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Schley County, GA

25 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 96% rated Good, 4% Fair, 0% Poor.

25
Public bridges
96%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Schley County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 44%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
25
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.

Schley County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Schley County ranks #70 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Schley County, Georgia contains 25 public highway bridges. Roughly 96% are rated “Good,” 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

25

Public highway bridges in Schley County

Good condition

96%

24 of 25 rated 7-9

Fair condition

4%

1 of 25 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 25 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#70 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 25 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
96% (24)
Fair
4% (1)
Poor
0% (0)

48% of Schley County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

12 of the 25 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 96% 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 Schley County's bridges were built

25 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 8 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Schley County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Schley County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Lanier County 28 0%
Baker County 27 3.7%
Webster County 26 0%
Schley County (this page) 25 0%
Glascock County 22 4.5%
Clay County 21 0%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (25 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1979 here).

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

All 25 Good 24 Fair 1 Poor 0

All bridges (25)

MARVIN MURPHY RD

Fair

Over: LITTLE MUCKALEE CREEK

3 MI SE OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1991 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 121

SR 153

Good

Over: MUCKALEE CREEK

6 MI SW OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1959 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 960

EBENEZER ROAD

Good

Over: MUCKALEE CREEK

7.5 MI W OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1969 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 360

SR 3 US 19

Good

Over: HEATH ROAD

3 MILES SOUTH OF ELLAVILL, Schley, GA

Built 2009 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 3,580

SR 3 US 19

Good

Over: HEATH ROAD

3 MILES SOUTH OF ELLAVILL, Schley, GA

Built 2009 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 1,510

SR 228

Good

Over: TOTEOVER CREEK

3.5 MI E OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1953 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 360

EBENEZER ROAD

Good

Over: OWENS CREEK

5.6 MI W OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1950 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 360

EBENEZER ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE MUCKALEE CREEK

2.9 MI W OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1950 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,200

LA CROSSE ROAD

Good

Over: TOTEOVER CREEK

3.5 MI SE OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1950 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 260

LA CROSSE ROAD

Good

Over: CAMP CREEK

3 MI E OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1950 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 160

CONCORD CH ROAD

Good

Over: COON CREEK

6.5 MI N OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 300

RAYBON ROAD

Good

Over: RICE BRANCH

3 MI NW OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 300

BUMPHEAD ROAD

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

6.5 MI SE OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1975 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 360

CONCORD CH ROAD

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

4.5 MI NW OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1972 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 540

CONNERS MILL ROAD

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

12 MI NW OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1979 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 120

SR 3 US 19

Good

Over: GSWRR

3 MILES SOUTH OF ELLAVILL, Schley, GA

Built 2009 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,510

SR 3 US 19

Good

Over: GSWRR

3 MILES SOUTH OF ELLAVILL, Schley, GA

Built 2009 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 3,580

SR 240

Good

Over: COON CREEK

6 MI NW OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1957 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 490

SR 240

Good

Over: USRY CREEK

5.5 MI NNE OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1957 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 630

DEER CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: DEER CREEK

3 MI NE OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1979 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 10

LA CROSSE RD.

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK TRIB

6 MI SE OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 1995 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 250

SR 153

Good

Over: LITTLE MUCKALEE CREEK

3 MI. SW OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 2007 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 680

US 19 NBL

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

5.4 M. NORTH OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 2008 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 2,040

US 19 SBL

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

5.4 M. NORTH OF ELLAVILLE, Schley, GA

Built 2008 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 1,630

US 19

Good

Over: BEAVER RUN CREEK

2 MILES NORTH OF ELLAVILL, Schley, GA

Built 2008 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,490

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