Total bridges
775
Public highway bridges in Fulton County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
Good condition
67.1%
520 of 775 rated 7-9
Fair condition
31.9%
247 of 775 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1%
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.
When Fulton County's bridges were built
775 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 3
1900–1909
3 bridges
- 1910s 5
1910–1919
5 bridges
- 1920s 31
1920–1929
31 bridges
- 1930s 29
1930–1939
29 bridges
- 1940s 18
1940–1949
18 bridges
- 1950s 60
1950–1959
60 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
212 bridges
- 1970s 52
1970–1979
52 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
175 bridges
- 1990s 73
1990–1999
73 bridges
- 2000s 43
2000–2009
43 bridges
- 2010s 35
2010–2019
35 bridges
- 2020s 39
2020–2029
39 bridges
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.
| 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.
Good-condition bridges (520)
LENOX ROAD
GoodOver: S. FORK PEACHTREE CRK
IN N ATLANTA, Fulton, GA
Built 1950 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 8,820
CAMP CREEK PKWY
GoodOver: CAMP CREEK TRIB
9.3 MI N OF UNION CITY, Fulton, GA
Built 1983 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 26,600
FAIR DRIVE
GoodOver: SOUTH RIVER TRIB
IN ATLANTA, Fulton, GA
Built 1965 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 5,810
FAIR DRIVE
GoodOver: SOUTH RIVER TRIB
IN ATLANTA, Fulton, GA
Built 1965 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 5,810
STATE BRIDGE ROAD
GoodOver: BIG CREEK TRIBUTARY
IN ALPHARETTA @ SR 400, Fulton, GA
Built 1955 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 45,100
US 19 / SR 400
GoodOver: CAMP CREEK
IN NORTH ALPHARETTA, Fulton, GA
Built 1975 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 87,200
I-75
GoodOver: SOUTH RIVER
1.5 M NE OF HAPEVILLE, Fulton, GA
Built 1984 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 151,000
I-285
GoodOver: NORTH FORK CAMP CREEK
IN S W ATLANTA, Fulton, GA
Built 1965 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 137,000
US 19 / SR. 400
GoodOver: BIG CREEK TRIBUTARY
IN EAST ALPHARETTA, Fulton, GA
Built 1969 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 122,000
DE FOORS FERRY RD.
GoodOver: PEACHTREE CREEK TRIB
IN N ATLANTA, Fulton, GA
Built 1978 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 8,250
CAMP CREEK PKWY
GoodOver: CAMP CREEK TRIB
6.1 MI W OF COLLEGE PARK, Fulton, GA
Built 1983 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 34,500
CAMP CREEK PKWY
GoodOver: CAMP CREEK TRIB
6.2 MI W OF COLLEGE PARK, Fulton, GA
Built 1983 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 32,700
I-85
GoodOver: NS RAILROAD
IN N ATLANTA, Fulton, GA
Built 1984 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 232,000
I-85
GoodOver: ATLANTA BELTLINE
IN N ATLANTA, Fulton, GA
Built 1984 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 232,000
HOPEWELL ROAD
GoodOver: COOPER SANDY CREEK
2 MI N OF ALPHARETTA, Fulton, GA
Built 1953 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 7,030
SEABOARD IND BLVD
GoodOver: PEACHTREE CREEK TRIB
IN N ATLANTA, Fulton, GA
Built 1960 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 540
LOGAN CIR. (SOUTH)
GoodOver: PEACHTREE CREEK TRIB
IN N ATLANTA, Fulton, GA
Built 1960 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,004
US 29/SR 14 ALT
GoodOver: WOLF CREEK TRIB.
2.8 MI N OF UNION CITY, Fulton, GA
Built 1991 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 39,500
US 29 SR 14 ALT
GoodOver: PEA CREEK
4.1 MI NW OF FAIRBURN, Fulton, GA
Built 1994 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 5,410
JOHNSON ROAD
GoodOver: PEEKS CREEK
I MILE EAST OF PALMETTO, Fulton, GA
Built 2006 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,240
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