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Jones County, GA

54 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 75.9% rated Good, 20.4% Fair, 3.7% Poor.

54
Public bridges
75.9%
Good condition
3.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

137th
of 159 on Poor share
3.7%
Poor-condition share
54
public highway bridges
1972
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.

Jones County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Jones County ranks #137 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.7%). Jones County, Georgia contains 54 public highway bridges. Roughly 75.9% are rated “Good,” 20.4% “Fair,” and 3.7% “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

54

Public highway bridges in Jones County

Good condition

75.9%

41 of 54 rated 7-9

Fair condition

20.4%

11 of 54 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.7%

2 of 54 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#137 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 54 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
75.9% (41)
Fair
20.4% (11)
Poor
3.7% (2)

Jones County's Poor-condition bridges carry 242 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 121 crossings a day against 2,342 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 54 of 54 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

55.6% of Jones County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

30 of the 54 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 75.9% 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% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

DUMAS ROAD over GLADY CREEK, built 1940, 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 242 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Jones County's bridges were built

54 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 12 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1972, 5 years older than the Georgia average of 1977.

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

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Jones County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.7% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Jones County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Warren County 56 3.6%
Brantley County 54 3.7%
Jones County (this page) 54 3.7%
Lumpkin County 53 3.8%
Stewart County 53 0%
Wheeler County 53 0%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (54 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1972 here).

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

All 54 Good 41 Fair 11 Poor 2

Good-condition bridges (41)

HADAWAY ROAD

Good

Over: GLADY CREEK

2.9 MI NE OF ROUND OAK, Jones, GA

Built 1984 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 40

ROUNDOAK-JULIETTE

Good

Over: FALLING CREEK

3.9 MI E OF EAST JULIETTE, Jones, GA

Built 1954 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 210

SHOAL CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: SHOAL CREEK

7.8 MI N OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1960 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 50

GRAHAM ROAD

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

7.5 MI SW OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1959 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 950

CANEY CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: FALLING CREEK

6.2 MI SE OF E JULIETTE, Jones, GA

Built 1987 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 121

JARRELL PLANTATION

Good

Over: FALLING CREEK

6.7 MI SE OF E JULIETTE, Jones, GA

Built 1978 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 514

OLD GRISWOLDVILLE

Good

Over: SLASH CREEK

8.8 MI SE OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1988 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 130

GRAHAM ROAD

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

8.4 MI SW OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1959 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 920

US 129 (NBL)

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

7 MI SW OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1971 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 17,700

US 129 (SBL)

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

4.9 MI SW OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1957 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,480

SR 18

Good

Over: GORDON BRANCH

6.1 MI W OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1955 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 5,560

SR 18

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

3 MI SE OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1938 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,200

HENDERSON ROAD

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

10.1 MI S OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1953 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,010

COMER ROAD

Good

Over: CHEHAW CREEK

3.8 MI W OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1986 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 280

JAMES ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

4.7 MI SE OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1957 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 50

JOYCLIFF ROAD

Good

Over: DRY BONE CREEK

8.5 MI SW OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,540

HILLSBORO LAKE RD

Good

Over: GLADY CREEK

3.4 MI N OF ROUND OAK, Jones, GA

Built 1951 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 30

HILLSBORO LAKE RD

Good

Over: GLADY CREEK

3.4 MI N OF ROUND OAK, Jones, GA

Built 1951 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 30

SR 49

Good

Over: COMMISSIONER CREEK

6.9 MI SE OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 2004 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 4,530

US 129 (SBL)

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

7 MI SW OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1957 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,480

BARRON RUSSELL RD

Good

Over: LITTLE FALLING CREEK

2.9 MI E OF E JULIETTE, Jones, GA

Built 1958 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 121

STAGECOACH ROAD

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

9.1 MI SW OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1990 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 710

US 129

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

13.4 MI NE OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1964 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 4,730

MCKAY ROAD

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

6 MI SW OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1989 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 121

STEWART FARM ROAD

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

5 MI SE OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1980 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121

DAMASCUS CH ROAD

Good

Over: HOG CREEK

7.6 MI N OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1978 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 140

CREEKSIDE DRIVE

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

4.3 MI SW OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1992 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 460

SR 18

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK TRIB

7.3 MI SE OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1942 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 2,100

SR 18

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

6 MI W OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 2005 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 5,560

SR 49

Good

Over: NS RAILROAD

8.5 MI S OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 2018 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 10,400

SR 22

Good

Over: FISHING CREEK TRIB

7.4 MI E OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1928 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 5,910

SR 22 GRAY BYPASS

Good

Over: SR 11 & NS RR

1 MI N OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 2016 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 5,570

SR 22 GRAY BYPASS

Good

Over: SR 11 & NS RR

1 MI N OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 2016 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 7,500

SR 18

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

8 MI SE OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1942 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,100

UNION HILL CH ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE CEDAR CREEK

5.5 MI NE OF ROUND OAK, Jones, GA

Built 1986 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 121

SR 18

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

4.7 MI SE OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1948 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 2,280

Howard Roberts Rd

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

4.7 MI W OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 2022 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 375

LUKE SMITH ROAD

Good

Over: CHRISTIAN BRANCH

4.3 MI SW OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1992 Load: 91.6 t ADT: 180

SR 18

Good

Over: BUTTLERS CREEK

9.3 MI W OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1961 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 3,750

TURNER WOODS RD

Good

Over: MILLSAP CREEK

2.5 MI SE OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 2015 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 520

GREEN SETTLEMENT R

Good

Over: MASON BRANCH

1.1 MI N OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 2016 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,440

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