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Harris County, GA

99 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 74.7% rated Good, 24.2% Fair, 1% Poor.

99
Public bridges
74.7%
Good condition
1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

81st
of 159 on Poor share
1%
Poor-condition share
99
public highway bridges
1978
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.

Harris County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Harris County ranks #81 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1%). Harris County, Georgia contains 99 public highway bridges. Roughly 74.7% are rated “Good,” 24.2% “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.

Total bridges

99

Public highway bridges in Harris County

Good condition

74.7%

74 of 99 rated 7-9

Fair condition

24.2%

24 of 99 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1%

1 of 99 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#81 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 99 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
74.7% (74)
Fair
24.2% (24)
Poor
1% (1)

Harris County's Poor-condition bridges carry 220 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0% 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 220 crossings a day against 4,490 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 99 of 99 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

40.4% of Harris County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

40 of the 99 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 74.7% 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

RIDGEWAY ROAD over BOYD BRANCH TRIB, built 1950, carries 220 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 220 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Harris County's bridges were built

99 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 27 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Harris County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 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 Harris County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Gilmer County 101 7.9%
Crisp County 99 1%
Newton County 99 1%
Harris County (this page) 99 1%
Dougherty County 98 0%
Forsyth County 97 0%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (99 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1978 here).

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

All 99 Good 74 Fair 24 Poor 1

All bridges (99)

LICK SKILLET ROAD

Good

Over: MOUNTAIN OAK CREEK

7 MI SW OF WHITESVILLE, Harris, GA

Built 1979 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 420

WHITESVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: STANDING BOY CREEK

11.5 MI. SSW OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 2007 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 100

SR 116

Good

Over: BETHLEHEM CREEK

6 MILES NE OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 2008 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,390

OLD WEST POINT RD

Good

Over: LONG CANE CREEK

0.5 MI E OF WEST POINT, Harris, GA

Built 1993 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 360

MT. AIRY ROAD

Good

Over: OSSAHATCHIE CREEK

I MI S OF WAVERLY HALL, Harris, GA

Built 2021 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 110

US 27 / SR 1

Good

Over: HEIFERHORN CREEK

0.22 MI N HARRIS CO. LINE, Harris, GA

Built 1960 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 8,230

SR 219

Good

Over: HOUSE CREEK

1 MI N OF WHITESVILLE, Harris, GA

Built 1959 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,670

I-185 (SBL)

Good

Over: STANDING BOY CREEK

10 MI SW OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 1978 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 23,000

HOPEWELL CH ROAD

Good

Over: I-185@30.04N (EXIT 30)

0.3 MI E OF WHITESVILLE, Harris, GA

Built 1978 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,610

HAMILTON ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE MOUNTAIN CREEK

3 MI SE OF WHITESVILLE, Harris, GA

Built 1975 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 700

KINGS GAP ROAD

Good

Over: SPARKS CREEK

1 MI W OF SHILOH, Harris, GA

Built 1981 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,200

ALABAMA ROAD

Good

Over: MULBERRY CREEK

1.5 MI NE OF WAVERLY HALL, Harris, GA

Built 1979 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 410

HADLEY ROAD

Good

Over: HOUSE CREEK TRIB

2.5 MI NE OF WHITESVILLE, Harris, GA

Built 1975 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 120

MOUNTAIN HILL RD

Good

Over: HEIFERHORN CREEK

11 MI SSW OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 1996 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,020

VICTORIA AIRPARK D

Good

Over: MULBERRY CREEK

2 MILES NORTH WAVERLY WAL, Harris, GA

Built 2005 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 160

BROWN CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: BROWN CREEK

5 MI. NNW OF WAVERLY HALL, Harris, GA

Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 110

WHITESVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: STANDING BOY CREEK

11.5 M. SSW OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 100

WHITESVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: STANDING BOY CREEK

11.5 M. SSW OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 100

LOWER BLUE SPG RD.

