR 60

ASKA ROAD

TANGLEWOOD DRIVE

NEWPORT ROAD

MADOLA ROAD

SUGAR CREEK ROAD

MOBILE ROAD

SCENIC DRIVE

LICKSKILLET ROAD

TANGLEWOOD DRIVE

ASKA ROAD

WINDING DR

BIG CREEK ROAD

SR 515 -US 76 - (S

WRIGHT MILL ROAD

CO RTE 256

CURTIS SWITCH ROAD

BARNES CHAPEL RD

BIG CREEK ROAD

SR 515 -US 76 - (N

SR 515 (US 76)

Mobile Rd.

HIDDEN VALLEY DR

ROCK CREEK-Bridge

OLD SR 2 / HWY 2

OLD STAR CREEK RD

STANLEY CRK ROAD

CASHES VALLEY RD

LICK SKILLET ROAD

FLAT CREEK RIV RD

FISH HATCHERY RD

SR 60 SPUR

SR 5

GALLOWAY ROAD

DOUBLEHEAD GAP RD

POWER DAM ROAD

BELL ROAD

LAURAL CROSSING

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