Total bridges
44
Public highway bridges in Rockdale County
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Rockdale County, GA
44 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 81.8% rated Good, 15.9% Fair, 2.3% Poor.
- 44
- Public bridges
- 81.8%
- Good condition
- 2.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Rockdale County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 122nd
- of 159 on Poor share
- 2.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 44
- public highway bridges
- 1979
- 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.
Rockdale County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Rockdale County ranks #122 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.3%). Rockdale County, Georgia contains 44 public highway bridges. Roughly 81.8% are rated “Good,” 15.9% “Fair,” and 2.3% “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
81.8%
36 of 44 rated 7-9
Fair condition
15.9%
7 of 44 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.3%
1 of 44 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#122 of 159
Among Georgia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 44 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 81.8% (36)
Fair 15.9% (7)
Poor 2.3% (1)
Rockdale County's Poor-condition bridges carry 45,600 vehicle crossings a day
That is 9.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 45,600 crossings a day against 9,704 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 44 of 44 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
43.2% of Rockdale County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
19 of the 44 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 81.8% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 20 over I-20, built 1963, carries 45,600 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 45,600 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Rockdale County's bridges were built
44 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 1
1930–1939
1 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 5
1950–1959
5 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
9 bridges
- 1970s 4
1970–1979
4 bridges
- 1980s 4
1980–1989
4 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
13 bridges
- 2000s 3
2000–2009
3 bridges
- 2010s 3
2010–2019
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 13 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Georgia average (1977).
How Rockdale County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Georgia counties nearest Rockdale County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 6 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 158 Georgia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson County | 45 | 68.9% | 28.9% | 2.2% | 1970 |
| Miller County | 45 | 77.8% | 22.2% | 0% | 1977 |
| Twiggs County | 45 | 75.6% | 24.4% | 0% | 1971 |
| Bacon County | 44 | 81.8% | 15.9% | 2.3% | 1976 |
| Pulaski County | 44 | 84.1% | 15.9% | 0% | 1971 |
| Rockdale County (this page) | 44 | 81.8% | 15.9% | 2.3% | 1979 |
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 Rockdale 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 Rockdale County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside GA (44 bridges here).
- Archuleta County, CO · 44 bridges
- Wallace County, KS · 44 bridges
- Trimble County, KY · 44 bridges
- Kent County, MD · 44 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1979 here).
- Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
- Jefferson County, KY · avg 1979 · 662 bridges
- Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
- McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (44)
FLAT BRIDGE ROAD
FairOver: SOUTH RIVER
5 MI SW OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1959 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 9,181
SR 20
FairOver: YELLOW RIVER
2 MI N OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1950 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 13,800
HONEY CREEK ROAD
FairOver: SNAPPING SHOALS CREEK
4 MI S OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1967 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 10,600
SR 138 EBL
FairOver: YELLOW RIVER
3 MI NE OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1957 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 24,400
COSTLEY ROAD
FairOver: BIG HAYNES CREEK
5 MI E OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1983 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,370
SR 138
FairOver: LITTLE HAYNES CREEK
5.5 MI NE OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1962 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 15,400
HARALSON MILL ROAD
FairOver: BIG HAYNES CREEK TRIB.
7.5 MI N OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1997 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,450
SR 20
GoodOver: CSX RAILROAD
1 MI E OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1963 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 36,500
NEW SALEM ROAD
GoodOver: DOGWOOD DR / CSX RR
2.5 MI E OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1995 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 17,300
GEES MILL ROAD
GoodOver: YELLOW RIVER
3 MI E OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1979 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 2,990
MCDONOUGH ROAD
GoodOver: ALMOND BRANCH
2.5 MI SE OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1936 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 29,500
LOGANVILLE ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE PANTHER CREEK
6 MI N OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1945 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 6,490
SR 138
GoodOver: ALMOND BRANCH
2 MI S OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1948 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 18,000
EAST FAIRVIEW ROAD
GoodOver: JACKSON CREEK
5 MI SW OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,690
TUCKER MILL ROAD
GoodOver: HONEY CREEK
4 MI SW OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1984 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,804
TROUPE SMITH ROAD
GoodOver: McCLAIN BRANCH
5 MI S OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,804
LAKE CAPRI DRIVE
GoodOver: LAKE CAPRI SPILLWAY
3 MI NW OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 170
HARALSON MILL ROAD
GoodOver: BIG HAYNES CREEK
7 MI N OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1979 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,450
SMYRNA ROAD
GoodOver: HONEY CREEK
2.5 MI SW OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1958 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,350
SR 138
GoodOver: BIG HAYNES CREEK
4.5 MI NE OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1962 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 16,300
DOGWOOD ROAD CONN.
GoodOver: CSX RAILROAD
2.5 MI E OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1995 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,450
IRWIN BRIDGE ROAD
GoodOver: YELLOW RIVER
2.5 MI N OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 2012 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 6,960
SR 138
GoodOver: ROCK CREEK
4.5 MI SW OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1950 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 7,360
OGLESBY BR ROAD
GoodOver: SOUTH RIVER
5 MI SW OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1985 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,150
HONEY CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: HONEY CREEK TRIB.
4 MI SW OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1974 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,230
HONEY CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: HONEY CREEK
4 MI SW OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1974 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,588
BOAR TUSK ROAD
GoodOver: BOAR TUSK CREEK
2 MI NE OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1989 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,640
MT ZION ROAD
GoodOver: MARK BRANCH
3.5 MI N OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1992 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,804
FLAT SHOALS ROAD
GoodOver: HONEY CREEK
2.5 MI W OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1998 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,450
OLD KLONDIKE ROAD
GoodOver: HONEY CREEK
2.5 MI W OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1999 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,450
SR 20
GoodOver: OLD COVINGTON HIGHWAY
1 MI E OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 2006 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 36,500
BAILEY CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: BAILEY CREEK
6 MI SOUTH OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 2010 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 330
SR 138 WBL
GoodOver: YELLOW RIVER
3 MI NE OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1995 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 16,050
SIGMAN ROAD
GoodOver: I-20
2 MI NW OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1992 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 14,628
PARKER ROAD
GoodOver: I-20 CR 433 CR 445
IN CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1997 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 11,100
SALEM ROAD
GoodOver: I-20
2.5 MI E OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1995 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 32,500
SR 20
GoodOver: BIG HAYNES CREEK
8.5 MI N OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 2000 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 12,400
KLONDIKE ROAD
GoodOver: I-20
IN CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1962 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 16,800
SR 138
GoodOver: SOUTH RIVER
4 MI SW OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1992 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 12,700
SR 138
GoodOver: HONEY CREEK
3.2 MI SW OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1991 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 10,800
SR 212
GoodOver: HONEY CREEK
4.5 MI S OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 2016 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 7,380
KLONDIKE ROAD
GoodOver: HONEY CREEK
3 MI W OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 2001 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 3,270
GOODE ROAD
GoodOver: HONEY CREEK TRIB.
4 MI S OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1993 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,450
SR 20
PoorOver: I-20
0.5 MI E OF CONYERS, Rockdale, GA
Built 1963 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 45,600
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