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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

82

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.

When Murray County's bridges were built

82 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

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.

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

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 Poor
Wayne County 83 1.2%
Murray County (this page) 82 17.1%
Berrien County 81 0%
Fayette County 81 3.7%
Sumter County 81 0%
White County 81 2.5%

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 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).

Similar average build year

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

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

Good-condition bridges (27)

SR 225

Good

Over: HOLLY CREEK

5.9 MI S OF SPRING PLACE, Murray, GA

Built 1950 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 8,060

SR 225

Good

Over: HOLLY CREEK O/F

5.7 MI S OF SPRING PLACE, Murray, GA

Built 1950 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 8,060

SR 225

Good

Over: BEAMER CREEK

8.8 MI S OF SPRING PLACE, Murray, GA

Built 1950 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 4,630

CCC CAMP ROAD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK TRIB

1.1 MI E OF ETON, Murray, GA

Built 1968 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 810

RED CUT ROAD

Good

Over: PINHOOK CREEK

2.7 MI NW OF ETON, Murray, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,440

AIRPORT ROAD

Good

Over: CONASAUGA RIVER

MURRAY-WHITFIELD CO LINE, Murray, GA

Built 1975 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 3,056

SR 225

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

3 MI N OF SPRING PLACE, Murray, GA

Built 1975 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 6,540

BALL GROUND ROAD

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

5.8 MI SE OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA

Built 1994 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 903

CARTERS ROAD

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD (340677C)

11.5 MI SE OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA

Built 1984 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 90

US 411/SR 61

Good

Over: CR 182- CSX RR (340636X)

7.9 MI N OF CRANDALL, Murray, GA

Built 2021 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 2,410

CISCO ALACULSY RD

Good

Over: JACKS RIVER

ON GA.-TENN. STATE LINE., Murray, GA

Built 2002 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 250

US 411/SR 61

Good

Over: ROCK SPRINGS BRANCH

9.4 MI S OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA

Built 1974 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,300

US 76- US 411/SR 6

Good

Over: CHICKEN CREEK

3.3 MI S OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA

Built 1974 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 5,890

SR 136

Good

Over: HOPEWELL BRANCH

MURRAY-GORDON CO LINE, Murray, GA

Built 1974 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,322

US 411 SR 61

Good

Over: MILL CREEK TRIB

1 MI N OF ETON, Murray, GA

Built 1920 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 11,900

DENNIS MILL ROAD

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

6.9 MI SE OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA

Built 1985 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 366

SUGAR CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: OAK GROVE BRANCH

8.1 MI NW OF CRANDALL, Murray, GA

Built 1974 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 190

SHIELDS ROAD

Good

Over: PERRY CREEK

10.2 MI N OF CRANDALL, Murray, GA

Built 1982 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 120

GREESON BEND RD

Good

Over: TOWN BRANCH

1 MI W OF SPRING PLACE, Murray, GA

Built 1986 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 370

BROWN BRIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: BULLPEN BRANCH

5.1 MI SW OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA

Built 2007 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,180

SR 225

Good

Over: TOWN BRANCH TRIB

IN SOUTH SPRING PLACE, Murray, GA

Built 1950 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 8,060

OLD FEDERAL HIGHWA

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

CITY LIMITS OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA

Built 2012 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 804

TIBBS BRIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: CONASAUGA RIVER

5.1 MI SW OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA

Built 1980 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 3,056

SR2/SR52

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD (340663U)

IN E CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA

Built 2006 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 3,780

SR 225

Good

Over: TOWN BRANCH

IN NORTH SPRING PLACE, Murray, GA

Built 1950 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 8,060

FDR 68

Good

Over: HOLLY CREEK

FDR 68 MP 6.5, Murray, GA

Built 2008 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 100

SR 52 ALT.

Good

Over: TOWN BRANCH

IIN SPRING PLACE, Murray, GA

Built 2021 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 17,000

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