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Talbot County, GA

68 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 66.2% rated Good, 26.5% Fair, 7.4% Poor.

68
Public bridges: 66.2%
Good condition: 7.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

152nd
of 159 on Poor share: 7.4%
Poor-condition share: 68
public highway bridges: 1973
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.

Talbot County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Talbot County ranks #152 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.4%). Talbot County, Georgia contains 68 public highway bridges. Roughly 66.2% are rated “Good,” 26.5% “Fair,” and 7.4% “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 Talbot County

Good condition

66.2%

45 of 68 rated 7-9

Fair condition

26.5%

18 of 68 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.4%

5 of 68 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#152 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 68 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

66.2% (45)

Fair

26.5% (18)

Poor

7.4% (5)

Talbot County's Poor-condition bridges carry 712 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 142 crossings a day against 1,118 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 68 of 68 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

57.4% of Talbot County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

39 of the 68 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 66.2% 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 42.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

GORMAN ROAD over CSX RAILROAD, built 1940, carries 300 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 712 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

2
1930s

4
1940s

5
1950s

12
1960s

11
1970s

7
1980s

2
1990s

13
2000s

6
2010s

4
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 13 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1973) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Talbot County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.4% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Talbot County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Jasper County	70	57.1%	38.6%	4.3%	1975
Irwin County	69	75.4%	24.6%	0%	1971
Columbia County	68	91.2%	8.8%	0%	1977
Wilcox County	68	100%	0%	0%	1967
Talbot County (this page)	68	66.2%	26.5%	7.4%	1973
Stephens County	67	74.6%	19.4%	6%	1979

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (68 bridges here).

Bent County, CO · 68 bridges
Hamilton County, KS · 68 bridges
Carroll County, KY · 68 bridges
Assumption County, LA · 68 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1973 here).

Jefferson County, AL · avg 1973 · 1,068 bridges
Erie County, NY · avg 1973 · 906 bridges
Davidson County, TN · avg 1973 · 832 bridges
Lancaster County, PA · avg 1973 · 801 bridges

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

All 68 Good 45 Fair 18 Poor 5

Good-condition bridges (45)

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Talbot County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Talbot County's Poor-condition bridges carry 712 vehicle crossings a day

57.4% of Talbot County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 42.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Talbot 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

Good-condition bridges (45)

SR 36

SR 36

SR 36

SR 41

SR 116

SR 190

US 80

SR 208

SR 355

DUNN ROAD

SHILOH ROAD

ONEAL ROAD

BUCKNER ROAD

SHILOH ROAD

CR 121

POWELL CHURCH RD

SR 90 (EBL)

GEORGE SMITH ROAD

TOM BUFFINGTON RD.

SR 36

BOOT KELLY ROAD

KELLUM ROAD

DENNIS CRK ROAD

TEAL ROAD

SHIP ROAD

US 80

US 80 (WBL)

PLEASANT VALLEY RD

KURT WILLIAMS RD.

US 80/ SR22

POBIDDY ROAD

SR 90 (WBL)

SR 41

US 80 (EBL)

SR 36

US 80

SR240

US 80

US 80

SR 90 (EBL)

SR 90 (WBL)

KURT WILLIAMS RD

CR 61

SR 85E- US 27 ALT.

US 80

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