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Hall County, GA

151 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 71.5% rated Good, 27.2% Fair, 1.3% Poor.

151
Public bridges: 71.5%
Good condition: 1.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

91st
of 159 on Poor share: 1.3%
Poor-condition share: 151
public highway bridges: 1981
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.

Hall County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hall County ranks #91 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.3%). Hall County, Georgia contains 151 public highway bridges. Roughly 71.5% are rated “Good,” 27.2% “Fair,” and 1.3% “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

151

Public highway bridges in Hall County

Good condition

71.5%

108 of 151 rated 7-9

Fair condition

27.2%

41 of 151 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.3%

2 of 151 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#91 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 151 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

71.5% (108)

Fair

27.2% (41)

Poor

1.3% (2)

Hall County's Poor-condition bridges carry 15,510 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 7,755 crossings a day against 6,828 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 151 of 151 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

43.7% of Hall County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

66 of the 151 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 71.5% 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 71.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

McEVER RD over BALUS CREEK, built 1961, carries 11,100 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 15,510 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

1
1930s

4
1940s

3
1950s

12
1960s

37
1970s

13
1980s

29
1990s

26
2000s

11
2010s

12
2020s

3

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 37 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Hall County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.3% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 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 Hall County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Cherokee County	164	84.8%	15.2%	0%	1985
Hall County (this page)	151	71.5%	27.2%	1.3%	1981
Walker County	149	51.7%	46.3%	2%	1971
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

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (151 bridges here).

Randolph County, AR · 151 bridges
Pasco County, FL · 151 bridges
St. Lucie County, FL · 151 bridges
Richland County, IL · 151 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1981 here).

Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges

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

All 151 Good 108 Fair 41 Poor 2

Good-condition bridges (108)

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Hall County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Hall County's Poor-condition bridges carry 15,510 vehicle crossings a day

43.7% of Hall County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 71.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Hall 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 (108)

MANGRAM MILL RD

PINE VALLEY ROAD

SR 52

SR 211

I-985 NBL (US 23)

OLD CORNELIA HWY

I-985 SBL (US 23)

US 129/ SR 11

SR 283

DORSEY STREET

JOE CHANDLER RD

JOE CHANDLER RD

JESS HELTON ROAD

NOPONE ROAD

WHIPPOORWILL RD

SPOUT SPRINGS RD

SPOUT SPRINGS RD

GAINES FERRY RD

UNION CHURCH RD

STRINGER ROAD

ATLANTA HIGHWAY

US 23 (NBL)

US 23 (SBL)

HF REED INDUSTRIAL

GILLSVILLE HIGHWAY

THOMPSON BR ROAD

WILD SMITH ROAD

ODUM SMALLWOOD RD

CLAUDE PECK ROAD

GEORGE BARNES RD

JAKE KEMP ROAD

DIXIE DRIVE

CASH ROAD

BLACK JACK ROAD

OLIVER ROAD

E. REED ROAD

BAKER ROAD

ROY PARKS ROAD

FULLER ROAD

GREGGS ROAD

BARRETT ROAD

COKER ROAD

BRYANT QUARTERS RD

BROOME ROAD

DUNAGAN ROAD

GAINES MILL ROAD

BOWEN BRIDGE RD

TANNER MILL CIR

OCONEE CIRCLE

SIMPSON ROAD

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