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Tift County, GA

112 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 85.7% rated Good, 14.3% Fair, 0% Poor.

112
Public bridges: 85.7%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Tift County posts a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 6%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 112
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.

Tift County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Tift County ranks #10 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Tift County, Georgia contains 112 public highway bridges. Roughly 85.7% are rated “Good,” 14.3% “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.

Total bridges

112

Public highway bridges in Tift County

Good condition

85.7%

96 of 112 rated 7-9

Fair condition

14.3%

16 of 112 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 112 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#10 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 112 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

85.7% (96)

Fair

14.3% (16)

Poor

0% (0)

52.7% of Tift County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

59 of the 112 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 85.7% 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.

1920s

3
1930s

7
1940s

2
1950s

21
1960s

13
1970s

20
1980s

26
1990s

4
2000s

8
2010s

8

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.2% 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 Tift County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Tift 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 1976 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Tift County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Franklin County	117	70.1%	27.4%	2.6%	1976
Walton County	115	72.2%	26.1%	1.7%	1981
Chattooga County	113	58.4%	32.7%	8.8%	1974
Houston County	112	86.6%	13.4%	0%	1979
Tift County (this page)	112	85.7%	14.3%	0%	1974
Mitchell County	111	86.5%	11.7%	1.8%	1971

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (112 bridges here).

Columbia County, FL · 112 bridges
Sumter County, FL · 112 bridges
Lemhi County, ID · 112 bridges
Bourbon County, KY · 112 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.

All 112 Good 96 Fair 16 Poor 0

All bridges (112)

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Tift County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

52.7% of Tift County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Tift 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 (112)

FERRY LAKE ROAD

I-75

FLAT FORD ROAD

FLAT FORD ROAD

W.B. PARKS ROAD

WOOD ROAD

I-75 (EXIT 64)

TY TY-SYCAMORE RD.

CHULA-BROOKFIELD R

US 82 / SR 520 WB

WILLIS-STILL ROAD

US 319 / SR 35

US 319 / SR 35

WESLEY RIGDON RD

I-75

I-75

CHULA-BROOKFIELD R

SOUTHWELL BLVD

20TH STREET

20TH STREET

US 82 / SR 520 WB

SR 35 CONNECTOR

BOWEN ROAD

TY TY SPARKS RD

ADAMS ROAD

KING ROAD

RAY TAYLOR ROAD

TAYLOR ROAD

TURNER CHURCH RD

SOUTH RIDGE AVE.

FLETCHER ROAD

BILL BOWEN ROAD

NORTH RIDGE AVE.

McCORMICK DRIVE

MARION DRIVE

FERRY LAKE ROAD

YOUMANS STREET

OLD OCILLA ROAD

PRINCE AVENUE

PINEVIEW AVENUE

SR 125 TIFT AVENUE

EARLE HUTCHINSON R

OLD NATIONAL ROAD

SCOOTERVILLE ROAD

FERRY LAKE ROAD

US 319 / SR 35

US 319 / SR 35

SR 125

US 82 / SR 520 EB

US 82 / SR 520 CO

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