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Muscogee County, GA

208 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 84.6% rated Good, 15.4% Fair, 0% Poor.

208
Public bridges: 84.6%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Muscogee County posts a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 3%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 208
public highway bridges: 1974
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.

Muscogee County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Muscogee County ranks #4 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Muscogee County, Georgia contains 208 public highway bridges. Roughly 84.6% are rated “Good,” 15.4% “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

208

Public highway bridges in Muscogee County

Good condition

84.6%

176 of 208 rated 7-9

Fair condition

15.4%

32 of 208 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 208 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#4 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 208 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

84.6% (176)

Fair

15.4% (32)

Poor

0% (0)

48.1% of Muscogee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

100 of the 208 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 84.6% 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.

1910s

4
1920s

3
1930s

13
1940s

4
1950s

23
1960s

46
1970s

28
1980s

41
1990s

10
2000s

13
2010s

21
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 46 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Muscogee County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Muscogee County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Bibb County	220	76.4%	23.6%	0%	1974
Bartow County	219	67.1%	30.6%	2.3%	1977
Muscogee County (this page)	208	84.6%	15.4%	0%	1974
Floyd County	202	57.4%	39.1%	3.5%	1975
Colquitt County	194	83.5%	16%	0.5%	1982
Richmond County	183	89.6%	8.7%	1.6%	1984

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (208 bridges here).

Posey County, IN · 208 bridges
Marshall County, KY · 208 bridges
Caldwell County, MO · 208 bridges
Duplin County, NC · 208 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1974 here).

Knox County, TN · avg 1974 · 588 bridges
Summit County, OH · avg 1974 · 563 bridges
Onondaga County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Orange County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges

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

All 208 Good 176 Fair 32 Poor 0

Fair-condition bridges (32)

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Muscogee County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

48.1% of Muscogee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Muscogee 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

Fair-condition bridges (32)

6TH AVE.

US 280 SR 520 COR

BUENA VISTA ROAD

STEAM MILL ROAD

LEGACY BLVD (SB)

SR 520 WBL (US 27)

SR 520 EBL (US 27)

PSALMOND ROAD

US 27 ALT. SBL

BUENA VISTA ROAD

US 27 ALT. NBL

RIVER ROAD

STEAM MILL ROAD

E. FLATROCK DRIVE

DILLINGHAM STREET

CHATTSWORTH RD

2ND ARMORED DIV RD

US 27 / SR 1

COUNTY LINE ROAD

CARGO DRIVE

I-185 (SB)

Lindsey Cr Pkwy-NB

CUSTER ROAD

CARMOUCHE RANGE RD

RED ARROW ROAD

US 27 ALT./SR 85

US 27 ALT./ SR 85

EDGE CHESTER AVE.

16TH AVENUE

BUENA VISTA ROAD

LEGACY BLVD (NB)

RIVER ROAD

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