Total bridges
112
Public highway bridges in Tift County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
Good condition
85.7%
96 of 112 rated 7-9
Fair condition
14.3%
16 of 112 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
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.
When Tift County's bridges were built
112 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 3
1920–1929
3 bridges
- 1930s 7
1930–1939
7 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
21 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
13 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
20 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
26 bridges
- 1990s 4
1990–1999
4 bridges
- 2000s 8
2000–2009
8 bridges
- 2010s 8
2010–2019
8 bridges
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.
| 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 bridges (112)
US 82 / SR 520 WB
GoodOver: TY TY CREEK OVERFLOW
APP 10 MI W OF TIFTON, Tift, GA
Built 1983 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 15,100
US 319
GoodOver: I-75
APP 2 MI W OF TIFTON, Tift, GA
Built 1987 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 6,680
US 319 / SR 35
GoodOver: ARNOLD CREEK
APP 7 MI S OF TIFTON, Tift, GA
Built 1988 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 9,690
US 319/ SR 35
GoodOver: ALAPAHA RIVER
APP 10 MI N OF TIFTON, Tift, GA
Built 2001 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 5,590
SCOOTERVILLE ROAD
GoodOver: TY TY CREEK
6.5 MI NW OF OMEGA, Tift, GA
Built 2010 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 1,630
CR 418
GoodOver: I-75 (EXIT 55)
7 MI S TIFTON, Tift, GA
Built 2014 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 1,430
ADCOCK ROAD
GoodOver: I-75
APP 9 MI SOUTH OF TIFTON, Tift, GA
Built 2007 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 100
SR 125
GoodOver: MIDDLE CREEK
APP 6.4 MI N OF TIFTON, Tift, GA
Built 1956 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 4,260
BRIGHTON ROAD
GoodOver: I-75 (EXIT 66)
APP 3 MI N OF TIFTON, Tift, GA
Built 2016 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,940
FERRY LAKE ROAD
GoodOver: NEW RIVER OVERF
APP 2 MI NE OF TIFTON, Tift, GA
Built 2013 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 2,550
FERRY LAKE ROAD
GoodOver: NEW RIVER
APP 2MI E OF TIFTON, Tift, GA
Built 2013 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 2,550
LOWER BROOKFIELD R
GoodOver: NEW RIVER
5 MILES SE OF TIFTON, Tift, GA
Built 2019 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 1,600
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