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Meriwether County, GA

135 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 37% rated Good, 48.1% Fair, 14.8% Poor.

135
Public bridges
37%
Good condition
14.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Meriwether 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.

158th
of 159 on Poor share
14.8%
Poor-condition share
135
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.

Meriwether County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Meriwether County ranks #158 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 14.8%). Meriwether County, Georgia contains 135 public highway bridges. Roughly 37% are rated “Good,” 48.1% “Fair,” and 14.8% “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

135

Public highway bridges in Meriwether County

Good condition

37%

50 of 135 rated 7-9

Fair condition

48.1%

65 of 135 rated 5-6

Poor condition

14.8%

20 of 135 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#158 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 135 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
37% (50)
Fair
48.1% (65)
Poor
14.8% (20)

Meriwether County's Poor-condition bridges carry 5,977 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 14.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 299 crossings a day against 1,795 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 135 of 135 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

49.6% of Meriwether County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

67 of the 135 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 37% 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 35.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 362 over CSX RAILROAD, built 1960, carries 2,120 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 20-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 5,977 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Meriwether County's bridges were built

135 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 20 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 14.8% 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 Meriwether County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Meriwether County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 14.8% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 7 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Meriwether County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Henry County 140 1.4%
Bulloch County 139 0%
Meriwether County (this page) 135 14.8%
Gordon County 133 1.5%
Lowndes County 130 1.5%
Whitfield County 130 1.5%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (135 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 135 Good 50 Fair 65 Poor 20

Fair-condition bridges (65)

BEAVER LAKE RD.

Fair

Over: SHOALS CREEK

2 MI N OF GAY, Meriwether, GA

Built 1996 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 121

HARMAN ROAD

Fair

Over: FLAT SHOAL CREEK

3 MI SW OF ODESSADALE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1940 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 121

SIBLEY ROAD

Fair

Over: CSX RAILROAD

2 MI NORTH OF WOODBURY, Meriwether, GA

Built 1945 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 121

KEITH ROAD

Fair

Over: BEECH CREEK

4 MI S OF ST MARKS, Meriwether, GA

Built 1945 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 100

TRAMMEL BOTTOM RD

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK TRIB

2 MI S OF LUTHERSVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1965 Load: 10.8 t ADT: 10

SR 362

Fair

Over: FLINT RIVER

3.2 MI E OF ALVATON, Meriwether, GA

Built 1960 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 2,130

SHIRLEY ROAD

Fair

Over: PIGEON CREEK

1 MI E OF MANCHESTER, Meriwether, GA

Built 1960 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 310

JONES MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: WALNUT CREEK

3 MI N OF WOODBURY, Meriwether, GA

Built 1950 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 120

FINDLEY CATO ROAD

Fair

Over: WALNUT CREEK TRIB

4.5 MI NE OF WOODBURY, Meriwether, GA

Built 1994 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 121

GASTON ROAD

Fair

Over: RED OAK CREEK

2 MI SW OF GAY, Meriwether, GA

Built 1940 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 50

ANDREWS MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: RED OAK CREEK

6 MI N OF GREENVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1940 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 121

SR 362

Fair

Over: RED OAK CREEK

6 MI NE OF GREENVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1956 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 1,030

PRIMROSE CIRCLE

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK

1.5 MI S OF PRIMROSE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1980 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 10

SWYGERT ROAD

Fair

Over: WINKY BRANCH

2 MI N OF ALVATON, Meriwether, GA

Built 1998 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 121

FORREST ROAD

Fair

Over: I-85 @ 033.13N

4 MI W OF LUTHERSVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1973 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 600

SR 362

Fair

Over: WHITE OAK CREEK

0.6 MI E OF ALVATON, Meriwether, GA

Built 1960 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 2,120

CRAWFORD CREEK RD

Fair

Over: CRAWFORD CREEK

2.5 MI NW OF PINE MTN., Meriwether, GA

Built 1950 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 20

HUGH ONEAL ROAD

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK

5 MI N OF GREENVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1940 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 90

KEITH ROAD

Fair

Over: FLAT CREEK

1.5 MI W OF ST MARKS, Meriwether, GA

Built 1969 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 190

JIMMY CLARK ROAD

Fair

Over: FLINT RIVER TRIB

2 MI E OF GAY, Meriwether, GA

Built 1935 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 121

SR 85 ALT

Fair

Over: CANE CREEK

5 MI N OF WARM SPRINGS, Meriwether, GA

Built 1955 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 2,280

HUBERT RUSSELL RD

Fair

Over: WHITE SULPHUR CREEK

3 MI W OF DURAND, Meriwether, GA

Built 1975 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 10

US 27 ALT.

