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Paulding County, GA

84 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 71.4% rated Good, 28.6% Fair, 0% Poor.

84
Public bridges
71.4%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Paulding County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 11%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
84
public highway bridges
1987
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.

Paulding County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Paulding County ranks #18 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Paulding County, Georgia contains 84 public highway bridges. Roughly 71.4% are rated “Good,” 28.6% “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

84

Public highway bridges in Paulding County

Good condition

71.4%

60 of 84 rated 7-9

Fair condition

28.6%

24 of 84 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 84 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#18 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 84 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
71.4% (60)
Fair
28.6% (24)
Poor
0% (0)

29.8% of Paulding County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

25 of the 84 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 71.4% 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.

When Paulding County's bridges were built

84 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 16 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1987, 10 years newer than the Georgia average of 1977.

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

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Paulding 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 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 10 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Paulding County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Early County 85 0%
Union County 85 4.7%
Elbert County 84 4.8%
Glynn County 84 1.2%
Paulding County (this page) 84 0%
Wayne County 83 1.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (84 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1987 here).

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

All 84 Good 60 Fair 24 Poor 0

Fair-condition bridges (24)

MORNINGSIDE DRIVE

Fair

Over: LICK LOG CREEK

2 MI S OF HIRAM, Paulding, GA

Built 1979 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 1,450

US 278 (WBL)

Fair

Over: PUMPKINVINE CREEK

2.2 MI W OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1930 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 16,910

SR 61

Fair

Over: SILVER COMET TRAIL

AT S DALLAS CITY LIMT, Paulding, GA

Built 1936 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 15,800

STATE ROUTE 92

Fair

Over: SILVER COMET TRAIL

IN NORTH HIRAM, Paulding, GA

Built 1940 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 18,600

MOUNT OLIVET ROAD

Fair

Over: PUMPKINVINE CREEK

1 MI NW OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1969 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 850

STATE ROUTE 92

Fair

Over: CR 511-NS RR (719809H)

IN HIRAM, Paulding, GA

Built 1940 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 16,100

STATE ROUTE 1O1

Fair

Over: CRIDER CREEK

10.6 MI SW OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1939 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 8,210

BRASWELL MT. ROAD

Fair

Over: RACCOON CREEK

6.4 MI N OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 830

BENNETT ROAD

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

7.2 MI SE OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1971 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,880

OLD CARTERSVILLE R

Fair

Over: BONE CREEK

2 MI N OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1970 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,920

MILL CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

8.8 MI SE OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1979 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,110

LAIRD ROAD

Fair

Over: LICK LOG CREEK

1.5 MI SOUTH OF HIRAM, Paulding, GA

Built 1996 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 3,110

PAUL HARRIS ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE PUMPKINVINE CREEK

5 MI SW OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1995 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 230

EAST MEMORIAL DRIV

Fair

Over: LAWRENCE CREEK

1.6 MI NE OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1993 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 14,500

BAKERS BRIDGE RD

Fair

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK TRIB

5.8 MI SW OF HIRAM, Paulding, GA

Built 1972 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 9,360

DALLAS-NEBO ROAD

Fair

Over: LICK LOG CREEK

7 MI S OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1974 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,588

DOUBLE BRANCHES LA

Fair

Over: POSSUM CREEK

8.4 MI NE OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,450

FRIENDSHIP CH ROAD

Fair

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

10 MI S OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1988 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,300

McGARITY ROAD

Fair

Over: McCLENDON CREEK

10 MI SW OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1984 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 120

STATE ROUTE 92

Fair

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK TRIB

3.2 MI S OF HIRAM, Paulding, GA

Built 1939 Load: 62.5 t ADT: 10,000

EAST MEMORIAL DRIV

Fair

Over: GRIFFIN CREEK

1.2 MI NE OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1940 Load: 77.1 t ADT: 14,500

WOODROW KAY ROAD

Fair

Over: WHITE CREEK

10 MI W OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1988 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 800

CARRINGTON LAKE

Fair

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK TRIB

10 MI S OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1988 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 570

STATE ROUTE 120

Fair

Over: POWDER SPRINGS CREEK

4.9 MI E OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1997 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 14,628

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