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Jasper County, GA

70 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 57.1% rated Good, 38.6% Fair, 4.3% Poor.

70
Public bridges: 57.1%
Good condition: 4.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

142nd
of 159 on Poor share: 4.3%
Poor-condition share: 70
public highway bridges: 1975
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.

Jasper County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Jasper County ranks #142 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.3%). Jasper County, Georgia contains 70 public highway bridges. Roughly 57.1% are rated “Good,” 38.6% “Fair,” and 4.3% “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

Public highway bridges in Jasper County

Good condition

57.1%

40 of 70 rated 7-9

Fair condition

38.6%

27 of 70 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.3%

3 of 70 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#142 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 70 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

57.1% (40)

Fair

38.6% (27)

Poor

4.3% (3)

Jasper County's Poor-condition bridges carry 282 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 94 crossings a day against 854 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 70 of 70 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

52.9% of Jasper County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

37 of the 70 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 57.1% 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 42.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

OLD AGATEVILLE RD over CEDAR CREEK, built 1950, carries 121 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 282 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

1
1930s

3
1940s

3
1950s

16
1960s

12
1970s

3
1980s

11
1990s

8
2000s

8
2010s

2
2020s

3

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 16 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Jasper County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Jasper County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Charlton County	71	64.8%	33.8%	1.4%	1969
Madison County	71	76.1%	22.5%	1.4%	1979
Taylor County	71	83.1%	15.5%	1.4%	1982
Treutlen County	70	85.7%	14.3%	0%	1971
Turner County	70	92.9%	7.1%	0%	1969
Jasper County (this page)	70	57.1%	38.6%	4.3%	1975

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (70 bridges here).

Jefferson County, FL · 70 bridges
Power County, ID · 70 bridges
Hancock County, KY · 70 bridges
Martin County, KY · 70 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1975 here).

San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges
Monroe County, NY · avg 1975 · 615 bridges

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

All 70 Good 40 Fair 27 Poor 3

Fair-condition bridges (27)

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Jasper County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Jasper County's Poor-condition bridges carry 282 vehicle crossings a day

52.9% of Jasper County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 42.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Jasper 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

Fair-condition bridges (27)

WHITTEN ROAD

ELLIS ROAD

RIVER ROAD

KINNARD CREEK RD

OZBORNE ROAD

COOK ROAD

BAR BRIDGE ROAD

ROCKEAGLE ROAD

POST ROAD

POST ROAD

SR 83

POST ROAD

ALDRIDGE ROAD

SR 16

SR 83

SR 11

POST ROAD

CLAY ROAD

DAVIS ROAD

APT TO MISS ROAD

SR 212

SR 212

STOCK FARM ROAD

HERDS ROAD

DEER FIELD FARM RD

MURDER CREEK ROAD

LANE ROAD

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