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Macon County, GA

78 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 76.9% rated Good, 23.1% Fair, 0% Poor.

78
Public bridges: 76.9%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Macon County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 14%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 78
public highway bridges: 1977
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.

Macon County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Macon County ranks #23 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Macon County, Georgia contains 78 public highway bridges. Roughly 76.9% are rated “Good,” 23.1% “Fair,” and 0% “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 Macon County

Good condition

76.9%

60 of 78 rated 7-9

Fair condition

23.1%

18 of 78 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 78 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#23 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 78 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

76.9% (60)

Fair

23.1% (18)

Poor

0% (0)

46.2% of Macon County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

36 of the 78 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 76.9% 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.

1910s

1
1920s

1
1930s

5
1940s

2
1950s

11
1960s

12
1970s

5
1980s

10
1990s

20
2000s

6
2010s

3
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 20 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Macon County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Macon County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Burke County	80	73.8%	21.3%	5%	1974
Barrow County	79	69.6%	30.4%	0%	1983
Bryan County	78	67.9%	32.1%	0%	1979
Macon County (this page)	78	76.9%	23.1%	0%	1977
Appling County	77	81.8%	18.2%	0%	1977
Baldwin County	77	85.7%	14.3%	0%	1979

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (78 bridges here).

Winston County, AL · 78 bridges
Marion County, FL · 78 bridges
Emmet County, IA · 78 bridges
Finney County, KS · 78 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1977 here).

San Diego County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,632 bridges
King County, WA · avg 1977 · 1,238 bridges
Riverside County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,117 bridges
Shelby County, TN · avg 1977 · 1,077 bridges

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

All 78 Good 60 Fair 18 Poor 0

All bridges (78)

Sort:

M.L.K DR&HAYGOOD

Fair

Over: SAND CREEK

CITY LIMITS OF IDEAL, Macon, GA

Built 1945 Load: 7.2 t ADT: 121

WEST FERRY ROAD

Fair

Over: FLINT RIVER OVERFLOW

4 M W OF MARSHALLVILLE, Macon, GA

Built 1950 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 10

SOUTH MELVIN ROAD

Fair

Over: HORSEHEAD CRK TRIB

5 MI NE OF MONTEZUMA, Macon, GA

Built 1935 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 121

CR 281

Fair

Over: CEDAR CREEK

CITY LIMITS IDEAL, Macon, GA

Built 1988 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 121

CR 305

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

N.E. MONTEZUMA, Macon, GA

Built 1964 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 1,400

SR 49- SR 90

Fair

Over: CSX RAILROAD

CITY LIMITS OF OGLETHORPE, Macon, GA

Built 1955 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 3,290

OGLETHORPE RD

Fair

Over: FLINT RIVER

WEST MONTEZUMA, Macon, GA

Built 1955 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 4,660

SPALDING STREET

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

CITY LIMITS OF MONTEZUMA, Macon, GA

Built 1958 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 4,820

SR 90

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

2 MI S E OF MONTEZUMA, Macon, GA

Built 1935 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,200

DRAYTON ROAD

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

MONTEZUMA CITY LIMITS, Macon, GA

Built 1967 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 960

EVERETT ROAD

Fair

Over: CAMP CREEK

2 MI S OF IDEAL, Macon, GA

Built 1971 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 90

MENNONITE CH ROAD

Fair

Over: HORSEHEAD CREEK

4 MI NE OF MONTEZUMA, Macon, GA

Built 1955 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 200

SOUTH DOOLY ST

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

CENTRAL MONTEZUMA, Macon, GA

Built 1952 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,490

SR 49

Fair

Over: NS RAILROAD

6 MI SW OF OGLETHORPE, Macon, GA

Built 1990 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 3,352

ENGLISHVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: CAMP CREEK

4 MI SW OF OGLETHORPE, Macon, GA

Built 1955 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 230

FIELDS CROSSING RD

Fair

Over: HORSEHEAD CREEK

4 MI E OF MONTEZUMA, Macon, GA

Built 1977 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 230

SR 49

Fair

Over: CAMP CREEK

5 MI S.W. OGLETHORPE, Macon, GA

Built 1963 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 3,352

SR 26

Fair

Over: CSX RAILROAD

CITY LIMITS OF OGLETHORPE, Macon, GA

Macon County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

46.2% of Macon County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Macon 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 (78)

M.L.K DR&HAYGOOD

WEST FERRY ROAD

SOUTH MELVIN ROAD

CR 281

CR 305

SR 49- SR 90

OGLETHORPE RD

SPALDING STREET

SR 90

DRAYTON ROAD

EVERETT ROAD

MENNONITE CH ROAD

SOUTH DOOLY ST

SR 49

ENGLISHVILLE ROAD

FIELDS CROSSING RD

SR 49

SR 26

HAMILTON ROAD

SR 127

BROOKS ROAD

SR 90

SR 26

SR 90- SR 128

GEN. GORDON RD

CHATAM STREET

SR 49- SR 90

GENE WILLBURN RD

MARVIS CHAPMAN RD

BUTLER MILL ROAD

STAGE COACH RD

GORDON VALLEY RD.

CAMP JOHN HOPE RD.

SPRINGHILL CR RD

SR 26

BARRONS LANE RD.

ROBINSON ROAD

CAMP CREEK RD.

STUBBS ROAD

SR 26

SR 128

SR 224

SR 224

SR 240

SR 329

SR 127

SR 26

SR 26

SR 49- SR 128

SPRINGHILL CH RD

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