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Upson County, GA

61 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 67.2% rated Good, 27.9% Fair, 4.9% Poor.

61
Public bridges: 67.2%
Good condition: 4.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Upson County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

148th
of 159 on Poor share: 4.9%
Poor-condition share: 61
public highway bridges: 1979
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.

Upson County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Upson County ranks #148 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.9%). Upson County, Georgia contains 61 public highway bridges. Roughly 67.2% are rated “Good,” 27.9% “Fair,” and 4.9% “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 Upson County

Good condition

67.2%

41 of 61 rated 7-9

Fair condition

27.9%

17 of 61 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.9%

3 of 61 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#148 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 61 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

67.2% (41)

Fair

27.9% (17)

Poor

4.9% (3)

Upson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,820 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 940 crossings a day against 1,499 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 61 of 61 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

42.6% of Upson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

26 of the 61 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 67.2% 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.

One structure carries 83.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

HANNAHS MILL ROAD over POTATO CREEK, built 1966, carries 2,360 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,820 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1930s

4
1940s

4
1950s

6
1960s

9
1970s

6
1980s

7
1990s

14
2000s

6
2010s

4
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 14 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Upson County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.9% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Upson County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Pickens County	62	75.8%	24.2%	0%	1968
Atkinson County	61	75.4%	21.3%	3.3%	1975
Candler County	61	86.9%	13.1%	0%	1978
Upson County (this page)	61	67.2%	27.9%	4.9%	1979
Heard County	60	66.7%	33.3%	0%	1978
Jenkins County	60	86.7%	13.3%	0%	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 Upson 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 Upson County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (61 bridges here).

Amador County, CA · 61 bridges
Cheyenne County, CO · 61 bridges
Montezuma County, CO · 61 bridges
Camas County, ID · 61 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1979 here).

Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
Jefferson County, KY · avg 1979 · 662 bridges
Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges

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

All 61 Good 41 Fair 17 Poor 3

All bridges (61)

Sort:

GORDON SCHOOL RD

Fair

Over: TOWN BRANCH

4 MI S OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1955 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 10

JEFF DAVIS ROAD

Fair

Over: TEN MILE CREEK

2 MI NW OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1964 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 3,410

BIRDSONG ROAD

Fair

Over: SWIFT CREEK

6 MI S OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1970 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 30

TRIUNE MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: SWIFT CREEK

2 MI SE OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1960 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 420

BOYT ROAD

Fair

Over: SULLIVAN CREEK

6 MI E OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1950 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 250

SR 74

Fair

Over: TOBLER CREEK

1.5 MI W OF YATESVILLE, Upson, GA

Built 1936 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 1,540

US 80

Fair

Over: RAINES CREEK

12 MI S OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1932 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 1,700

McCORKLES CURVE RD

Fair

Over: FIVE MILE CREEK

6 MI N OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1938 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 300

SR 74

Fair

Over: SWIFT CREEK TRIB

3 MI E OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1948 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,260

SR 74

Fair

Over: SWIFT CREEK

5 MI E OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1948 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,390

SMYRNA CHURCH RD

Fair

Over: TEN MILE CREEK

7 MI N OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1959 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 440

ALLEN ROAD

Fair

Over: AUCHUMPKEE CREEK

12 MI S OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1985 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 300

ROCKY BOTTOM ROAD

Fair

Over: ROSE CREEK

2 MI NW OF THE ROCK, Upson, GA

Built 1988 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 310

THUNDERING SPRINGS

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

11 MI NW OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1990 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 200

SR 36

Fair

Over: JERRY REEVES CREEK

6 MI W OF THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1951 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,180

CHEROKEE ROAD

Fair

Over: TOWN CREEK

IN THOMASTON, Upson, GA

Built 1988 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,730

SPRING CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: WILLINGHAM SPRING CREEK

3 MI NW OF THOMASTON C.L., Upson, GA

Upson County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Upson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,820 vehicle crossings a day

42.6% of Upson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 83.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Upson 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 (61)

GORDON SCHOOL RD

JEFF DAVIS ROAD

BIRDSONG ROAD

TRIUNE MILL ROAD

BOYT ROAD

SR 74

US 80

McCORKLES CURVE RD

SR 74

SR 74

SMYRNA CHURCH RD

ALLEN ROAD

ROCKY BOTTOM ROAD

THUNDERING SPRINGS

SR 36

CHEROKEE ROAD

SPRING CREEK ROAD

HOLLIS ROAD

WAYMANVILLE ROAD

TRIUNE MILL ROAD

SR 74

BOYT ROAD

US 19 NBL/ SR 3

MUD BRIDGE ROAD

US 19

JUG TOWN ROAD

HICKMAN FORK ROAD

ANDREWS CHAPEL RD.

WAYNMANVILLE ROAD

PLEASANT GROVE RD.

DELRAY ROAD

US 19 SBL / SR 3

LAWRENCE ROAD

SR 36

WILLINGHAM SPG RD

GRAYS CHAPEL ROAD

WILLIS ROAD

BAKER BRITT ROAD

BAILEY MILL ROAD

LOG TOWN ROAD

JUG TOWN ROAD

OLD ALABAMA ROAD

OLD ALABAMA RD

TRICE CEMETARY ROA

WEEMS ROAD

PIEDMONT ROAD

OLD ALABAMA ROAD

TURKEY CREEK ROAD

SR 74

US 80 / SR 22

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