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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.

1920s

3
1930s

3
1940s

2
1950s

8
1960s

50
1970s

6
1980s

11
1990s

6
2000s

15
2010s

7
2020s

6

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).

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	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Emanuel County	121	81%	17.4%	1.7%	1972
Rabun County	118	57.6%	40.7%	1.7%	1973
Polk County	117	74.4%	23.9%	1.7%	1970
Franklin County (this page)	117	70.1%	27.4%	2.6%	1976
Walton County	115	72.2%	26.1%	1.7%	1981
Chattooga County	113	58.4%	32.7%	8.8%	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 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).

Clark County, KY · 117 bridges
Fleming County, KY · 117 bridges
Franklin County, KY · 117 bridges
Benton County, MN · 117 bridges

Similar average build year

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

Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges

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

All bridges (117)

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Franklin County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

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

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

One structure carries 81.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Franklin 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 (117)

CAWTHON/DAVIS RD

TURKEY CREEK RD

GRADY SCHOOL RD

GRADY SCHOOL RD

CLARKS CREEK ROAD

DAVIS SCHOOL ROAD

HARRISON BRIDGE RD

BRAYS LAKE ROAD

BOND BRIDGE ROAD

AKINS ROAD

BURNETTE ROAD

MCFARLIN ROAD

WILKINSON ROAD

DAWKINS ROAD

CARSON ROAD

ROPER ROAD

STONE BRIDGE RD

STRANGE ROAD

SR 51

I-85 NBL

I-85 SBL

SR145

SR 320

SR 145

SR 106

SR 59

I-85

ALLEN FARM ROAD

DOLLY PHILLIPS RD.

OLD STAGECOACH ROA

GOOLSBY ROAD

DOVEHILL ROAD

NEWTOWN ROAD

RICE MILL ROAD

STARRETT ROAD

BLACK SNAKE ROAD

DOWELL ROAD

ADERHOLD ROAD

SR 51

SR 17

SR51

SR 17 (SBL)

NEAL ROAD

SR 59

SR17 (NBL)

BROWN ROAD

SR 59

SR 198

WILLIAMS BRIDGE R

STAGECOACH ROAD

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