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Jefferson County, GA

64 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 81.3% rated Good, 17.2% Fair, 1.6% Poor.

64
Public bridges
81.3%
Good condition
1.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

102nd
of 159 on Poor share
1.6%
Poor-condition share
64
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.

Jefferson County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Jefferson County ranks #102 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.6%). Jefferson County, Georgia contains 64 public highway bridges. Roughly 81.3% are rated “Good,” 17.2% “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

64

Public highway bridges in Jefferson County

Good condition

81.3%

52 of 64 rated 7-9

Fair condition

17.2%

11 of 64 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.6%

1 of 64 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#102 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 64 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
81.3% (52)
Fair
17.2% (11)
Poor
1.6% (1)

Jefferson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 121 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% 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 121 crossings a day against 2,369 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 64 of 64 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

46.9% of Jefferson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

30 of the 64 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 81.3% 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

BRUSHY CREEK RD over BRUSHY CREEK, built 1991, 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 121 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Jefferson County's bridges were built

64 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 15 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 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 Jefferson County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Jefferson 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 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Jefferson County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Cook County 66 0%
Pierce County 65 0%
Hancock County 64 9.4%
Lamar County 64 3.1%
Jefferson County (this page) 64 1.6%
Chattahoochee County 63 1.6%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (64 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 64 Good 52 Fair 11 Poor 1

Good-condition bridges (52)

US 221

Good

Over: REEDY CREEK

4.5 MI N OF WRENS, Jefferson, GA

Built 1953 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 2,610

US 1/ SR 4

Good

Over: WILLIAMSON SWAMP CREEK

CITY OF WADLEY, Jefferson, GA

Built 1966 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 3,850

SAND VALLEY ROAD

Good

Over: DUHART CREEK

6 MI SE OF AVERA, Jefferson, GA

Built 1973 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 140

MIDDLE GROUND ROAD

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

1.5 MI W OF STELLAVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1960 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 340

MIDDLE GROUND RD

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

4.5 MI NE OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1967 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 480

US 1

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

0.8 MILES S.W. OF WRENS, Jefferson, GA

Built 1952 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 11,400

CLARKS MILL ROAD

Good

Over: DUHART CREEK

7 MI NW OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1976 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 400

CAMP GROUND ROAD

Good

Over: REEDY CREEK

2 MI N OF MATTHEWS, Jefferson, GA

Built 1959 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 440

US 221/ SR24

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER

2.5 MI E OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1969 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 2,770

US 319

Good

Over: COAT CREEK

1.7 MI E OF BARTOW, Jefferson, GA

Built 1935 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 2,020

NEWNAN SMITH ROAD

Good

Over: WILLIAMSON SWAMP CREEK

3 MI NW OF BARTOW, Jefferson, GA

Built 1974 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 170

US 221/SR24

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW

2.3 MI E OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1969 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,770

MOXLEY&BARTOW RD

Good

Over: COAT CREEK

1.4 MI NE OF BARTOW, Jefferson, GA

Built 1963 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 240

CR 182

Good

Over: COAT CREEK

2.5 MI W OF WADLEY, Jefferson, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 290

CR 253

Good

Over: BOYD BRANCH

3 MI SW OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1971 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 490

BELMONT ROAD

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER TRIB

8.5 MI NW OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 240

ZEBINA ROAD

Good

Over: HANNAH BRANCH

7.5 MI NE OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 210

US 1 SR 4

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER

2.1 MI S OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1962 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 5,890

US 1

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW

1.9 MI S OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1962 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 5,890

US 1 (NBL) SR 4

Good

Over: REEDY CREEK

4.5 MI NE OF WRENS, Jefferson, GA

Built 2001 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 8,360

US 1 (SBL) SR 4

Good

Over: REDDY CREEK

4.5 MI NE OF WRENS, Jefferson, GA

Built 2001 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 6,980

US 1

Good

Over: BOGGY GUT CREEK

2 MI N OF WADLEY, Jefferson, GA

Built 1966 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,800

SR 102

Good

Over: FORK DUHART CREEK

WEST SIDE OF STAPLETON, Jefferson, GA

Built 1937 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,240

CLARKS MILL ROAD

Good

Over: CASONS BRANCH

4 MI N OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1978 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 760

SR 17

Good

Over: MANSON BRANCH

2.2 MI SE OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1990 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 580

US 221- US 319

Good

Over: NAILS CREEK

1.7 MI S OF BARTOW, Jefferson, GA

Built 1993 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,060

CR 65

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

0.6 MILES WEST OF WRENS, Jefferson, GA

Built 1979 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 420

MEADOWS ROAD

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK

4 MI SE OF WADLEY, Jefferson, GA

Built 1990 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121

DUKES ROAD

Good

Over: MAPLE BRANCH

5 MI SW OF WADLEY, Jefferson, GA

Built 1979 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 100

GREENS OLD MILL RD

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

2.5 MI SW OF WADLEY, Jefferson, GA

Built 2000 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121

US 1 (SBL) SR 4

Good

Over: BRIER CREEK

7 MI NE OF WRENS, Jefferson, GA

Built 2001 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 6,980

SR 88 (EBL)

Good

Over: ROCKY COMFORT CREEK

6.5 MI S OF AVERA, Jefferson, GA

Built 2003 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,870

SR 88 (WBL)

Good

Over: ROCKY COMFORT CREEK

6.5 MI S OF AVERA, Jefferson, GA

Built 2003 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,420

US 221/ SR24

Good

Over: ROCKY COMFORT CREEK

0.5 MI W OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 2004 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,770

SR 17

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

3 MI SE OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 580

SR 4 BUS- US 1 BUS

Good

Over: WILLIAMSON SWAMP CREEK

1 MI SOUTH WADLEY, Jefferson, GA

Built 2007 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,630

US 1/ SR 4

Good

Over: NS RR (732765W)

CITY OF WADLEY, Jefferson, GA

Built 1966 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 4,310

SR 88

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

3 MI SW OF WRENS, Jefferson, GA

Built 1955 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 4,920

US 1

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

9 MI N OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 2023 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 6,890

US 1

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

9 MI N OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 2023 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 6,890

SR 24

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

3 MI E OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1988 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 1,390

SCOOTCH DAVIS RD

Good

Over: ROCKY COMFORT CREEK

W EDGE OF LOUISVILLE, Jefferson, GA

Built 1986 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 300

SR 78

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER

5 MI E OF WADLEY, Jefferson, GA

Built 1993 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 760

LINCOLN PARK ROAD

Good

Over: BOGGY GUT CREEK

1 MI NE OF WADLEY, Jefferson, GA

Built 2011 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 70

SR 17

Good

Over: DRY CREEK TRIB

6.5 MI NE OF WADLEY, Jefferson, GA

Built 1955 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 520

SR 88

Good

Over: DUHART CREEK

3.8 MI SE OF AVERA, Jefferson, GA

Built 2003 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 3,870

SR 88

Good

Over: HANNAH BRANCH

3.3 MILES SOUTH EAST OF A, Jefferson, GA

Built 2003 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 3,870

SR 102

Good

Over: DUHART CREEK

1 MI W OF STAPLETON, Jefferson, GA

Built 1937 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,240

MAE LAMB ROAD

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

6.5 MI S OF WRENS, Jefferson, GA

Built 1991 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 121

COX ROAD

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK

5 MI S OF WADLEY, Jefferson, GA

Built 1994 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 121

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