Good

Over: BARNES CREEK

2.4 M. SW HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 2008 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,180

SR 219

Good

Over: MOUNTAIN OAK CREEK

1.5 MI S OF WHITESVILLE, Harris, GA

Built 2019 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 450

JOHNSON MILL RD

Good

Over: FORT CREEK

3.5 MI S ROOSERVELT PARK, Harris, GA

Built 1983 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 320

MONUMENT RD.

Good

Over: HOUSE CREEK

0.2 MI. NW WHITESVILLE, Harris, GA

Built 2008 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 110

FORTSON ROAD

Good

Over: STANDING BOY CREEK

10 MI S OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 2020 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 2,020

SR 116

Good

Over: PALMETTO CREEK

1.4 MI E OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 2009 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 3,600

FORTUNE HOLE ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE PALMETTO CREEK

1 MI SE HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 2019 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 150

DENNY ROAD

Good

Over: OSSAHATCHIE CREEK

4.5 MI SW OF WAVERLY HALL, Harris, GA

Built 1988 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 30

I-185 (NBL)

Good

Over: STANDING BOY CREEK

10 MI SW OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 1978 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 34,200

SR 116

Good

Over: BETHEL CREEK

5 MILES NE OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 2008 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 920

SR 103

Good

Over: FLAT SHOALS CREEK

4 MI SE OF WEST POINT, Harris, GA

Built 2014 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 3,990

I-185 (NBL)

Good

Over: SR 116

5 MI S OF WHITESVILLE, Harris, GA

Built 1978 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 26,500

I-185 (SBL)

Good

Over: SR 116

5 MI S OF WHITESVILLE, Harris, GA

Built 1978 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 28,500

US 27 SR 1

Good

Over: MOUNTAIN CREEK.

2.1MI. S OF PINE MOUNTAIN, Harris, GA

Built 2007 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 4,250

"O" STREET

Good

Over: PALMETTO CREEK

2.2 MI NE OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 2019 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 110

FORTUNE HOLE ROAD

Good

Over: WILLIAMS CREEK

2.5 MI SE OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 2021 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 150

US 27

Good

Over: MULBERRY CRK.

3 MI S OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,710

OLD WEST POINT RD

Good

Over: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIV TRIB

2 MI E OF WEST POINT, Harris, GA

Built 2019 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 360

I-185 (SBL)

Good

Over: MOUNTAIN OAK CREEK

1.5 MI S OF WHITESVILLE, Harris, GA

Built 1978 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 28,500

MAYO ROAD

Good

Over: OSSAHATCHIE CRK TRIB

2.5 MI SW OF WAVERLY HALL, Harris, GA

Built 2015 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 250

BETHANY CHURCH RD

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK TRIB.

2 MI SW OF PINE MOUNTAIN, Harris, GA

Built 2019 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 160

US 27 ALT / SR 85

Good

Over: MULBERRY CREEK

1.5 MI N OF WAVERLY HALL, Harris, GA

Built 1938 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 4,300

SR 116

Good

Over: SPARKS CREEKS

1.5 MI WSW OF SHILOH, Harris, GA

Built 1995 Load: 74.3 t ADT: 1,040

I-185

Good

Over: HOUSE CREEK TRIB

8.5 MI WSW OF PINE MTN, Harris, GA

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 23,000

SR 116

Good

Over: ROCKY BRANCH

2 MI W OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 1940 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,530

I-185

Good

Over: MULBERRY CREEK O/F

8 MI SW OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 1978 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 28,500

TRAMELL MILL RD

Good

Over: SPARKS CREEK

1 M W OF SHILOH, Harris, GA

Built 1960 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 260

CALHOUN ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE BRANCH

1.5 MI SW OF HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 1993 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 540

DENNIS SMITH ROAD

Good

Over: INGRAM CREEK

4 MI. NE. WHITESVILLE, Harris, GA

Built 2003 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 210

MADDOX RD.

Good

Over: MULBERRY CREEK TRIB

10 M. SW HAMILTON, Harris, GA

Built 1998 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 140

RIDGEWAY ROAD

Poor

Over: BOYD BRANCH TRIB

5.5 MI SE OF WAVERLY HALL, Harris, GA

Built 1950 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 220

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