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Lumpkin County, GA

53 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.4% rated Good, 52.8% Fair, 3.8% Poor.

53
Public bridges: 43.4%
Good condition: 3.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Lumpkin 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.

139th
of 159 on Poor share: 3.8%
Poor-condition share: 53
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.

Lumpkin County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lumpkin County ranks #139 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.8%). Lumpkin County, Georgia contains 53 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.4% are rated “Good,” 52.8% “Fair,” and 3.8% “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 Lumpkin County

Good condition

43.4%

23 of 53 rated 7-9

Fair condition

52.8%

28 of 53 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.8%

2 of 53 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#139 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 53 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

43.4% (23)

Fair

52.8% (28)

Poor

3.8% (2)

Lumpkin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,673 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,337 crossings a day against 5,237 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 53 of 53 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

56.6% of Lumpkin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

30 of the 53 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 43.4% 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 66.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 19 / SR 9 over CHESTATEE RIVER, built 1929, carries 1,770 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 2,673 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

3
1930s

1
1940s

5
1950s

7
1960s

6
1970s

10
1980s

8
1990s

8
2000s

3
2010s

1
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 10 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1972, 5 years older than the Georgia average of 1977.

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Lumpkin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.8% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 5 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Lumpkin County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Brantley County	54	68.5%	27.8%	3.7%	1974
Jones County	54	75.9%	20.4%	3.7%	1972
Stewart County	53	88.7%	11.3%	0%	1979
Wheeler County	53	75.5%	24.5%	0%	1974
Lumpkin County (this page)	53	43.4%	52.8%	3.8%	1972
McDuffie County	52	86.5%	11.5%	1.9%	1987

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (53 bridges here).

Cleburne County, AR · 53 bridges
Citrus County, FL · 53 bridges
Lincoln County, ID · 53 bridges
Elliott County, KY · 53 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 53 Good 23 Fair 28 Poor 2

All bridges (53)

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Lumpkin County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Lumpkin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,673 vehicle crossings a day

56.6% of Lumpkin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 66.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Lumpkin 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

All bridges (53)

TOWN CRK CH ROAD

EDWARDS PARKWAY

WALNUT VALLEY DR

DOC GRIZZLE ROAD

DAMASCUS CH ROAD

US 19 NBL / SR 400

WIMPY MILL ROAD

ROY GRINDLE ROAD

SR 52

SR 9

US 19 / SR 60

CASTLEBERRY BR RD

US 19 / SR 60

COOPER MINES RD

TORRINGTON ROAD

SR 52

PECKS ROAD

SR 9- SR 52

US 19/ SR 9

SR 52

NIMBLEWILL CH. RD.

FINLEY MINE RD.

SR 52

NIMBLEWILL ROAD

NIMBLEWILLE ROAD

US 19 / SR 9

TOWN CRK CH ROAD

BLACK MTN ROAD

FDR-77

HIGHTOWER CH RD

EMORY STEPHENS RD

OAK GROVE ROAD

NIMBLEWILL CHURCH

REID CHAPMAN ROAD

HAMP MILL ROAD

STATE ROUTE 11

US 19 SBL / SR 400

JAY BRIDGE ROAD

SR 60B- US 19B

US 19- SR 9

SR 52

CAMP WAHSEGA RD

BARNES MILL ROAD

CLAY CRK FALLS RD.

DUFFIE GRIZZLE RD.

MERRILL DRIVE

NIMBLEWILL ROAD

WATTERS CREEK ROAD

US 19-US 129/SR 11

SR 60

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