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Toombs County, GA

75 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 73.3% rated Good, 26.7% Fair, 0% Poor.

75
Public bridges: 73.3%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Toombs County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 17%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 75
public highway bridges: 1981
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.

Toombs County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Toombs County ranks #27 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Toombs County, Georgia contains 75 public highway bridges. Roughly 73.3% are rated “Good,” 26.7% “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 Toombs County

Good condition

73.3%

55 of 75 rated 7-9

Fair condition

26.7%

20 of 75 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 75 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#27 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 75 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

73.3% (55)

Fair

26.7% (20)

Poor

0% (0)

41.3% of Toombs County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

31 of the 75 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 73.3% 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

2
1930s

1
1940s

5
1950s

6
1960s

11
1970s

10
1980s

11
1990s

12
2000s

4
2010s

5
2020s

8

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 12 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Toombs 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 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Toombs County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Screven County	76	72.4%	26.3%	1.3%	1974
Washington County	76	93.4%	6.6%	0%	1980
Toombs County (this page)	75	73.3%	26.7%	0%	1981
Clinch County	74	63.5%	33.8%	2.7%	1973
Decatur County	74	78.4%	20.3%	1.4%	1975
Hart County	74	67.6%	29.7%	2.7%	1977

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (75 bridges here).

Washington County, CO · 75 bridges
Bradford County, FL · 75 bridges
McLean County, KY · 75 bridges
Mercer County, KY · 75 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1981 here).

Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges

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

All 75 Good 55 Fair 20 Poor 0

All bridges (75)

Sort:

OLD RIVER ROAD

Fair

Over: ALLIGATOR CREEK

3.3 MI S OF CEDAR CROSSIN, Toombs, GA

Built 1965 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,170

SR 86

Fair

Over: PENDLETON CREEK

8 MI E OF LYONS, Toombs, GA

Built 1963 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 460

US 1- SR 4

Fair

Over: LITTLE ROCKY CREEK

1 MI S OF LYONS, Toombs, GA

Built 1940 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 5,810

THOMPSON POND RD

Fair

Over: SWIFT CREEK TRIB.

2.3 MI N OF VIDALIA, Toombs, GA

Built 1948 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 2,180

US 280- SR 30

Fair

Over: LITTLE CREEK

2 MI SE OF LYONS, Toombs, GA

Built 1936 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,220

BULLDOG ROAD

Fair

Over: COBB CREEK

7 MI SW OF LYONS, Toombs, GA

Built 1967 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,370

LYONS CENTER ROAD

Fair

Over: ROCKY CREEK

3 MI SW OF LYONS, Toombs, GA

Built 1970 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,730

LYONS CENTER ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE ROCKY CREEK

0.3 MI SW OF LYONS, Toombs, GA

Built 1970 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,730

CEDAR CRK-VIDALIA

Fair

Over: BUCKHORN CREEK

6.5 MI S OF VIDALIA, Toombs, GA

Built 1970 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 640

THOMPSON POND RD

Fair

Over: SWIFT CREEK

2.2 MI N OF VIDALIA, Toombs, GA

Built 1948 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,180

GEORGE DAVIS ROAD

Fair

Over: MILLIGAN CREEK

15 MI S OF VIDALIA, Toombs, GA

Built 1968 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 80

CEDAR CRK-VIDALIA

Fair

Over: OCONEE CREEK

8 MI S OF VIDALIA, Toombs, GA

Built 1970 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 900

CEDAR CRK-VIDALIA

Fair

Over: COBB CREEK

3 MI S OF VIDALIA, Toombs, GA

Built 1981 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 490

JOHN WILKES ROAD

Fair

Over: PENDLETON CREEK

2.5 MI NE OF LYONS, Toombs, GA

Built 1971 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 350

LYONS-NORMANTOWN R

Fair

Over: TIGER CREEK

4.5 MI NW OF LYONS, Toombs, GA

Built 1969 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,089

ROSS BOWEN ROAD

Fair

Over: WATSON CREEK

6 MI SE OF LYONS, Toombs, GA

Built 1977 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 170

CEDAR CROSSING

Fair

Over: WILLIAMS CREEK

16 MI S OF LYONS, Toombs, GA

Built 2000 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 1,420

SR 152

Fair

Over: OHOOPEE RIVER

6 MI NE OF LYONS, Toombs, GA

Built 1990 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 3,040

SR 56

Fair

Over: ROCKY CREEK TRIB.

14 MI SE OF DUBLIN, Toombs, GA

Built 1958 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,420

SR 56

Fair

Over: OPEN CREEK

11 MI SE OF LYONS, Toombs, GA

Toombs County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

41.3% of Toombs County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Toombs 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 (75)

OLD RIVER ROAD

SR 86

US 1- SR 4

THOMPSON POND RD

US 280- SR 30

BULLDOG ROAD

LYONS CENTER ROAD

LYONS CENTER ROAD

CEDAR CRK-VIDALIA

THOMPSON POND RD

GEORGE DAVIS ROAD

CEDAR CRK-VIDALIA

CEDAR CRK-VIDALIA

JOHN WILKES ROAD

LYONS-NORMANTOWN R

ROSS BOWEN ROAD

CEDAR CROSSING

SR 152

SR 56

SR 56

PROVIDENCE CH RD

SR 130

SOUTH THOMSON RD

NEW NORMANTOWN RD

LYONS-NORMANTOWN R

SR 297

SR 297

SR 147

JEFF WEBBER ROAD

SWIFT CREEK ROAD

US 1- SR 15

US 1- SR 4

SR 56

SR 56

BULLDOG ROAD

CURRIE ROAD

TOBACCO ROAD

AIMWELL ROAD

NEW NORMANTOWN RD

HITCHCOCK ROAD

US 1- SR 15 (SBL)

SR 147

SR 15 - SR 29

ADAMS STREET

SR 297

US1 - SR15 (SBL)

US1 - SR15 (SBL)

JOHNSON CORNER RD

SR 292

CADILLAC DRIVE

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