Total bridges
82
Public highway bridges in Murray County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
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
- 1910s 3
1910–1919
3 bridges
- 1920s 6
1920–1929
6 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
8 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
13 bridges
- 1960s 6
1960–1969
6 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
20 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
13 bridges
- 1990s 2
1990–1999
2 bridges
- 2000s 4
2000–2009
4 bridges
- 2010s 2
2010–2019
2 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 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.
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.
| 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.
Poor-condition bridges (14)
HASSLERS MILL RD
PoorOver: MILL CREEK
5.1 MI NE OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA
Built 1952 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50
DENNIS MILL ROAD
PoorOver: ROCK CREEK
5.6 MI SE OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA
Built 1933 Load: 0.9 t ADT: 366
OLD FEDERAL ROAD
PoorOver: MILL CREEK
3.8 MI N OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA
Built 1918 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 220
McNELLY ROAD
PoorOver: CONASAUGA RIVER TRIB.
5 MI NW OF CRANDELL, Murray, GA
Built 1934 Load: 6.3 t ADT: 20
OLD US 411
PoorOver: WILLBANKS BRANCH
10 MI SE OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA
Built 1921 Load: 9.9 t ADT: 720
CCC CAMP ROAD
PoorOver: EMERY CREEK
6.5 MI SE OF CRANDALL, Murray, GA
Built 1934 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 280
LOUGHRIDGE ROAD
PoorOver: MILL CREEK
2 MI N OF ETON, Murray, GA
Built 1922 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 320
HAWKINS ROAD
PoorOver: SUMAC CREEK TRIB
4 MI NW OF CRANDALL, Murray, GA
Built 1987 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 270
OLD SR 2
PoorOver: CONASAUGA RIVER TRIB.
6.9 MI NE OF CRANDALL, Murray, GA
Built 1932 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 160
COOL SPRINGS RD
PoorOver: CSX RAILROAD (340672T)
5.2 MI SE OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA
Built 1966 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 1,600
US 76/SR 282
PoorOver: ROCK CREEK
5.3 MI S OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA
Built 1910 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 4,190
HAWKINS ROAD
PoorOver: SUMAC CREEK TRIB
3.5 MI NW OF CRANDALL, Murray, GA
Built 1987 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 210
OLD US 411
PoorOver: COOSAWATTEE RIVER
12 MI S OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA
Built 1928 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 720
HEMPHILL ROAD
PoorOver: SUGAR CREEK TRIB
6.9 MI SE OF CHATSWORTH, Murray, GA
Built 1921 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 103
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