Total bridges
72
Public highway bridges in Tattnall County
County profile · official public datasets
Tattnall County, GA
72 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 91.7% rated Good, 8.3% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 72
- Public bridges
- 91.7%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Tattnall County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- Top 19%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 72
- 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.
Tattnall County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Tattnall County ranks #30 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Tattnall County, Georgia contains 72 public highway bridges. Roughly 91.7% are rated “Good,” 8.3% “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.
Good condition
91.7%
66 of 72 rated 7-9
Fair condition
8.3%
6 of 72 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 72 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#30 of 159
Among Georgia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 72 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 91.7% (66)
Fair 8.3% (6)
Poor 0% (0)
52.8% of Tattnall County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
38 of the 72 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 91.7% 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 Tattnall County's bridges were built
72 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
13 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
8 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
12 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
15 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
7 bridges
- 2000s 5
2000–2009
5 bridges
- 2010s 3
2010–2019
3 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 15 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Georgia average (1977).
How Tattnall County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Georgia counties nearest Tattnall County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 158 Georgia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dade County | 73 | 53.4% | 45.2% | 1.4% | 1967 |
| Dooly County | 73 | 78.1% | 21.9% | 0% | 1971 |
| Effingham County | 73 | 93.2% | 6.8% | 0% | 1972 |
| Wilkinson County | 72 | 80.6% | 19.4% | 0% | 1980 |
| Tattnall County (this page) | 72 | 91.7% | 8.3% | 0% | 1974 |
| Charlton County | 71 | 64.8% | 33.8% | 1.4% | 1969 |
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 Tattnall 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 Tattnall County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside GA (72 bridges here).
- Lafayette County, AR · 72 bridges
- Kearny County, KS · 72 bridges
- Mercer County, ND · 72 bridges
- Beaufort County, SC · 72 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.
Fair-condition bridges (6)
JONES LAKE ROAD
FairOver: BATTLE CREEK
5 MI SE OF REIDSVILLE, Tattnall, GA
Built 1973 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 121
SR 178
FairOver: OHOOPEE RIVER O/F
4.4 MI W OF JCT SR 121, Tattnall, GA
Built 1964 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 980
US 280 SR 30
FairOver: MILL CREEK
2 MI W OF REIDSVILLE, Tattnall, GA
Built 1936 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 3,930
SR 23
FairOver: BRAZELLS CREEK TRIB
1 MI N OF REIDSVILLE, Tattnall, GA
Built 1939 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,430
US 280
FairOver: DOUGLAS CREEK
3 MI NE OF REIDSVILLE, Tattnall, GA
Built 1934 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 4,090
J. MAX CHANE
FairOver: OHOOPEE RIVER
4 MI S OF REIDSVILLE, Tattnall, GA
Built 1996 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,820
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