Total bridges
111
Public highway bridges in Mitchell County
County profile · official public datasets
Mitchell County, GA
111 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 86.5% rated Good, 11.7% Fair, 1.8% Poor.
- 111
- Public bridges
- 86.5%
- Good condition
- 1.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Mitchell 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.
- 112th
- of 159 on Poor share
- 1.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 111
- public highway bridges
- 1971
- 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.
Mitchell County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Mitchell County ranks #112 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.8%). Mitchell County, Georgia contains 111 public highway bridges. Roughly 86.5% are rated “Good,” 11.7% “Fair,” and 1.8% “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.
Good condition
86.5%
96 of 111 rated 7-9
Fair condition
11.7%
13 of 111 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.8%
2 of 111 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#112 of 159
Among Georgia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 111 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 86.5% (96)
Fair 11.7% (13)
Poor 1.8% (2)
Mitchell County's Poor-condition bridges carry 131 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 66 crossings a day against 2,143 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 111 of 111 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
53.2% of Mitchell County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
59 of the 111 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 86.5% 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 92.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
BAY POLE ROAD over BAY POLE CREEK, built 1930, 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 131 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Mitchell County's bridges were built
111 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
8 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s 7
1950–1959
7 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
20 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
17 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
15 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
11 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
9 bridges
- 2010s 6
2010–2019
6 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 20 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1971, 6 years older than the Georgia average of 1977.
How Mitchell County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Georgia counties nearest Mitchell County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.8% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1971 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 7 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 158 Georgia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walton County | 115 | 72.2% | 26.1% | 1.7% | 1981 |
| Chattooga County | 113 | 58.4% | 32.7% | 8.8% | 1974 |
| Houston County | 112 | 86.6% | 13.4% | 0% | 1979 |
| Tift County | 112 | 85.7% | 14.3% | 0% | 1974 |
| Mitchell County (this page) | 111 | 86.5% | 11.7% | 1.8% | 1971 |
| Fannin County | 107 | 36.4% | 61.7% | 1.9% | 1980 |
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 Mitchell 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 Mitchell County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside GA (111 bridges here).
- Fairbanks North Star County, AK · 111 bridges
- Texas County, OK · 111 bridges
- Scott County, TN · 111 bridges
- Columbia County, FL · 112 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1971 here).
- Wayne County, MI · avg 1971 · 1,026 bridges
- Baltimore County, MD · avg 1971 · 783 bridges
- Washington County, PA · avg 1971 · 655 bridges
- Linn County, OR · avg 1971 · 566 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (13)
MOREY HILL ROAD
FairOver: RACCOON CREEK TRIB
12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CA, Mitchell, GA
Built 1993 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 40
RESEARCH ROAD
FairOver: BIG SLOUGH TRIB
APP 3 MI SW OF CAMILLA, Mitchell, GA
Built 1930 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 10
COOL SPRINGS ROAD
FairOver: RACCOON CREEK TRIB
APP 3.5 MI N OF SALE CITY, Mitchell, GA
Built 1986 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 20
CHERRY ROAD
FairOver: SALLYS BRANCH TRIB
APP 1.5 M SE OF SALE CITY, Mitchell, GA
Built 1991 Load: 7.2 t ADT: 121
LAKE PLEASANT CH R
FairOver: LOST CREEK TRIB
APP 3 MI NNE OF COTTON, Mitchell, GA
Built 1983 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 10
OLD HIGHWAY 19
FairOver: BIG SLOUGH TRIB
APP 3 MI N OF PELHAM, Mitchell, GA
Built 1919 Load: 9.9 t ADT: 580
EUBANKS ROAD
FairOver: LOST CREEK TRIB
APP 3 MI N OF COTTON, Mitchell, GA
Built 1992 Load: 10.8 t ADT: 20
LAKE PLEASANT CH R
FairOver: LOST CREEK
APP 3 MI NNE OF COTTON, Mitchell, GA
Built 1992 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 10
COUNTY LINE ROAD
FairOver: LOST CREEK TRIB
APP 4 MI ENE OF COTTON, Mitchell, GA
Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 300
SR 112
FairOver: BIG SLOUGH TRIB
APP 1 MILE SOUTH OF CAMI, Mitchell, GA
Built 1941 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,490
SR 93
FairOver: LITTLE CREEK
APP 4 MI N OF PELHAM, Mitchell, GA
Built 1974 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 970
SR 93
FairOver: LITTLE CREEK OVERFLOW
IN COTTON, Mitchell, GA
Built 1974 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 970
SR 112
FairOver: BIG SLOUGH TRIB
1.5 MILES SOUTH OF CAMIL, Mitchell, GA
Built 1942 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 3,490
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