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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.

When Habersham County's bridges were built

107 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

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).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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 Poor
Mitchell County 111 1.8%
Fannin County 107 1.9%
Ware County 107 0.9%
Habersham County (this page) 107 0.9%
Brooks County 104 3.8%
Grady County 104 1%

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).

Similar average build year

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

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

Good-condition bridges (83)

COON CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE MUD CREEK

3 MI W OF ALTO, Habersham, GA

Built 1984 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 50

SHOAL CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: ALLEY CREEK

6 MI NW OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1990 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 20

OAKEY MTN ROAD

Good

Over: RAPER CREEK

10 MI N OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1986 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 210

FRED WILSON ROAD

Good

Over: RIGHT FORK SOQUEE RIVER

14 MI NW OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1985 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 90

OLD CHIMNEY MTN RD

Good

Over: LEFT FORK SOQUEE RIVER

12 MI NW OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1987 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 20

GOSHEN ROAD

Good

Over: RIGHT FORK SOQUEE RIVER

13 MI NW OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1987 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 30

HOLLYWOOD CH. RD

Good

Over: DEEP CREEK

4.5 MI N OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1989 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 190

BEAR GAP ROAD

Good

Over: PANTHER CREEK

4.8 MI WEST OF TALLULAH F, Habersham, GA

Built 1999 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 50

US 23 (NBL)/SR 365

Good

Over: CR 542 J WARREN ROAD

2 MI NW OF BALDWIN, Habersham, GA

Built 1979 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 27,700

US 123 (SBL)/SR 36

Good

Over: SR 15 (US 23-441)

4.5 MI E OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1990 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 66,500

US 23 - US 441 (SB

Good

Over: BIG PANTHER CREEK

3 MI SW OF TALLULAH FALLS, Habersham, GA

Built 1993 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 10,360

SR 17

Good

Over: AMYS CREEK

6 MI W OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1956 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 4,930

SR 197

Good

Over: LITTLE HAZEL CREEK

3 MI NE OF DEMOREST, Habersham, GA

Built 1955 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 4,410

SR 197

Good

Over: HAZEL CREEK

3.5 MI SE OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1955 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 4,410

SR 197

Good

Over: SOQUEE RIVER

7.1 MI NW OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1933 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 300

WILBANKS ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE MUD CREEK

1 MI NW OF ALTO, Habersham, GA

Built 2000 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 80

WELCOME HOME RD

Good

Over: NS RAILROAD

2.6 MI NE OF MOUNT AIRY, Habersham, GA

Built 1996 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 90

SR 356

Good

Over: RIGHT FORK SOQUEE RIVER

11.1 MI NW OF CLARKSVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1962 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 430

SR 356

Good

Over: LEFT FORK SOQUEE RIVER

12.2 MI NW OF CLARKSVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1962 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 530

US 441 (SBL)/SR15

Good

Over: SR 365 NBL (US 23)

IN NORTHWEST CORNELIA, Habersham, GA

Built 1979 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,660

SR 105

Good

Over: SOQUEE RIVER

2.6 MI SW OF DEMOREST, Habersham, GA

Built 2003 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 10,400

BC GRANT ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE MUD CREEK

CITY LIMITS OF ALTO, Habersham, GA

Built 1970 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 1,150

SR 17- SR 115

Good

Over: SUTTON MILL CREEK

0.3 MI W OF CLARKSVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1988 Load: 73.4 t ADT: 7,560

US441B-SR385/17A

Good

Over: GLADE CREEK

2.8 MI NE OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1972 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 4,270

US 441/SR15

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK MUD CREEK

IN WEST CORNELIA, Habersham, GA

Built 1972 Load: 90.7 t ADT: 14,100

DUNCAN BRIDGE RD

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

3.8 MI NW OF BALDWIN, Habersham, GA

Built 1959 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 7,260

DUNCAN BRIDGE RD

Good

Over: LITTLE MUD CREEK

IN BALDWIN CITY LIMITS, Habersham, GA

Built 1959 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 5,180

US 23-SR 15 @ 6.01

Good

Over: LICK LOG CREEK

4.4 MI SE OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1990 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 25,900

US 23-SR 15/365

Good

Over: LITTLE HAZEL CREEK

4 MI E OF CLARKESVILLE, Habersham, GA

Built 1989 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 19,400

US 23-SR 365

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK MUD CREEK

1 MI W OF CORNELIA, Habersham, GA

Built 1979 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 24,300

US 23 - US 441 / S

Good

Over: LITTLE PANTHER CREEK

0.5 MI SW TALLULAH FALL, Habersham, GA

Built 1993 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 15,700

ALTO MUD CRK RD

Good

Over: LITTLE MUD CREEK

2 MI W OF ALTO, Habersham, GA

Built 1961 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 410

INDUSTRIAL PARK RO

Good

Over: LITTLE MUD CREEK

1.5 MI E OF BALDWIN, Habersham, GA

Built 2010 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,358

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