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

3 MI N OF GREENVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1960 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 4,100

SR 85

Fair

Over: CSX RAILROAD

IN WOODBURY, Meriwether, GA

Built 1949 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 3,970

SR 18

Fair

Over: WHITE SULPHUR CREEK

1.5 MI W OF DURAND, Meriwether, GA

Built 1964 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 1,570

MITCHELL COVE ROAD

Fair

Over: PIGEON CREEK

3 MI E OF MANCHESTER, Meriwether, GA

Built 1980 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 90

WHITTEN LANE

Fair

Over: BEAR CREEK

4 MI N OF ROCKY MOUNT, Meriwether, GA

Built 1940 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 30

SR 18

Fair

Over: CRAWFORD CREEK

1.3 MI NE OF PINE MTN., Meriwether, GA

Built 1927 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,930

US 27 ALT./ SR. 41

Fair

Over: CSX RAILROAD

IN MANCHESTER, Meriwether, GA

Built 1953 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,730

US 27 ALT./ SR. 41

Fair

Over: HANDCO BRANCH

4.5 MI S OF GREENVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1954 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,350

US 27 ALT./ SR. 41

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK

6.5 MI S OF LUTHERSVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1941 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 4,700

SR 85 ALT

Fair

Over: CANE CREEK TRIB

5 MI N OF WARM SPRINGS, Meriwether, GA

Built 1940 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,280

SR 100

Fair

Over: ABANDONED RAILS REMOVED

N.W. EDGE OF GREENVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1972 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,120

SR 100

Fair

Over: BLOUNT CREEK

1.8 MI N OF GREENVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1952 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,120

HARRY HARDY ROAD

Fair

Over: SULPHUR CREEK TRIB.

3.5 MI NW OF DURAND, Meriwether, GA

Built 1950 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 760

STOVALL-GREENVILLE

Fair

Over: FLAT SHOAL CREEK

4.2 MI SW OF GREENVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1950 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 130

JONES MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: PAPPYS CREEK

0.5 MI N OF WOODBURY, Meriwether, GA

Built 1950 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 280

US 27 ALT./ SR. 41

Fair

Over: ROCKY FORD BRANCH

2.5 MI N OF WARM SPRINGS, Meriwether, GA

Built 1967 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,400

STRICKLAND TOWN RD

Fair

Over: PANTHER CREEK

3.5 MI NE OF ROCKY MOUNT, Meriwether, GA

Built 1971 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 180

SR 109

Fair

Over: ABANDONED RAILS REMOVED

IN GREENVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1937 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,810

WARD ROAD

Fair

Over: WHITE SULPHUR CREEK

4 MI W OF WARM SPRINGS, Meriwether, GA

Built 1979 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 50

NEBULA ROAD

Fair

Over: PIGEON CREEK

0.2 MI W OF MANCHESTER CL, Meriwether, GA

Built 1970 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 300

SR 18

Fair

Over: WALNUT CREEK

2 MI E OF GREENVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 3,320

SR 85 SPUR

Fair

Over: CSX RAILROAD

IN MANCHESTER, Meriwether, GA

Built 1969 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,420

LILLIE PATRICK RD.

Fair

Over: WOLF CREEK

2 MI N OF GAY, Meriwether, GA

Built 1970 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 121

US 27 ALT./ SR. 41

Fair

Over: CSX RAILROAD

3 MI NW OF MANCHESTER, Meriwether, GA

Built 1953 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,700

FORREST ROAD

Fair

Over: FLAT CREEK

1 MI S OF LONE OAK, Meriwether, GA

Built 1977 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 340

FORREST ROAD

Fair

Over: YELLOW JACKET CREEK

3 MI N OF LONE OAK, Meriwether, GA

Built 1977 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 600

I-85

Fair

Over: BLUE CREEK

2.5 MI W OF LONE OAK, Meriwether, GA

Built 1977 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 55,800

ROCKY MOUNT ROAD

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

4 MI N OF GREENVILLE, Meriwether, GA

Built 1994 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 360

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