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Gordon County, GA

133 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 68.4% rated Good, 30.1% Fair, 1.5% Poor.

133
Public bridges: 68.4%
Good condition: 1.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

98th
of 159 on Poor share: 1.5%
Poor-condition share: 133
public highway bridges: 1979
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.

Gordon County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Gordon County ranks #98 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.5%). Gordon County, Georgia contains 133 public highway bridges. Roughly 68.4% are rated “Good,” 30.1% “Fair,” and 1.5% “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

133

Public highway bridges in Gordon County

Good condition

68.4%

91 of 133 rated 7-9

Fair condition

30.1%

40 of 133 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.5%

2 of 133 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#98 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 133 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

68.4% (91)

Fair

30.1% (40)

Poor

1.5% (2)

Gordon County's Poor-condition bridges carry 830 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 415 crossings a day against 5,858 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 133 of 133 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

46.6% of Gordon County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

62 of the 133 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 68.4% 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% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

POCKET ROAD over SNAKE CREEK, built 1983, carries 780 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 830 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

6
1930s

9
1940s

5
1950s

10
1960s

26
1970s

9
1980s

20
1990s

13
2000s

17
2010s

11
2020s

7

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Gordon County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.5% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Gordon County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Henry County	140	86.4%	12.1%	1.4%	1988
Bulloch County	139	80.6%	19.4%	0%	1974
Meriwether County	135	37%	48.1%	14.8%	1972
Gordon County (this page)	133	68.4%	30.1%	1.5%	1979
Lowndes County	130	83.8%	14.6%	1.5%	1981
Whitfield County	130	53.8%	44.6%	1.5%	1973

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (133 bridges here).

Henry County, AL · 133 bridges
Nevada County, AR · 133 bridges
East Feliciana County, LA · 133 bridges
Howard County, MO · 133 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1979 here).

Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
Jefferson County, KY · avg 1979 · 662 bridges
Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges

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

All 133 Good 91 Fair 40 Poor 2

Fair-condition bridges (40)

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Gordon County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Gordon County's Poor-condition bridges carry 830 vehicle crossings a day

46.6% of Gordon County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 94% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Gordon 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

Fair-condition bridges (40)

MAULDIN ROAD

BATTLE ROAD

SALEM ROAD

PINE CHAPEL ROAD

OWENS GIN ROAD

OWENS GIN ROAD

SR 156

I-75

I-75

JIM TOM ROAD

SR 136

DEWS POND ROAD

SR 53

SR 136 CONNECTOR

SR 156

TRIMBLE HOLLOW RD

SR 136

TAYLOR BRIDGE ROAD

I-75

US 41/ SR 3

SR 136

SR 53

SAM HUNT ROAD

TRIMBLE HOLLOW RD

SR 53 SPUR

CULPEPPER ROAD

US 411 / SR 61

US 411 / SR 61

US 41/ SR 3

SR 53

I-75

I-75

I-75

PLEASANT HILL RD

SR 136

SR 53

EVERGREEN ROAD

SR 156

SR 136

PLAINVIEW ROAD

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