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Fulton County, GA

775 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 67.1% rated Good, 31.9% Fair, 1% Poor.

775
Public bridges: 67.1%
Good condition: 1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

83rd
of 159 on Poor share: 1%
Poor-condition share: 775
public highway bridges: 1975
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.

Fulton County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fulton County ranks #83 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1%). Fulton County, Georgia contains 775 public highway bridges. Roughly 67.1% are rated “Good,” 31.9% “Fair,” and 1% “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

775

Public highway bridges in Fulton County

Good condition

67.1%

520 of 775 rated 7-9

Fair condition

31.9%

247 of 775 rated 5-6

Poor condition

8 of 775 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#83 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 775 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

67.1% (520)

Fair

31.9% (247)

Poor

1% (8)

Fulton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 38,820 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 4,853 crossings a day against 36,646 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 775 of 775 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

49% of Fulton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

380 of the 775 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 67.1% 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 45.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

CHESHIRE BRIDGE RD over CSX RAILROAD (639814N), built 1937, carries 17,700 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 38,820 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

3
1910s

5
1920s

31
1930s

29
1940s

18
1950s

60
1960s

212
1970s

52
1980s

175
1990s

73
2000s

43
2010s

35
2020s

39

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 212 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Fulton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1981 is 6 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Fulton County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Fulton County (this page)	775	67.1%	31.9%	1%	1975
Cobb County	414	89.1%	10.9%	0%	1987
DeKalb County	392	73.7%	24.7%	1.5%	1971
Gwinnett County	317	89.3%	10.7%	0%	1989
Chatham County	265	75.8%	23%	1.1%	1985
Bibb County	220	76.4%	23.6%	0%	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 Fulton 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 Fulton County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (775 bridges here).

Westchester County, NY · 774 bridges
Johnson County, KS · 781 bridges
Baltimore County, MD · 783 bridges
Hamilton County, OH · 783 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1975 here).

San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges
Monroe County, NY · avg 1975 · 615 bridges

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

All 775 Good 520 Fair 247 Poor 8

Good-condition bridges (520)

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Fulton County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Fulton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 38,820 vehicle crossings a day

49% of Fulton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 45.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Fulton 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

Good-condition bridges (520)

SR 400 (NBL)

POTOMAC DRIVE

INTERSTATE 285

INTERSTATE 285

US 19 SBL SR 400

US 19

US 19

US 19

JONESBORO ROAD

McGINNIS FERRY RD

PORTER TERRY ROAD

MCDONOUGH BLVD.

US 19

I-285

DECATUR STREET

NORTHSIDE DRIVE

400NB TO 285EB

I-285 CCB TO SR 40

METROPOLITAN AVE.U

I-75

SPALDING DRIVE

I-285 CBL

BELL ROAD

285 TO 400N

TENTH STREET

GRIMES BRIDGE RD A

WEST WESLEY ROAD

CHESHIRE BRIDGE RD

INTERSTATE 285

US 19 SBL SR 400

EDGEWOOD AVE.

ADAMS DRIVE

RMP I-20 TO SR 139

I-285

SR 141 (LOOP-CONN)

I-285

US 19 SBL SR 400

US 19 SBL SR 400

HOWELL MILL ROAD

CAMP CREEK PKWY.

SPRING STREET

CAMP CREEK PKWY

KIMBALL BRIDGE RD.

I-75

I-285 CCBL

NORTHSIDE DRIVE

SPALDING DRIVE

WIEUCA ROAD

JONESBORO ROAD

I-285

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