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Heard County, GA

60 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 66.7% rated Good, 33.3% Fair, 0% Poor.

60
Public bridges: 66.7%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 28%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 60
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.

Heard County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Heard County ranks #44 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Heard County, Georgia contains 60 public highway bridges. Roughly 66.7% are rated “Good,” 33.3% “Fair,” and 0% “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

Public highway bridges in Heard County

Good condition

66.7%

40 of 60 rated 7-9

Fair condition

33.3%

20 of 60 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 60 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#44 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 60 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

66.7% (40)

Fair

33.3% (20)

Poor

0% (0)

45% of Heard County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

27 of the 60 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 66.7% 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.

1930s

5
1940s

3
1950s

6
1960s

7
1970s

8
1980s

10
1990s

9
2000s

6
2010s

6

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 10 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Heard County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 4th-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 Heard County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Atkinson County	61	75.4%	21.3%	3.3%	1975
Candler County	61	86.9%	13.1%	0%	1978
Upson County	61	67.2%	27.9%	4.9%	1979
Jenkins County	60	86.7%	13.3%	0%	1977
Oconee County	60	96.7%	3.3%	0%	1980
Heard County (this page)	60	66.7%	33.3%	0%	1978

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (60 bridges here).

Hamilton County, FL · 60 bridges
Hernando County, FL · 60 bridges
Madison County, FL · 60 bridges
Woodford County, KY · 60 bridges

Similar average build year

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

Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges

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

All 60 Good 40 Fair 20 Poor 0

All bridges (60)

Sort:

OTIS RANSBY ROAD

Fair

Over: CLEAR CREEK

4 MI E OF FRANKLIN, Heard, GA

Built 1960 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 121

WILSON ROAD

Fair

Over: POTATO CREEK

2.5 MI S W OF CORINTH, Heard, GA

Built 2005 Load: 9.9 t ADT: 300

ROOSTERVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: CENTRALHATCHEE CREEK

5 MI E OF EPHESUS, Heard, GA

Built 1956 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 460

FIVE KNOT ROAD

Fair

Over: PINK CREEK

6.7 MI N OF JCT SR 1, Heard, GA

Built 1986 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 90

FIVE KNOT ROAD

Fair

Over: NUT CREEK

3.2 MI N OF JCT SR 1, Heard, GA

Built 1936 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 90

JIM T MICKEL ROAD

Fair

Over: TOWN CREEK

3.5 MI E OF ALA STATE LN, Heard, GA

Built 1972 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 50

FRANKLIN PKWY

Fair

Over: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER

IN FRANKLIN, Heard, GA

Built 1941 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 7,400

BEVIS ROAD.

Fair

Over: BRUSH CREEK

6 MI S OF FRANKLIN, Heard, GA

Built 1974 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 830

FROLOMA ROAD

Fair

Over: HILLABAHATACHEE CREEK

6.5 MI NW OF FRANKLIN, Heard, GA

Built 1955 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 710

MACEDONIA ROAD

Fair

Over: HILLABAHATACHEE CREEK

2.5 MI S OF EPHESUS, Heard, GA

Built 1962 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 150

SR 34

Fair

Over: GREENWOOD LAKE INLET

5.5 MI E OF FRANKLIN, Heard, GA

Built 1937 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 3,730

HOLLY ROAD

Fair

Over: DEER CREEK

4 MI W OF CENTRALHATCHEE, Heard, GA

Built 2010 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 121

GEORGE BROWN ROAD

Fair

Over: HILLY MILL CREEK

5 MI E OF CENTRALHATCHEE, Heard, GA

Built 2010 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 121

HUTCHINS ROAD

Fair

Over: GUM CREEK

3.5 MI NW CENTRALHATCHEE, Heard, GA

Built 1983 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 50

NUTT ROAD

Fair

Over: NUTT CREEK

4.9 MI NORTH OF FRANKLIN, Heard, GA

Built 1980 Load: 77.1 t ADT: 300

BRANDENBURG ROAD

Fair

Over: DEER CREEK

3.5 MI E CENTRALHATCHEE, Heard, GA

Built 1990 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 340

JIM MICKLE ROAD

Fair

Over: CEDAR CREEK

3 MI E OF ALA STATE LINE, Heard, GA

Built 1969 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 90

STRAYLOTT ROAD

Fair

Over: BRUSH CREEK

5 MI SW OF FRANKLIN, Heard, GA

Built 1986 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 140

HOPEWELL ROAD

Fair

Over: CENTRALHATCHEE CREEK

2 MI E OF EPHESUS, Heard, GA

Built 1996 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 121

BUTLER ROAD

Fair

Over: WHITEWATER CREE

9.2 MI SOUTH WEST OF FRAN, Heard, GA

Heard County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

45% of Heard County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Heard 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 (60)

OTIS RANSBY ROAD

WILSON ROAD

ROOSTERVILLE ROAD

FIVE KNOT ROAD

FIVE KNOT ROAD

JIM T MICKEL ROAD

FRANKLIN PKWY

BEVIS ROAD.

FROLOMA ROAD

MACEDONIA ROAD

SR 34

HOLLY ROAD

GEORGE BROWN ROAD

HUTCHINS ROAD

NUTT ROAD

BRANDENBURG ROAD

JIM MICKLE ROAD

STRAYLOTT ROAD

HOPEWELL ROAD

BUTLER ROAD

ROCK MILL ROAD

RIDGEWAY ROAD

CHARLIE JOHNSTON R

NOTNOMIS ROAD

WELCOME ROAD

BEVIS ROAD

RIDGEWAY ROAD

SR 1/ US 27 NBL

SR 1/ US 27 SBL

SR 34

US 27 NBL

ROOSTERVILLE ROAD

FROLOMA ROAD

BEVIS ROAD

BARR FARM ROAD

RED LAND ROAD

JOE STEPHENS ROAD

SR 34

ROGGUS ROAD

ARMSTRONG MILL RD

CR 69

DENNY CREEK ROAD

SR 100

SR 34

GUM CRK AIRPORT RD

HUTCHINS ROAD

OWENS ROAD

SR 1 US 27 SBL

SPRADLIN ROAD

SR 100

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