County profile · official public datasets

Stephens County, GA

67 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 74.6% rated Good, 19.4% Fair, 6% Poor.

67
Public bridges
74.6%
Good condition
6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

150th
of 159 on Poor share
6%
Poor-condition share
67
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.

Stephens County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Stephens County ranks #150 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6%). Stephens County, Georgia contains 67 public highway bridges. Roughly 74.6% are rated “Good,” 19.4% “Fair,” and 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

67

Public highway bridges in Stephens County

Good condition

74.6%

50 of 67 rated 7-9

Fair condition

19.4%

13 of 67 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6%

4 of 67 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#150 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 67 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
74.6% (50)
Fair
19.4% (13)
Poor
6% (4)

Stephens County's Poor-condition bridges carry 8,267 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,067 crossings a day against 3,876 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 67 of 67 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

34.3% of Stephens County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

23 of the 67 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 74.6% 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 60.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

FERNSIDE DRIVE over WARDS CREEK, built 1956, carries 4,980 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 8,267 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Stephens County's bridges were built

67 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 14 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.9% 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).

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

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

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

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Stephens County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Columbia County 68 0%
Talbot County 68 7.4%
Wilcox County 68 0%
Stephens County (this page) 67 6%
Cook County 66 0%
Greene County 66 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 Stephens 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 Stephens County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (67 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 67 Good 50 Fair 13 Poor 4

Good-condition bridges (50)

TOWER ROAD

Good

Over: EASTANONLLEE CREEK

1.8 MI NE OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 1964 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 490

OLD CHURCH ROAD

Good

Over: TOCCOA CREEK

5.2 MI N OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1958 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 903

PULLIAN ROAD

Good

Over: NORTH FORK BROAD RIV

6.2 MI W OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 1959 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 320

SR 17 ALT.

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOU RAILROAD

IN TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1974 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 24,700

SR 184

Good

Over: LITTLE LEATHERWOOD CRK

8 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1952 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 630

CARNES CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: CARNES CREEK

2.8 MI S OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1953 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 670

ROCK QUARRY RD

Good

Over: NORTH FORK BROAD RIVER

2.5 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1968 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 480

SR 17

Good

Over: OGGS BRANCH

5.2 MI SE OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 2015 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 12,700

E SILVER SHOAL RD

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

5.5 MI N OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 1993 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 903

RIVERDALE ROAD

Good

Over: WALTON CREEK

3 MI SW TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1996 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 903

SR 184

Good

Over: NORTH FORK BROAD RIV

3.2 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1976 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,570

McCURLEY ROAD

Good

Over: BIG TOMS CREEK

2.8 MI SW OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 1975 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 370

AVALON ROAD

Good

Over: BIG TOMS CREEK

2.4 MI SW OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 1988 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 903

KEENER ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE EASTANALLEE CRK

4.4 MI NW OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 1982 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 10

HAYES ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE EASTANOLLEE CRK

2.8 MI NW OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 1977 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 400

HARBERT VALLEY RD

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

5.6 MI N OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 1993 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 366

ROSE LANE

Good

Over: EASTANOLLE CREEK

3 MI S OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1980 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,980

ROTHELL ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE TOCCOA CREEK

3.2 MI N OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1988 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 600

ANDERSON ROAD

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

2.6 MI N OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1976 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,358

MEADOW BROOK DR

Good

Over: EASTANOLLE CREEK

4.5 MI SE OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1990 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,400

PINE VIEW ROAD

Good

Over: NORTH FORK BROAD RIVER

1.6 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1983 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 366

PINE VIEW ROAD

Good

Over: NORTH FORK BROAD RIVER

1.7 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1983 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 366

CAWTHON ROAD

Good

Over: NORTH FORK BROAD RIVER

3.4 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1977 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 370

FORREST DRIVE

Good

Over: TOCCOA CREEK

IN NW TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1978 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 600

DEFOOR RD.

Good

Over: EASTANOLLE CREEK

2.6 MI NW OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 1982 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 220

CAWTHON ROAD

Good

Over: DAVIS CREEK

3.5 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1977 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 370

North Hicks RD.

Good

Over: LEATHERWOOD CRK TRIB

9 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1990 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 140

S. SAGE STREET

Good

Over: EASTANOLLE CREEK TRIB

SOUTH TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1970 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 170

MORGAN STREET

Good

Over: EASTANOLLE CREEK

IN SOUTH TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1968 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,358

COLLINS STREET

Good

Over: EASTANOLLE CREEK

IN SOUTH TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1970 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,920

BLACK MTN ROAD

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

AT TOCCOA RESERVOIR, Stephens, GA

Built 1994 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 770

DAVIS ROAD

Good

Over: EASTANOLLEE CREEK

1.9 MI. N OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 1998 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 103

CLARY CONNECTOR

Good

Over: EASTANOLLEE CREEK

4.3 MI SE. OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1998 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,358

SCOTT ROAD

Good

Over: EASTANONLLE CREEK

3.2 MI NW OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 2002 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 150

GULLEY ROAD

Good

Over: BIG LEATHERWOOD CRK

8 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 2003 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 103

SR 184

Good

Over: LEATHERWOOD CREEK

5.6 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1953 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 630

SR 184

Good

Over: DAVIS CREEK

3 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1953 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 1,150

SR 17

Good

Over: EASTANOLLEE CREEK

3.8 MI NW OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 2015 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 12,700

SR 184

Good

Over: TOCCOA CREEK

3.5 MI NE OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 2017 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 950

HIGH VIEW ROAD

Good

Over: TOCCOA CREEK

2.7 MI N OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1980 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 80

US123SR17/365NBL

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOU RAILROAD

3.5 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1990 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 10,800

US123SR17/365SBL

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOU RAILROAD

3.5 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1990 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 70,400

CURRAHEE LANE

Good

Over: NORTH FORK BROAD RIVER

3.2 MI SW OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 2018 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 700

SR 17 ALT.

Good

Over: TOCCOA CREEK

IN NW TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 2023 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 8,000

OLD YOW MILL ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE EASTANOLLEE CRK

2 MI N OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 1992 Load: 73.4 t ADT: 50

US 123- SR 17

Good

Over: NORTH FORK BROAD RIV

3 MI S OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1991 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 10,800

WARDS CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: WARDS CREEK

5 MI EAST OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 2007 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 103

US 123- SR 17

Good

Over: WARDS CREEK

6.2 MI E OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1930 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 3,050

SR 17

Good

Over: CARNES CREEK

2 MI S OF TOCCOA, Stephens, GA

Built 1985 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 8,250

KAY ROAD

Good

Over: MAG CREEK

4.3 MI SW OF AVALON, Stephens, GA

Built 1992 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 100

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Related

Browse all → | Rankings →
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.