County profile · official public datasets

Franklin County, GA

117 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 70.1% rated Good, 27.4% Fair, 2.6% Poor.

117
Public bridges
70.1%
Good condition
2.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

125th
of 159 on Poor share
2.6%
Poor-condition share
117
public highway bridges
1976
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.

Franklin County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Franklin County ranks #125 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.6%). Franklin County, Georgia contains 117 public highway bridges. Roughly 70.1% are rated “Good,” 27.4% “Fair,” and 2.6% “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

117

Public highway bridges in Franklin County

Good condition

70.1%

82 of 117 rated 7-9

Fair condition

27.4%

32 of 117 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.6%

3 of 117 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#125 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 117 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
70.1% (82)
Fair
27.4% (32)
Poor
2.6% (3)

Franklin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 370 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 123 crossings a day against 3,766 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 117 of 117 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

59.8% of Franklin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

70 of the 117 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 70.1% 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 81.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 326 over NAILS CREEK, built 1959, carries 300 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 370 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Franklin County's bridges were built

117 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 50 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 42.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Franklin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.6% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Franklin County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Emanuel County 121 1.7%
Rabun County 118 1.7%
Polk County 117 1.7%
Franklin County (this page) 117 2.6%
Walton County 115 1.7%
Chattooga County 113 8.8%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (117 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1976 here).

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

All 117 Good 82 Fair 32 Poor 3

Good-condition bridges (82)

NEWTOWN ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE CRAWFORD CREEK

3.2 MI NW OF LAVONIA, Franklin, GA

Built 1975 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 440

RICE MILL ROAD

Good

Over: RICE MILL CREEK

1.6 MI NW FRANKLIN SPRING, Franklin, GA

Built 2003 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 103

STARRETT ROAD

Good

Over: DOUBLE BRANCH

1.6 MI NW OF CANON, Franklin, GA

Built 2003 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 60

BLACK SNAKE ROAD

Good

Over: RICE CREEK

2.4 MI SW OF CANON, Franklin, GA

Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 30

DOWELL ROAD

Good

Over: M FORK BROAD RIVER

4 MI S OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 2007 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 103

ADERHOLD ROAD

Good

Over: STEPHENS CREEK

6.4 MI OF CANON, Franklin, GA

Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 30

SR 51

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK BROAD RIVER

2 1 MI W FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Franklin, GA

Built 2008 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,140

SR 17

Good

Over: SR 403 I 85

1 MI NW OF LAVONIA, Franklin, GA

Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 14,100

SR51

Good

Over: NAILS CREEK TRIB

8.3 MI W OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 2006 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,910

SR 17 (SBL)

Good

Over: EAST MAIN ST (HART R/R)

3 MI WEST OF LAVONIA, Franklin, GA

Built 2015 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 10,700

NEAL ROAD

Good

Over: I-85

9.3 MI SW OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 2018 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 70

SR 59

Good

Over: CROCKET CREEK

7.5 MI SW OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 1926 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 1,380

SR17 (NBL)

Good

Over: EAST MAIN ST (HART R/R)

3 MI WEST OF LAVONIA, Franklin, GA

Built 2015 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 8,530

BROWN ROAD

Good

Over: I-85

3.2 MI NE OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 2020 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 680

SR 59

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK BROAD RIVER

1.7 MI SW OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 2022 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,180

SR 198

Good

Over: I-85

3 MI SW OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 2021 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 990

WILLIAMS BRIDGE R

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK BROAD RIVER

7.4 MI NW OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 1991 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 150

STAGECOACH ROAD

Good

Over: I-85

1.1 MI NW OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 2019 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 80

AKINS BRIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: NORTH FORK BROAD RIVER

7.3 MI NW OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 2019 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 290

CASEY ROAD

Good

Over: UNAWATTI CREEK

4 MI W OF CANON, Franklin, GA

Built 2020 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 180

CEDAR RIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: I-85

7.5 MI SW OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 2019 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 300

UNAWATTI ROAD

Good

Over: UNAWATTI CREEK

4 MI NW OF CANON, Franklin, GA

Built 2022 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 780

CR 103 SHERIFF ROA

Good

Over: TOMS CREEK

7 MI NW OF LAVONIA, Franklin, GA

Built 2013 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 103

SR 59

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

3 MI SW OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 1938 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 1,440

SR 320

Good

Over: HUNTERS CREEK

4 MI NW OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 1990 Load: 93.4 t ADT: 1,070

SR 51

Good

Over: NAILS CREEK TRIB

8.2 MI W OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 1957 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,910

SR 327

Good

Over: RICE CREEK

1.1 MI NW FRANKLIN SPGS, Franklin, GA

Built 1974 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,560

SR 327

Good

Over: DOUBLE BRANCH

APP 1.7 MI N OF JCT SR 51, Franklin, GA

Built 1970 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,050

I-85

Good

Over: CROCKETT CREEK

7.7 MI SW OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 1962 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 46,900

GUMLOG CREEK RD

Good

Over: GUM LOG CREEK

4.4 MI NW OF LAVONIA, Franklin, GA

Built 1986 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 30

PLEASANT HILL ROAD

Good

Over: CRAWFORD CREEK

2.9 MI NW OF LAVONIA, Franklin, GA

Built 1962 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 540

PRICE ROAD

Good

Over: GUM LOG CREEK

4.5 MI. NW OF LAVONIA, Franklin, GA

Built 1998 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 103

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Related

Browse all → | Rankings →
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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.