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Sumter County, GA

81 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 86.4% rated Good, 13.6% Fair, 0% Poor.

81
Public bridges
86.4%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Sumter County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 13%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
81
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.

Sumter County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Sumter County ranks #20 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Sumter County, Georgia contains 81 public highway bridges. Roughly 86.4% are rated “Good,” 13.6% “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

81

Public highway bridges in Sumter County

Good condition

86.4%

70 of 81 rated 7-9

Fair condition

13.6%

11 of 81 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 81 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#20 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 81 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
86.4% (70)
Fair
13.6% (11)
Poor
0% (0)

54.3% of Sumter County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

44 of the 81 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 86.4% 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.

When Sumter County's bridges were built

81 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 15 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.5% 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 Sumter County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Sumter County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Sumter County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Murray County 82 17.1%
Berrien County 81 0%
Fayette County 81 3.7%
White County 81 2.5%
Sumter County (this page) 81 0%
Burke County 80 5%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (81 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 81 Good 70 Fair 11 Poor 0

All bridges (81)

US 19 / SR 3

Good

Over: MUCKALOOCHEE CREEK

1.5 MI N OF SMITHVILLE, Sumter, GA

Built 1994 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,390

CROXTON CROSS RD

Good

Over: MUCKALOOCHEE CREEK

2.7 MI N OF SMITHVILLE, Sumter, GA

Built 1995 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 100

SR 49

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

1 MILES S OF ANDERSONVILL, Sumter, GA

Built 2010 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,820

LAMAR ROAD

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

7.9 MI NE OF LESLIE, Sumter, GA

Built 1975 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 800

SR 49

Good

Over: VINEY CREEK

1.3 MILES S. ANDERSONVIL, Sumter, GA

Built 2010 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 4,120

SR 49

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK TRIB

3.5 MI S OF ANDERSONVILLE, Sumter, GA

Built 1938 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,120

SR 195

Good

Over: MOUNTAIN CREEK

6 MI NE OF ANDERSONVILLE, Sumter, GA

Built 1979 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 290

FELDER STREET

Good

Over: MURPHYS MILL CREEK TRIB

IN SE AMERICUS, Sumter, GA

Built 1985 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 5,660

SR 228

Good

Over: TRIPLE CREEK

1 MI NW ANDERSONVILLE, Sumter, GA

Built 1960 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 360

E LAMAR STREET US

Good

Over: MURPHYS MILL CREEK TRIB

CITY LIMITS AMERICUS GA, Sumter, GA

Built 1961 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 10,700

PATTON DRIVE

Good

Over: PARKERS MILL CREEK

NW SECT OF AMERICUS, Sumter, GA

Built 1980 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 704

PECAN ROAD

Good

Over: FLINT RIVER TRIB

7 MI ESE DESOTO, Sumter, GA

Built 1994 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 30

SR 30

Good

Over: MUCKALEE CREEK

0.5 MILES W OF AMERICUS, Sumter, GA

Built 2007 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 2,310

SR 195

Good

Over: LIME CREEK.

5 M.N. OF DESOTO, Sumter, GA

Built 2008 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 310

SR 27

Good

Over: LIME CREEK

6 MI E OF AMERICUS, Sumter, GA

Built 2008 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,840

US 19 / SR 3

Good

Over: MUCKALOOCHEE CREEK

1.5 MI N SMITHVILLE, Sumter, GA

Built 2008 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,070

US 19 / SR 3

Good

Over: BEAR BRANCH

4.3 M. N. OF SMITHVILLE, Sumter, GA

Built 2008 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,390

US 19 / SR 3

Good

Over: BEAR BRANCH

4.3 MILES N OF SMITHVILLE, Sumter, GA

Built 2009 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,070

US 280/ SR 30

Good

Over: CHOKEE CREEK

LESLIE GA. CITY LIMITS, Sumter, GA

Built 1933 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 3,630

SR 49

Good

Over: MUCKALOOCHEE CREEK

7 MI SE OF PLAINS, Sumter, GA

Built 1994 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 670

N AMERICUS BYPASS

Good

Over: ALGELICA CREEK

3 MI NE OF AMERICUS, Sumter, GA

Built 2001 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 4,911

POOL GIN HOUSE RD.

Good

Over: FLINT RIVER TRIB

13 MI E OF AMERICUS, Sumter, GA

Built 2003 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 160

N AMERICUS BPASS

Good

Over: NS RAILROAD

3.1 MI NE OF AMERICUS, Sumter, GA

Built 2001 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,911

SR 30

Good

Over: FLINT RIVER

7.5 MI E OF LESLIE, Sumter, GA

Built 2019 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 6,030

US 19 / SR 3

Good

Over: ANGELICA CREEK

2 MI N OF AMERICUS, Sumter, GA

Built 1964 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 5,760

TALLENT STORE ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE MUCKALEE CREEK

6.5 MI NW OF AMERICUS, Sumter, GA

Built 2022 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 160

NEW POINT CHURCH R

Good

Over: MUCKALOOCHEE CREEK

4.5 MI E OF PLAINS, Sumter, GA

Built 2017 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 121

LAMAR ROAD

Good

Over: PO JOE BRANCH

5.1 MI N OF LESLIE, Sumter, GA

Built 2017 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 530

FORSYTH ST (WBL) U

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

IN W AMERICUS, Sumter, GA

Built 1988 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 17,700

N. BAILEY AVE.

Good

Over: CHOKEE CREEK

LESLIE CITY LIMITS, Sumter, GA

Built 1981 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 300

MAGNOLIA STREET

Good

Over: TOWN CRK.

S.W AMERICUS, Sumter, GA

Built 1980 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 800

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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.