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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

76

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.

When Screven County's bridges were built

76 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

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).

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

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 Poor
Bryan County 78 0%
Appling County 77 0%
Baldwin County 77 0%
Washington County 76 0%
Screven County (this page) 76 1.3%
Toombs County 75 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 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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1974 here).

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)

SR 17

Good

Over: HORSE CREEK

1.4 MI NW OF ROCKY FORD, Screven, GA

Built 1993 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 690

SR 21

Good

Over: OGEECHEE CREEK TRIB

1.9 MI S OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1995 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,020

CR 254

Good

Over: OGEECHEE CREEK TRIB

1.8 MI S OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1983 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 750

BRIDGETON DRIVE

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

IN CITY OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1991 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 30

BASCOM ROAD

Good

Over: MCDONALD BRANCH

6.3 MI NW OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1993 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 810

SR 21 (NBL)

Good

Over: OGEECHEE CREEK

5 MILES NW OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 2005 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 29,100

SR 21 (NBL)

Good

Over: MILL POND CREEK

1.1 MILE N. OF NEWINGTON, Screven, GA

Built 2007 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 5,640

US 301

Good

Over: INDIAN BRANCH

2 MI N OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1932 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 4,920

US 301

Good

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

4.9 MI N OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1952 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 4,580

SR21 (NBL)

Good

Over: GEORGIA MIDLANDS RR

6.4 MILES SE OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 2003 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 5,640

SR 21 (SBL)

Good

Over: GEORGIA MIDLANDS RR

6.4 MILES SE OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 2003 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 20,800

OGEECHEE ROAD

Good

Over: OGEECHEE CREEK

2.5 MILES SW OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 2022 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 825

SR 17

Good

Over: OGEECHEE CREEK

0.5 MI W OF OLIVER, Screven, GA

Built 1993 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 900

US 301

Good

Over: S FORK OGEECHEE CR TRIB

6 MI S OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1946 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 5,330

US 301

Good

Over: OGEECHEE CREEK TRIB

3.3 MI S OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 1946 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 5,640

SR 21 (SBL)

Good

Over: MILL POND CREEK

1.1 MILES N. OF NEWINGTON, Screven, GA

Built 2005 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 5,860

US 301

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW

11 MI NW OF OLIVER, Screven, GA

Built 2014 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 5,910

US 301

Good

Over: S. FORK OGEECHEE CREEK

6.8 MI S OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 2008 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 5,330

US 301

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAIL RO

11 MI NW OF OLIVER, Screven, GA

Built 2014 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 5,910

HILLTONIA-PERKINS

Good

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

1.1 MI SW OF HILLTONIA, Screven, GA

Built 2021 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 410

SR 17

Good

Over: SIMMONS BRANCH

9.2 MI SE OF ROCKY FORD, Screven, GA

Built 1954 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,510

SR 21 (SBL)

Good

Over: HORSE CREEK

11 MI NW OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 2001 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 2,380

SR 21 (NBL)

Good

Over: HORSE CREEK

11 MI NW OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 2003 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 42,900

SR 21 (SBL)

Good

Over: OGEECHEE CREEK

5 MI NW OF SYLVANIA, Screven, GA

Built 2002 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 3,050

HARMONY ROAD

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK

6.5 MI NE OF HILLTONIA, Screven, GA

Built 1997 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 120

ROCKY FORD ROAD

Poor

Over: HORSE CREEK

0.7 MI S OF ROCKY FORD, Screven, GA

Built 1987 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,200

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