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Richmond County, GA

183 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 89.6% rated Good, 8.7% Fair, 1.6% Poor.

183
Public bridges: 89.6%
Good condition: 1.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Richmond County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

105th
of 159 on Poor share: 1.6%
Poor-condition share: 183
public highway bridges: 1984
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.

Richmond County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Richmond County ranks #105 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.6%). Richmond County, Georgia contains 183 public highway bridges. Roughly 89.6% are rated “Good,” 8.7% “Fair,” and 1.6% “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

183

Public highway bridges in Richmond County

Good condition

89.6%

164 of 183 rated 7-9

Fair condition

8.7%

16 of 183 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.6%

3 of 183 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#105 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 183 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

89.6% (164)

Fair

8.7% (16)

Poor

1.6% (3)

Richmond County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,356 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 785 crossings a day against 19,694 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 183 of 183 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

29% of Richmond County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

53 of the 183 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 89.6% 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.

One structure carries 68.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

GOODRICH ROAD over CANAL SPILLWAY, built 1940, carries 1,606 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,356 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

3
1930s

6
1940s

9
1950s

19
1960s

9
1970s

15
1980s

23
1990s

51
2000s

22
2010s

18
2020s

8

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 51 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1984, 7 years newer than the Georgia average of 1977.

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Richmond County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.6% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Richmond County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Colquitt County	194	83.5%	16%	0.5%	1982
Richmond County (this page)	183	89.6%	8.7%	1.6%	1984
Thomas County	179	90.5%	9.5%	0%	1978
Coweta County	173	80.3%	19.1%	0.6%	1988
Laurens County	169	69.8%	26.6%	3.6%	1972
Carroll County	168	72.6%	26.8%	0.6%	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 Richmond 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 Richmond County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (183 bridges here).

St. Clair County, AL · 183 bridges
Marshall County, IN · 183 bridges
Appanoose County, IA · 183 bridges
Keokuk County, IA · 183 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1984 here).

Hennepin County, MN · avg 1984 · 936 bridges
Duval County, FL · avg 1984 · 831 bridges
El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
Bell County, TX · avg 1984 · 660 bridges

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

All 183 Good 164 Fair 16 Poor 3

Good-condition bridges (164)

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Richmond County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Richmond County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,356 vehicle crossings a day

29% of Richmond County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 68.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Richmond 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

Good-condition bridges (164)

MILLEDGEVILLE RD

US 1 FL FRWAY (NBL

I-520

I-520

SR 28

COL-NITROGEN ROAD

SCOTTS WAY

SR 56

WALTON WAY

SR 121 - US 25

WINDSOR SPRING RD

LOVERS LANE

I-520

I-520

RAMSGATE ROAD

ST SEBASTIAN WAY

EAGLES WAY

WHEELER ROAD

GREENE STREET

SR 10 - US 1

I-520

MILLEDGE ROAD

RICHMOND HILL RD

GRAND BLVD.

OLD SAVANNAH ROAD

SR 121 - US 25

MURRAY ROAD (SBL)

DOUG BARNARD PKWY-

SR 383

I-520 (EBL)

I-520 (WBL)

WHEELESS ROAD

I-520 (EBL)

I-520 (WBL)

WALTON WAY EXT / D

SR 10 - US 78

SR 56

SR 56

I-520

I-520

MILLEDGEVILLE ROAD

MILLEDGEVILLE ROAD

HIGHLAND AVENUE

M.L.KING JR BLVD.

SR 4

DYER STREET

BOYKIN PLACE

NEW SAVANNAH RD

EVE STREET

MOLLY POND ROAD

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