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Screven County, GA

76 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 72.4% rated Good, 26.3% Fair, 1.3% Poor.

76
Public bridges: 72.4%
Good condition: 1.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

90th
of 159 on Poor share: 1.3%
Poor-condition share: 76
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.

Screven County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Screven County ranks #90 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.3%). Screven County, Georgia contains 76 public highway bridges. Roughly 72.4% are rated “Good,” 26.3% “Fair,” and 1.3% “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.

Total bridges

Public highway bridges in Screven County

Good condition

72.4%

55 of 76 rated 7-9

Fair condition

26.3%

20 of 76 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.3%

1 of 76 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#90 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 76 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

72.4% (55)

Fair

26.3% (20)

Poor

1.3% (1)

Screven County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,200 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,200 crossings a day against 3,517 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 76 of 76 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

57.9% of Screven County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

44 of the 76 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 72.4% 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.

One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

ROCKY FORD ROAD over HORSE CREEK, built 1987, carries 1,200 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 1,200 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1930s

2
1940s

8
1950s

13
1960s

17
1970s

8
1980s

4
1990s

8
2000s

12
2010s

2
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 17 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.4% 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 Screven County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Screven County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 5 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Screven County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Bryan County	78	67.9%	32.1%	0%	1979
Appling County	77	81.8%	18.2%	0%	1977
Baldwin County	77	85.7%	14.3%	0%	1979
Washington County	76	93.4%	6.6%	0%	1980
Screven County (this page)	76	72.4%	26.3%	1.3%	1974
Toombs County	75	73.3%	26.7%	0%	1981

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (76 bridges here).

San Benito County, CA · 76 bridges
Wayne County, KY · 76 bridges
Barnwell County, SC · 76 bridges
Meigs County, TN · 76 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 76 Good 55 Fair 20 Poor 1

All bridges (76)

Sort:

MILL HAVEN ROAD

Fair

Over: BRIER CREEK

3.3 MI N OF HILLTONIA, Screven, GA

Built 1949 Load: 9.9 t ADT: 320

US 301 BUS

Fair

Over: CS 676- GMR RR

IN SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1941 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 8,740

BUCK CRK ROAD

Fair

Over: S PRONG BUCK CREEK

6.2 MI E OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1949 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 330

BUCK CRK ROAD

Fair

Over: BUCK CREEK TRIB

2.6 MI E OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1949 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 330

US 301

Fair

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW

11 MI NW OF OLIVER, Screven, GA

Built 1972 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 5,910

HILLTONIA CR ROD

Fair

Over: BRIER CREEK

1.3 MI E OF HILLTONIA, Screven, GA

Built 1980 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 110

SR 24

Fair

Over: LITTLE BLACK CREEK

11.2 MI SE OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1958 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 530

ROCKY FORD ROAD

Fair

Over: MILE BRANCH

0.8 MI N OF ROCKY FORD, Screven, GA

Built 1970 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 570

OGLETHORPE TRAIL

Fair

Over: ROCKY CREEK

8.5 MI NE OF HILLTONIA, Screven, GA

Built 1955 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 70

BEAVERDAM RD

Fair

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

2.8 MI S OF HILLTONIA, Screven, GA

Built 1975 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 100

HALCYONDALE ROAD

Fair

Over: OGEECHEE CREEK

6.5 MI S OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1958 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 400

SR 24

Fair

Over: BUCK CREEK

6.7 MI E OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1962 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 450

SR 24

Fair

Over: INDIAN BRANCH

4.3 MI SE OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1962 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 350

ROCKY FORD ROAD

Fair

Over: OGEECHEE CREEK

3.2 MI W OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1978 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 850

OLD POOR ROBIN ROA

Fair

Over: SOUTH PRONG BUCK CREEK

5.3 MI E OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1980 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 250

SR 17

Fair

Over: HUNTER MILL BRANCH

9.4 MI NW OF OLIVER, Screven, GA

Built 1954 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,510

US 301

Fair

Over: BRIER CREEK

3.1 MI SE OF HILLTONIA, Screven, GA

Built 1979 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,170

US 301

Fair

Over: BRIER CREEK OVERFLOW

3.1 MI SE OF HILLTONIA, Screven, GA

Built 1979 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 1,170

INDIAN TRAIL ROAD

Fair

Over: OGEECHEE CREEK

6.2 MI W OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 2001 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 100

GILGAL ROAD

Fair

Over: JACKSON BRANCH

9 MI S OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Screven County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Screven County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,200 vehicle crossings a day

57.9% of Screven County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Screven 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

All bridges (76)

MILL HAVEN ROAD

US 301 BUS

BUCK CRK ROAD

BUCK CRK ROAD

US 301

HILLTONIA CR ROD

SR 24

ROCKY FORD ROAD

OGLETHORPE TRAIL

BEAVERDAM RD

HALCYONDALE ROAD

SR 24

SR 24

ROCKY FORD ROAD

OLD POOR ROBIN ROA

SR 17

US 301

US 301

INDIAN TRAIL ROAD

GILGAL ROAD

SR 24

BRANNENS BRIDGE RO

BRANNENS BRIDGE RO

BRANNENS BRIDGE RO

SR 24

OGEECHEE ROAD

OGEECHEE ROAD

SR 17

SR 17

CR 254

MILL HAVEN ROAD

BRANNENS BRIDGE RO

OGLETHORPE TRAIL

BASCOM ROAD

HILLTONIA-PERKINS

LEE ROAD

OLD CREEK ROAD

THOMASBORO RD

BEST BRIDGE ROAD

UNION CH ROAD

ROBERTS BRIDGE ROA

US 301 BUS.

SR 17

US 301

SR 17

SR 24

SR 24

SR 24

SR 24

US 301

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