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Monroe County, GA

90 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 72.2% rated Good, 26.7% Fair, 1.1% Poor.

90
Public bridges
72.2%
Good condition
1.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Monroe 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.

85th
of 159 on Poor share
1.1%
Poor-condition share
90
public highway bridges
1970
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.

Monroe County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Monroe County ranks #85 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). Monroe County, Georgia contains 90 public highway bridges. Roughly 72.2% are rated “Good,” 26.7% “Fair,” and 1.1% “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

90

Public highway bridges in Monroe County

Good condition

72.2%

65 of 90 rated 7-9

Fair condition

26.7%

24 of 90 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.1%

1 of 90 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#85 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 90 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
72.2% (65)
Fair
26.7% (24)
Poor
1.1% (1)

Monroe County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,790 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,790 crossings a day against 6,725 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 90 of 90 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

64.4% of Monroe County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

58 of the 90 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 72.2% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 83 over LEE CREEK, built 1958, carries 2,790 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,790 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Monroe County's bridges were built

90 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 25 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1970, 7 years older than the Georgia average of 1977.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Monroe County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.1% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 9 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Monroe County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Banks County 93 4.3%
Haralson County 93 2.2%
Douglas County 92 0%
Monroe County (this page) 90 1.1%
Spalding County 88 2.3%
Catoosa County 86 3.5%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (90 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1970 here).

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

All 90 Good 65 Fair 24 Poor 1

All bridges (90)

I-75

Good

Over: SR 83

FORSYTH CITY LIMITS, Monroe, GA

Built 1989 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 41,400

OXFORD ROAD

Good

Over: ECHECONEE CREEK

3 MI NE OF CULLODEN, Monroe, GA

Built 1977 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 40

PATE ROAD

Good

Over: I-75

1 MI SE OF BOLINGBROKE, Monroe, GA

Built 1966 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,370

I-475 NBL

Good

Over: SR 19- CR 46- NORFOLK RR

IN BOLINGBROKE, Monroe, GA

Built 1966 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 40,700

JULIETTE ROAD

Good

Over: OCMULGEE RIVER

10 MI NE OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1971 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 880

SR 42

Good

Over: TOWALIGA RIVER

6 MI N OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1972 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,620

JULIETTE ROAD

Good

Over: I-75

IN FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1989 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,200

REEDY CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: TOBESOFKEE CREEK TRIB.

7 MI SOUTH OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 2007 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 440

I-475 NBL

Good

Over: I-75

0.5 MI E OF BOLINGBROKE, Monroe, GA

Built 1966 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 40,700

JOHNSTONVILLE RD

Good

Over: I-75

6 MI N OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1966 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,650

BUCK CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: HIGH FALLS LAKE

11 MI NW OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1995 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,780

REEDY CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: TOBESOFKEE CREEK

5 MI SOUTH OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 2008 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 440

SR 42

Good

Over: YELLOW CREEK

6 MI S OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1937 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,720

SR 42

Good

Over: ECHECONNEE CREE

6 MI E OF CULLODEN, Monroe, GA

Built 2006 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,520

SR 74

Good

Over: ECHECONNEE CREEK TRIB.

7 MI E OF CULLODEN, Monroe, GA

Built 1954 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,490

SR 83

Good

Over: STANDARD CREEK

8 MI NE OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1957 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,670

I-75 SBL

Good

Over: RED CREEK TRIB

3 MI N OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1966 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 41,400

I-75 SBL

Good

Over: RED CREEK

3 MI N OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1966 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 41,400

SR 18

Good

Over: I-75

0.5 MI E OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1989 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 5,190

CHARLES JOHNSON RO

Good

Over: YELLOW CREEK

7 MI S OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1992 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 120

INGRAM ROAD

Good

Over: COLE CREEK

6 MI W OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1996 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121

WHITTLE ROAD

Good

Over: CALAPARCHEE CREEK

2 MI S OF BOLINGBROKE, Monroe, GA

Built 1996 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 180

GOODWYNNE ROAD

Good

Over: PHINAZEE CREEK

6 MI W OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1996 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121

ENGLISH ROAD

Good

Over: RED CREEK

4 MILES NW OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1998 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 50

SR 42

Good

Over: MEAKS BRANCH

5 MI S OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1938 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 2,470

US 23 SR 87

Good

Over: LEE CREEK OVERFLOW

11 MI NE OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1955 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 2,600

PARKS ROAD

Good

Over: TOBESOFKEE CREEK

5 MI SW OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1987 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 10

SR 83

Good

Over: TOWALIGA RIVER

7 MI NE OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 2019 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 2,670

JULIETTE ROAD

Good

Over: RUM CREEK

4 MI NE OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1940 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,280

US 341 SR 7

Good

Over: ECHECONNEE CREEK

2 MI N OF CULLODEN, Monroe, GA

Built 1966 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,580

MAYFIELD ROAD

Good

Over: TOWALIGA RIVER

10 MI N OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 2001 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 121

US 23 SR 87

Good

Over: TOWALIGA RIVER

9 MI NE OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1994 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 2,600

FLINT ROAD

Good

Over: LITT TOBESOFKEE CR TRIB

8 MI SOUTH WEST OF FORSYT, Monroe, GA

Built 1990 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 300

I-75

Good

Over: LITTLE DEER CREEK

7 MI SE OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1961 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 41,400

I-75

Good

Over: DEER CREEK

3 MI SE OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1958 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 41,400

SR 18

Good

Over: RUM CREEK

11.7 MI E OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1989 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,720

REEDY CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: REEDY CREEK

2 MI SW OF SMARR, Monroe, GA

Built 1965 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 570

OLD CABANISS ROAD

Good

Over: MILL DAM CREEK

9 MI N OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1996 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 300

UNIONVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE TOWALIGA RIVER

8 MI NW OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1999 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 170

SR 83

Poor

Over: LEE CREEK

11 MI NE OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1958 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 2,790

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