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Habersham County, GA

107 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 77.6% rated Good, 21.5% Fair, 0.9% Poor.

107
Public bridges: 77.6%
Good condition: 0.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 48%
lowest Poor share in state: 0.9%
Poor-condition share: 107
public highway bridges: 1974
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.

Habersham County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Habersham County ranks #77 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.9%). Habersham County, Georgia contains 107 public highway bridges. Roughly 77.6% are rated “Good,” 21.5% “Fair,” and 0.9% “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

107

Public highway bridges in Habersham County

Good condition

77.6%

83 of 107 rated 7-9

Fair condition

21.5%

23 of 107 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0.9%

1 of 107 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#77 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 107 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

77.6% (83)

Fair

21.5% (23)

Poor

0.9% (1)

Habersham County's Poor-condition bridges carry 110 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 110 crossings a day against 6,696 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 107 of 107 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

48.6% of Habersham County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

52 of the 107 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 77.6% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

TUGALO CUT THROUGH over LITTLE PANTHER CREEK, built 1941, carries 110 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 110 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

2
1930s

5
1940s

6
1950s

13
1960s

14
1970s

22
1980s

18
1990s

22
2000s

3
2010s

1
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 22 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Habersham County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.9% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Habersham County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Mitchell County	111	86.5%	11.7%	1.8%	1971
Fannin County	107	36.4%	61.7%	1.9%	1980
Ware County	107	74.8%	24.3%	0.9%	1979
Habersham County (this page)	107	77.6%	21.5%	0.9%	1974
Brooks County	104	68.3%	27.9%	3.8%	1970
Grady County	104	93.3%	5.8%	1%	1982

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (107 bridges here).

Magoffin County, KY · 107 bridges
Barnstable County, MA · 107 bridges
Mille Lacs County, MN · 107 bridges
Luna County, NM · 107 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1974 here).

Knox County, TN · avg 1974 · 588 bridges
Summit County, OH · avg 1974 · 563 bridges
Onondaga County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Orange County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges

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

All 107 Good 83 Fair 23 Poor 1

All bridges (107)

Sort:

SEVENTH STREET

Fair

Over: NS RAILROAD

IN MOUNT AIRY, Habersham, GA

Built 1947 Load: 9.9 t ADT: 180

HOYT STREET

Fair

Over: NS RAILROAD

IN CORNELIA, Habersham, GA

Built 1952 Load: 9.9 t ADT: 370

SELLERS ROAD

Fair

Over: NS RAILROAD

3.6 MI NE OF MOUNT AIRY, Habersham, GA

Built 1945 Load: 10.8 t ADT: 10

W GLADE CRK ROAD

Fair

Over: DEEP CREEK

2.3 MI NE OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1939 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 60

MT. AIRY BRANCH-Br

Fair

Over: NANCYTOWN CREEK

NANCY TOWN REC AREA, Habersham, GA

Built 1957 Load: 14.3 t ADT: 5

CR 432 (SBL)

Fair

Over: CR 642

1.4 MI S OF ALTO, Habersham, GA

Built 1967 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 1,770

HUB TATUM ROAD

Fair

Over: SAUTEE CREEK

3 MI S OF BATESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1985 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 103

DUNCAN BRIDGE RD

Fair

Over: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER

6 MI NW OF BALDWIN, Habersham, GA

Built 1960 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 7,720

ERNEST DOVER ROAD

Fair

Over: DEEP CREEK

4.5 MI N OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1948 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 103

CRANE MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK

4 MI W OF ALTO, Habersham, GA

Built 1964 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 540

NANCYTOWN CREEK R

Fair

Over: NANCYTOWN CREEK

NANCY TOWN REC AREA, Habersham, GA

Built 1997 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 2

CR 648 - OLD US441

Fair

Over: BIG PANTHER CREEK

2.8 MI S OF TALLULAH FALL, Habersham, GA

Built 1927 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 620

SR 17- SR 115

Fair

Over: SOQUEE RIVER

IN WEST CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1941 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 7,560

VIRGE LOVELL ROAD

Fair

Over: RIGHT FORK SOQUEE RIVER

12 MI NW OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1982 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 103

PANTHER CK ROAD

Fair

Over: PANTHER CREEK

PANTHER CREEK REC AREA, Habersham, GA

Built 1938 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 168

SR 197

Fair

Over: SHOAL CREEK

4.5 MI N OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1990 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 930

ALEC MOUNTAIN ROAD

Fair

Over: SUTTON MILL CREEK

2 MI NW OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1980 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,240

GARRISON DRIVE

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK

7.4 MI SW OF BALDWIN, Habersham, GA

Built 1953 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 20

RAPER CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: RAPER CREEK

10 MILES N OF CLARKSVILL, Habersham, GA

Built 1968 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 5

PARDUE MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: YELLOWBANK CREEK TRIB

3.5 MI SW OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1993 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 250

SR 255

Fair

Over: AMYS CREEK

6 MI W OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1952 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 1,080

US 23-SR 15 @ 4.71

Fair

Over: CAMP CREEK

4.5 MI SE OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1990 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 28,500

OLD CLEVELAND ROAD

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK

3.3 MI WEST OF CORNELIA, Habersham, GA

Habersham County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Habersham County's Poor-condition bridges carry 110 vehicle crossings a day

48.6% of Habersham County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Habersham 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 (107)

SEVENTH STREET

HOYT STREET

SELLERS ROAD

W GLADE CRK ROAD

MT. AIRY BRANCH-Br

CR 432 (SBL)

HUB TATUM ROAD

DUNCAN BRIDGE RD

ERNEST DOVER ROAD

CRANE MILL ROAD

NANCYTOWN CREEK R

CR 648 - OLD US441

SR 17- SR 115

VIRGE LOVELL ROAD

PANTHER CK ROAD

SR 197

ALEC MOUNTAIN ROAD

GARRISON DRIVE

RAPER CREEK ROAD

PARDUE MILL ROAD

SR 255

US 23-SR 15 @ 4.71

OLD CLEVELAND ROAD

CR 545

US 441 BUS./SR 385

HARDMAN ROAD

CR 387 - MT AIRY R

WALL BRIDGE ROAD

US 441 SR 15

CR 432

CREASY PATCH ROAD

WATTS MILL ROAD

SR 115

US 441 BUS./SR 105

NEW LIBERTY ROAD

NEW LIBERTY ROAD

SR 115

GARRISON ROAD

DOUBLE BRIDGE RD

TROTTER ROAD

BILL RAMSEY ROAD

MACK ELLER ROAD

SR 105

CS 913 - WAYSIDE S

HABERSHAM MILLS RD

CR 642

NANCY TOWN ROAD

US 23 (SBL)/SR 365

US23/419-SR15/365

SR 197

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