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Morgan County, GA

103 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 84.5% rated Good, 15.5% Fair, 0% Poor.

103
Public bridges: 84.5%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Morgan County posts a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 7%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 103
public highway bridges: 1981
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.

Morgan County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Morgan County ranks #11 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Morgan County, Georgia contains 103 public highway bridges. Roughly 84.5% are rated “Good,” 15.5% “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

103

Public highway bridges in Morgan County

Good condition

84.5%

87 of 103 rated 7-9

Fair condition

15.5%

16 of 103 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 103 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#11 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 103 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

84.5% (87)

Fair

15.5% (16)

Poor

0% (0)

43.7% of Morgan County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

45 of the 103 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 84.5% 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.

1930s

5
1940s

1
1950s

4
1960s

33
1970s

4
1980s

12
1990s

20
2000s

16
2010s

8

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 33 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Morgan County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 6 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Morgan County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Fannin County	107	36.4%	61.7%	1.9%	1980
Brooks County	104	68.3%	27.9%	3.8%	1970
Grady County	104	93.3%	5.8%	1%	1982
Morgan County (this page)	103	84.5%	15.5%	0%	1981
Clarke County	102	78.4%	21.6%	0%	1972
Gilmer County	101	47.5%	44.6%	7.9%	1973

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (103 bridges here).

Kenai Peninsula County, AK · 103 bridges
Dallas County, AR · 103 bridges
Rawlins County, KS · 103 bridges
Lawrence County, KY · 103 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1981 here).

Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges

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

All 103 Good 87 Fair 16 Poor 0

All bridges (103)

Sort:

HIGH SHOALS ROAD

Fair

Over: JACKS CREEK

2.2 MI N OF BOSTWICK, Morgan, GA

Built 1950 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 860

CLACK ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE RIVER

7.7 MI S OF RUTLEDGE, Morgan, GA

Built 1965 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 280

US 278 / SR 12

Fair

Over: CSX RAILROAD (279602P)

2 MI NE OF MADISON, Morgan, GA

Built 1959 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 3,060

US 129 SR 24

Fair

Over: HARD LABOR CREEK

3.5 MI N OF MADISON, Morgan, GA

Built 1932 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 10,400

US 129/ SR 24

Fair

Over: APALACHEE RIVER

2.3 MI N OF APALACHEE, Morgan, GA

Built 1931 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 7,070

I-20 EBL

Fair

Over: CR 214- NORTH SUGAR CRK

1.9 MI SW OF BUCKHEAD, Morgan, GA

Built 1968 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 33,500

US 129 SR 24

Fair

Over: BIG SANDY CREEK

1.5 MI SW OF APALACHEE, Morgan, GA

Built 1932 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 8,860

MONTICELLO HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: LITTLE RIVER

3.8 MI NE OF GODFREY, Morgan, GA

Built 1963 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 3,260

I-20 EBL

Fair

Over: BIG INDIAN CREEK

4.9 MI SE OF RUTLEDGE, Morgan, GA

Built 1967 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 38,300

I-20 EBL

Fair

Over: OCONEE RIVER OVERFLOW

5.6 MI SE OF BUCKHEAD, Morgan, GA

Built 1968 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 32,600

I-20 WBL

Fair

Over: OCONEE RIVER OVERFLOW

5.6 MI SE OF BUCKHEAD, Morgan, GA

Built 1968 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 137,000

BETHANY ROAD

Fair

Over: I-20

3.5 MI SE OF MADISON, Morgan, GA

Built 1968 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 1,440

PRICE MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: APALACHEE RIVER

4.1 MI NE OF BOSTWICK, Morgan, GA

Built 1960 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 1,200

I-20 WBL

Fair

Over: OCONEE RIVER

5.8 MI ESE OF BUCKHEAD, Morgan, GA

Built 1968 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 137,000

I-20 EBL

Fair

Over: OCONEE RIVER

5.8 MI ESE OF BUCKHEAD, Morgan, GA

Built 1968 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 32,600

ROCKY CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: GAP CREEK

6.4 MI NW OF GODFREY, Morgan, GA

Morgan County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

43.7% of Morgan County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Morgan 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 (103)

HIGH SHOALS ROAD

CLACK ROAD

US 278 / SR 12

US 129 SR 24

US 129/ SR 24

I-20 EBL

US 129 SR 24

MONTICELLO HIGHWAY

I-20 EBL

I-20 EBL

I-20 WBL

BETHANY ROAD

PRICE MILL ROAD

I-20 WBL

I-20 EBL

ROCKY CREEK ROAD

WALTON MILL ROAD

ENTERPRISE ROAD

SEVEN ISLAND ROAD

OLD MILL ROAD

LITTLE RIVER ROAD

CLACK ROAD

SANDY CREEK ROAD

BALDWIN DAIRY ROAD

SR 83

I-20 EBL

FAIRPLAY ROAD

I-20 WBL

I-20 WBL

CLACK ROAD

SEWELL CHURCH RD

LOWER APALACHEE RD

DOUBLE BRIDGE RD

REESE ROAD

CENTENNIAL ROAD

FEARS ROAD

BOSTWICK HIGHWAY

FAIRPLAY ROAD

FAMBROUGH BR ROAD

FARRAR ROAD

BARROWS GROVE RD

MCNAIR LANE

SR 83

FAIRPLAY ROAD

EATONTON ROAD

BRIAR CREEK ROAD

AQUA ROAD

US 278 SR 12

PARKS MILL ROAD

INDIAN CREEK ROAD

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