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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.

When Jackson County's bridges were built

123 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

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.

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

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 Poor
Coffee County 126 0.8%
Worth County 125 0%
Jackson County (this page) 123 1.6%
Emanuel County 121 1.7%
Rabun County 118 1.7%
Franklin County 117 2.6%

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).

Similar average build year

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

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

All bridges (123)

SR 15 ALT-82

Good

Over: CURRY CREEK

IN JEFFERSON, Jackson, GA

Built 2015 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 6,937

SR 334

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

11.5 MI SE OF JEFFERSON, Jackson, GA

Built 2021 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,440

SR 332

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

1.45 MI S OF PENDERGRASS, Jackson, GA

Built 2021 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,400

SR 332

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK OVERFLOW

1.5MI S OF PENDERGRASS, Jackson, GA

Built 2021 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,400

SR 332

Good

Over: I-85 (SR 403)

2.2M S OF PENDERGRASS, Jackson, GA

Built 2022 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,190

I-85 N/B AND S/B

Good

Over: MIDDLE OCONEE RIVER

1.9M SE OF PENDERGRASS, Jackson, GA

Built 2022 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 58,700

JESSE CRONIC RD

Good

Over: I-85 (SR 403)

0.9 MI W OF BRASELTON, Jackson, GA

Built 2020 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 2,804

SANFORD ROAD

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

2.6 M SE OF NICHOLSON, Jackson, GA

Built 2021 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 580

LIPSCOMB LAKE ROAD

Good

Over: POND FORK CREEK

3.5 MI N OF PENDERGRASS, Jackson, GA

Built 2010 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 366

APPLE VALLEY RD

Good

Over: PARKS CREEK

3.7 MI NW OF NICHOLSON, Jackson, GA

Built 2001 Load: 73.4 t ADT: 320

SANFORD ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE SANDY CREEK

4 MI SE OF NICHOLSON, Jackson, GA

Built 1997 Load: 84.3 t ADT: 660

TAPP WOOD ROAD

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

4 MI SE OF HOSCHTON, Jackson, GA

Built 1985 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 510

I-85

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK TRIB

2.5 MI SW OF PENDERGRASS, Jackson, GA

Built 1963 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 58,700

I-85

Good

Over: GRAVELLY CREEK

3.9 MI NW OF COMMERCE, Jackson, GA

Built 1963 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 55,500

US 441

Good

Over: BEAVER DAM CREEK TRIB

1 MI E OF COMMERCE, Jackson, GA

Built 1991 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 17,100

US 441

Good

Over: BEAVER DAM CREEK

1 MI NE OF COMMERCE, Jackson, GA

Built 1991 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 14,100

DAMON GAUSE BYPASS

Good

Over: OCONEE RIV TRIB

2.5 MI W OF JEFFERSON, Jackson, GA

Built 2003 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 27,400

DAMON GAUSE BYPASS

Good

Over: OCONEE RIV TRIB

1.4 MI SW OF JEFFERSON, Jackson, GA

Built 2003 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 21,100

BRASELTON PARKWAY

Good

Over: LOPP CREEK

1.0 MI W OF BRASELTON, Jackson, GA

Built 2004 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,450

CREEK VIEW DR.

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK TRIB

8 MI. W OF PENDERGRASS, Jackson, GA

Built 1998 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,450

FAIRVIEW ROAD

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK TRIB

3 MI W OF PENDERGRASS, Jackson, GA

Built 2019 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 103

O. PENDERGRASS RD

Poor

Over: MIDDLE OCONEE RIVER

3.2 MI SE OF PENDERGRASS, Jackson, GA

Built 1960 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 3,330

VALENTINE INDUSTRI

Poor

Over: I-85 (SR 403)

4.5 MI NW OF JEFFERSON, Jackson, GA

Built 1964 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 3,370

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