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Laurens County, GA

169 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 69.8% rated Good, 26.6% Fair, 3.6% Poor.

169
Public bridges: 69.8%
Good condition: 3.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Laurens 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.

133rd
of 159 on Poor share: 3.6%
Poor-condition share: 169
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.

Laurens County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Laurens County ranks #133 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.6%). Laurens County, Georgia contains 169 public highway bridges. Roughly 69.8% are rated “Good,” 26.6% “Fair,” and 3.6% “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

169

Public highway bridges in Laurens County

Good condition

69.8%

118 of 169 rated 7-9

Fair condition

26.6%

45 of 169 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.6%

6 of 169 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#133 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 169 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

69.8% (118)

Fair

26.6% (45)

Poor

3.6% (6)

Laurens County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,442 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 407 crossings a day against 4,745 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 169 of 169 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

60.4% of Laurens County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

102 of the 169 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 69.8% 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 52.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

N. FRANKLIN STREET over HUNGER & HARDSHIP CREEK, built 1936, carries 1,290 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,442 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

4
1930s

15
1940s

5
1950s

25
1960s

50
1970s

9
1980s

16
1990s

14
2000s

14
2010s

13
2020s

4

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 50 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1972, 5 years older than the Georgia average of 1977.

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Laurens County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.6% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is 10 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Laurens County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Coweta County	173	80.3%	19.1%	0.6%	1988
Laurens County (this page)	169	69.8%	26.6%	3.6%	1972
Carroll County	168	72.6%	26.8%	0.6%	1977
Clayton County	168	82.7%	16.1%	1.2%	1982
Troup County	168	73.8%	25.6%	0.6%	1980
Cherokee County	164	84.8%	15.2%	0%	1985

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (169 bridges here).

Pike County, AL · 169 bridges
Cumberland County, IL · 169 bridges
Union County, IA · 169 bridges
Rooks County, KS · 169 bridges

Similar average build year

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

Santa Clara County, CA · avg 1972 · 964 bridges
Madison County, AL · avg 1972 · 710 bridges
Kern County, CA · avg 1972 · 668 bridges
York County, PA · avg 1972 · 569 bridges

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

All 169 Good 118 Fair 45 Poor 6

Fair-condition bridges (45)

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Laurens County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Laurens County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,442 vehicle crossings a day

60.4% of Laurens County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 52.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Laurens 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 (45)

GREG COUEY RD

LITTLE NEW YORK RD

ELLINGTON ROAD

WEST LAKE DRIVE

ELLINGTON ROAD

LORD DEXTER ROAD

BLUE SPRING CH RD

ROCK SPRINGS ROAD

US 80/SR 26

HOLIDAY CIRCLE

HOLIDAY CIRCLE

HOLIDAY CIRCLE

HOLIDAY CIRCLE

US 80/ SR 26

B-LAUGHBOR ROAD

REBIE ROAD

RENTZ DEXTER ROAD

US 319/ SR 31

US 80/SR 26

US 319

BUCKEYE ROAD

McLENDON ROAD

CHIC INN ROAD

MACK McCULLOUGH RD

BRASWELL-ALLIGOOD

MORE ROAD

PAYNE COOK ROAD

SCOTLAND ROAD

GREEN WOOD DRIVE

S POPLAR SPGS CH R

RAPH WOODS ROAD

DEXTER RENTZ ROAD

SCOTLAND ROAD

I-16 (EBL)

I-16 (WBL)

I-16 (EBL)

I-16 (WBL)

I-16 (WBL)

US 319/ SR 31

US 80/ SR 26

N DECATUR STREET

MACE CANNON ROAD

CHIC INN ROAD

SR 338

OCONEE CHURCH RD

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