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Telfair County, GA

71 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 76.1% rated Good, 23.9% Fair, 0% Poor.

71
Public bridges: 76.1%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Telfair County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 20%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 71
public highway bridges: 1970
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.

Telfair County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Telfair County ranks #32 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Telfair County, Georgia contains 71 public highway bridges. Roughly 76.1% are rated “Good,” 23.9% “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

Public highway bridges in Telfair County

Good condition

76.1%

54 of 71 rated 7-9

Fair condition

23.9%

17 of 71 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 71 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#32 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 71 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

76.1% (54)

Fair

23.9% (17)

Poor

0% (0)

57.7% of Telfair County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

41 of the 71 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 76.1% 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.

1930s

7
1940s

7
1950s

9
1960s

14
1970s

10
1980s

10
1990s

6
2000s

6
2010s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 14 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1970, 7 years older than the Georgia average of 1977.

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Telfair County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 7 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Telfair County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Tattnall County	72	91.7%	8.3%	0%	1974
Wilkinson County	72	80.6%	19.4%	0%	1980
Charlton County	71	64.8%	33.8%	1.4%	1969
Madison County	71	76.1%	22.5%	1.4%	1979
Taylor County	71	83.1%	15.5%	1.4%	1982
Telfair County (this page)	71	76.1%	23.9%	0%	1970

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (71 bridges here).

Rio Grande County, CO · 71 bridges
Nez Perce County, ID · 71 bridges
Brown County, IL · 71 bridges
Custer County, MT · 71 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1970 here).

Hamilton County, OH · avg 1970 · 783 bridges
Yavapai County, AZ · avg 1970 · 543 bridges
Garfield County, OK · avg 1970 · 504 bridges
San Luis Obispo County, CA · avg 1970 · 401 bridges

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

All 71 Good 54 Fair 17 Poor 0

All bridges (71)

Sort:

SR 132

Fair

Over: TURNPIKE CREEK

5 MI SW OF MCRAE, Telfair, GA

Built 1958 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 440

CHINA HILL RD

Fair

Over: ALLIGATOR CREEK

6.8 MI NW OF JACKSONVILLE, Telfair, GA

Built 1960 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 514

OLD PRISON CAMP RD

Fair

Over: BIG HORSE CREEK

5.5 MI NE OF JACKSONVILLE, Telfair, GA

Built 1969 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 300

KINNETT ROAD

Fair

Over: HORSE CREEK

7.4 MI N OF JACKSONVILLE, Telfair, GA

Built 1968 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 270

KINNETT ROAD

Fair

Over: HORSE CREEK TRIB

7.5 MI N OF JACKSONVILLE, Telfair, GA

Built 1968 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 270

CEDAR PARK TOWNS R

Fair

Over: LITTLE OCMULGEE RIVER

TELFAIR-WHEELER CO LINE, Telfair, GA

Built 1953 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 180

US 319/ SR 31

Fair

Over: LITTLE HORSE CREEK

7.7 MI S OF MCRAE, Telfair, GA

Built 1934 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 1,820

SR 117

Fair

Over: JACKHEAD CREEK

9.6 MI W OF JACKSONVILLE, Telfair, GA

Built 1949 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 810

SR 117

Fair

Over: DOPSON BRANCH

3.5 MI E OF JACKSONVILLE, Telfair, GA

Built 1949 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 620

LITTLE HORSE CR RD

Fair

Over: LITTLE HORSE CREEK

9.3 MI NE OF JACKSONVILLE, Telfair, GA

Built 1955 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 70

OLD PRISON CAMP RD

Fair

Over: LITTLE HORSE CREEK

10 MI SE OF MILAN, Telfair, GA

Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 300

US 280/ SR30

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

IN CITY LIMITS OF MCRAE, Telfair, GA

Built 1965 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,370

US 280/ SR30

Fair

Over: SMITH BRANCH

3 MI NE OF MILAN, Telfair, GA

Built 1934 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 6,502

US 280/ SR30

Fair

Over: TURNPIKE CREEK TRIB

2.5 MI E OF MILAN, Telfair, GA

Built 1934 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 6,502

SR 165

Fair

Over: CAT CREEK

4 MI S OF MILAN, Telfair, GA

Built 1974 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 240

SR 117

Fair

Over: FISHING CREEK

4.5 MI SW OF LUMBER CITY, Telfair, GA

Built 1988 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 820

US 280/ SR30

Fair

Over: LITTLE SUGAR CREEK

0.6 MILE NORTH OF MCRAE, Telfair, GA

Telfair County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

57.7% of Telfair County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Telfair 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

All bridges (71)

SR 132

CHINA HILL RD

OLD PRISON CAMP RD

KINNETT ROAD

KINNETT ROAD

CEDAR PARK TOWNS R

US 319/ SR 31

SR 117

SR 117

LITTLE HORSE CR RD

OLD PRISON CAMP RD

US 280/ SR30

US 280/ SR30

US 280/ SR30

SR 165

SR 117

US 280/ SR30

FRIENDSHIP CH RD

SR 132

US 319/ SR 31

SR 19

OLD SAND PIT ROAD

SUGAR CREEK ROAD

OLD SAND PIT ROAD

OLD HELENA-MILAN R

TURNPIKE CEMETERY

US 23/ SR 27

SR 117

SR 132

SR 149

SR 149

WORKMORE ROAD

KINNETT ROAD

KINNETT ROAD

KINNETT ROAD

US 319/ SR 31

SR 117

POWELL SCHOOL ROAD

US 280/ SR30

SR 117

SR 132

SR 117

SR 117

LONG BRIDGE RD

MCRAE MILAN ROAD

SR 149

US 319/ SR 31

SR 117

US 280/ SR30

SR 117

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