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Jackson County, GA

123 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 66.7% rated Good, 31.7% Fair, 1.6% Poor.

123
Public bridges: 66.7%
Good condition: 1.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Jackson County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

104th
of 159 on Poor share: 1.6%
Poor-condition share: 123
public highway bridges: 1984
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.

Jackson County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Jackson County ranks #104 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.6%). Jackson County, Georgia contains 123 public highway bridges. Roughly 66.7% are rated “Good,” 31.7% “Fair,” and 1.6% “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

123

Public highway bridges in Jackson County

Good condition

66.7%

82 of 123 rated 7-9

Fair condition

31.7%

39 of 123 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.6%

2 of 123 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#104 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 123 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

66.7% (82)

Fair

31.7% (39)

Poor

1.6% (2)

Jackson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,700 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 3,350 crossings a day against 7,748 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 123 of 123 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

39.8% of Jackson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

49 of the 123 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.

One structure carries 50.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

VALENTINE INDUSTRI over I-85 (SR 403), built 1964, carries 3,370 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 6,700 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

3
1930s

2
1950s

6
1960s

31
1970s

8
1980s

17
1990s

19
2000s

17
2010s

10
2020s

10

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 31 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1984, 7 years newer than the Georgia average of 1977.

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Jackson County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.6% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 11 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Jackson County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Coffee County	126	86.5%	12.7%	0.8%	1973
Worth County	125	88%	12%	0%	1973
Jackson County (this page)	123	66.7%	31.7%	1.6%	1984
Emanuel County	121	81%	17.4%	1.7%	1972
Rabun County	118	57.6%	40.7%	1.7%	1973
Franklin County	117	70.1%	27.4%	2.6%	1976

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (123 bridges here).

Crawford County, IN · 123 bridges
Hickman County, KY · 123 bridges
Bladen County, NC · 123 bridges
New Hanover County, NC · 123 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1984 here).

Hennepin County, MN · avg 1984 · 936 bridges
Duval County, FL · avg 1984 · 831 bridges
El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
Bell County, TX · avg 1984 · 660 bridges

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

All 123 Good 82 Fair 39 Poor 2

Good-condition bridges (82)

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Jackson County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Jackson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,700 vehicle crossings a day

39.8% of Jackson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 50.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Jackson 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 (82)

COOPER BR ROAD

SR 15 ALT- SR 82

SR 82 SPUR

SR 11

DIXON BR ROAD

SR 326

SR 335

CABIN CREEK ROAD

MT CREEK CHURCH RD

HOLLY SPRINGS RD

RIDGEWAY CH RD

W.L.WILLIAMS ROAD

JACKSON TRAIL RD

COOPER FARM ROAD

CHANDLER BRIDGE RD

SR 330

US 129

SR 98

POCKET ROAD

CR1148 / SR 129 N

SR 82

US 441 NBL(SR15)

US 441 SBL(SR15)

SR 334

SR 346

SR 335

W.O. SMITH ROAD

TRAYHAM ROAD

TAL PHILLIPS ROAD

JEFFERSON RIVER RD

HOLIDAY CEM ROAD

LEBANON CHURCH RD

PROVIDENCE ROAD

CREEK NATION ROAD

A.C. SMITH ROAD

BILL WATKINS ROAD

MTN.CREEK DR.

TALLASEE ROAD

CANE CREEK ROAD

DIAMOND HILL RD

HOODS MILL ROAD

SR 53

SAVAGE ROAD

DAMON GAUSE BP-N/B

DAMON GAUSE BP-S/B

DAMON GAUSE BYPASS

HARMONY CHURCH RD

JEFFERSON RIVER RD

VALENTINE IND PARK

STATE ROUTE 11

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