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Murray County, GA

82 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 32.9% rated Good, 50% Fair, 17.1% Poor.

82
Public bridges: 32.9%
Good condition: 17.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Murray 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.

159th
of 159 on Poor share: 17.1%
Poor-condition share: 82
public highway bridges: 1964
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.

Murray County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Murray County ranks #159 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 17.1%). Murray County, Georgia contains 82 public highway bridges. Roughly 32.9% are rated “Good,” 50% “Fair,” and 17.1% “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

Public highway bridges in Murray County

Good condition

32.9%

27 of 82 rated 7-9

Fair condition

50%

41 of 82 rated 5-6

Poor condition

17.1%

14 of 82 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#159 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 82 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

32.9% (27)

Fair

50% (41)

Poor

17.1% (14)

Murray County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,229 vehicle crossings a day

That is 4.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 17.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 659 crossings a day against 3,842 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 82 of 82 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

65.9% of Murray County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

54 of the 82 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 32.9% 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.

One structure carries 45.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 76/SR 282 over ROCK CREEK, built 1910, carries 4,190 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 14-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 9,229 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

3
1920s

6
1930s

8
1940s

3
1950s

13
1960s

6
1970s

20
1980s

13
1990s

2
2000s

4
2010s

2
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 20 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1964, 13 years older than the Georgia average of 1977.

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Murray County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 17.1% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1964 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 14 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Murray County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Wayne County	83	85.5%	13.3%	1.2%	1983
Murray County (this page)	82	32.9%	50%	17.1%	1964
Berrien County	81	79%	21%	0%	1972
Fayette County	81	71.6%	24.7%	3.7%	1986
Sumter County	81	86.4%	13.6%	0%	1974
White County	81	34.6%	63%	2.5%	1977

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (82 bridges here).

Gallatin County, IL · 82 bridges
Thomas County, KS · 82 bridges
Nicholas County, KY · 82 bridges
St. Charles County, LA · 82 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1964 here).

Bergen County, NJ · avg 1964 · 577 bridges
Morris County, NJ · avg 1964 · 508 bridges
Baltimore city County, MD · avg 1964 · 374 bridges
Ross County, OH · avg 1964 · 356 bridges

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

All 82 Good 27 Fair 41 Poor 14

All bridges (82)

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Murray County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Murray County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,229 vehicle crossings a day

65.9% of Murray County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 45.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Murray 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 (82)

US 76- US 411/SR 6

CONISTON ROAD

PEEPLES SPUR

HOLLY CR COOL SP R

RAMHURST ROAD

US 411/SR 61

FOX BRIDGE ROAD

SR 2

US 411 SR 61 SR2

SR 225

OLD HIGHWAY 411

US 411 SR 61

US 411

US 411 SR 61/SR 2

US 411 SR 61

US 411/SR 61

SR 136

US 76/SR 282

CCC CAMP ROAD

COOL SPRINGS RD

COOLSPRINGS RD

COOL SPRINGS RD

TOM TERRY ROAD

BERRY BENNET ROAD

CHARTON PETTY RD

US 411/SR 61

CRANDALL ELLIJAY R

CARTERS ROAD

MITCHELL BRIDGE RD

CARTERS INTAKE ACC

US 76

SR 2 SR 52

US 411/SR 61

SR 225

SR 225

SR 286

WILBANKS ROAD

CCC CAMP ROAD

TENNGA ROAD

US 76- US 411/SR 6

CCC CAMP ROAD

SR 225

SR 225

SR 225

CCC CAMP ROAD

RED CUT ROAD

AIRPORT ROAD

SR 225

BALL GROUND ROAD

CARTERS ROAD

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