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Walton County, GA

115 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 72.2% rated Good, 26.1% Fair, 1.7% Poor.

115
Public bridges
72.2%
Good condition
1.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

110th
of 159 on Poor share
1.7%
Poor-condition share
115
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.

Walton County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Walton County ranks #110 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.7%). Walton County, Georgia contains 115 public highway bridges. Roughly 72.2% are rated “Good,” 26.1% “Fair,” and 1.7% “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

115

Public highway bridges in Walton County

Good condition

72.2%

83 of 115 rated 7-9

Fair condition

26.1%

30 of 115 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.7%

2 of 115 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#110 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 115 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
72.2% (83)
Fair
26.1% (30)
Poor
1.7% (2)

Walton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,500 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 750 crossings a day against 5,967 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 115 of 115 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

38.3% of Walton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

44 of the 115 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 72.2% 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 96.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

CHANDLER HAULK RD over LITTLE HAYNES CREEK TRIB, built 1957, carries 1,450 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 1,500 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Walton County's bridges were built

115 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 22 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.1% 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).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Walton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.7% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 7 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Walton County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Rabun County 118 1.7%
Franklin County 117 2.6%
Polk County 117 1.7%
Walton County (this page) 115 1.7%
Chattooga County 113 8.8%
Houston County 112 0%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (115 bridges here).

Similar average build year

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

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

All 115 Good 83 Fair 30 Poor 2

Fair-condition bridges (30)

OAKLAND RIDGE RD

Fair

Over: MOUNTAIN CREEK TRIB.

IN SOUTH MONROE, Walton, GA

Built 1976 Load: 6.3 t ADT: 10

SNOWS MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: APALACHEE RIVER

5 MI NE OF GOOD HOPE, Walton, GA

Built 1957 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 860

BARTONS BRIDGE RD

Fair

Over: BIG SANDY CREEK

4 MI S OF GOOD HOPE, Walton, GA

Built 1949 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 103

LOCKLAND CEMETARY

Fair

Over: TURKEY CREEK

4 MI N OF GOOD HOPE, Walton, GA

Built 2004 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 103

SR 10 BUS WBL

Fair

Over: SR 10 EBL (US 78)

2 MI W OF MONROE, Walton, GA

Built 1964 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 3,950

US 78 EBL / SR 10

Fair

Over: SR 10 BUS WBL

IN NW MONROE, Walton, GA

Built 1964 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 25,700

SR 83

Fair

Over: POLECAT CREEK

1 MI NW OF GOOD HOPE, Walton, GA

Built 1947 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 4,230

SR 186

Fair

Over: APALACHEE RIVER

5.5 MI NE OF GOOD HOPE, Walton, GA

Built 1958 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 2,770

SR 186

Fair

Over: JACKS CREEK

3.4 MI NE OF GOOD HOPE, Walton, GA

Built 1958 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 2,120

SR 138

Fair

Over: BIG FLAT CREEK

3.4 MI NE OF WALNUT GROVE, Walton, GA

Built 1958 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 17,000

SR 138

Fair

Over: ALCOVY RIVER

2 MI SW OF MONROE, Walton, GA

Built 1958 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 19,900

NUNNALLY SHOALS RD

Fair

Over: LITTLE SANDY CREEK

2.7 MI S OF GOOD HOPE, Walton, GA

Built 1960 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 50

SR 83

Fair

Over: GRUBBY CREEK

2.9 MI NW OF GOOD HOPE, Walton, GA

Built 1948 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 4,230

JERSEY WALNUT GR

Fair

Over: CORNISH CREEK

1 MI NW OF JERSEY, Walton, GA

Built 1962 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,200

SNOWS MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: JACKS CREEK

3 MI E OF MONROE, Walton, GA

Built 1954 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,380

CENTER HILL CH RD.

Fair

Over: LITTLE HAYNES CREEK

3.5 MI NW OF WALNUT GROVE, Walton, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 5,120

US 78 EBL / SR 10

Fair

Over: SR 138

IN WEST MONROE, Walton, GA

Built 1964 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 22,700

INDIAN CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: JACKS CREEK

4.1 MI E OF GOOD HOPE, Walton, GA

Built 1980 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 103

US 78 EBL / SR 10

Fair

Over: ALCOVY RIVER

3 MI E OF BETWEEN, Walton, GA

Built 1950 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 23,400

EAST HIGHTOWER TRL

Fair

Over: GREAT WALTON RAILROAD

IN SOCIAL CIRCLE, Walton, GA

Built 1986 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 6,410

SIMS BRIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: APALACHEE RIVER

2 MI NE OF GRATIS, Walton, GA

Built 1978 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 730

HICKRY GRVE CH RD

Fair

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

3 MI SE OF BOLD SPRINGS, Walton, GA

Built 1988 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 770

OLD ATHENS HWY

Fair

Over: JACKS CREEK

2 MI NE OF MONROE, Walton, GA

Built 1985 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 350

DOUBLE SPRINGS CH

Fair

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

3.5 MI NW OF MONROE, Walton, GA

Built 1981 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 360

EMMETT STILL ROAD

Fair

Over: GUM CREEK

1.9 MI NW OF WALNUT GROVE, Walton, GA

Built 1956 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 2,710

MCDANIEL STREET

Fair

Over: MOUNTAIN CREEK

1 MI SW OF MONROE, Walton, GA

Built 1970 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 3,090

SR 138

Fair

Over: MOUNTAIN CREEK

1 MI NW OF MONROE, Walton, GA

Built 1964 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 22,700

MARABLE STREET

Fair

Over: JACKS CREEK TRIB.

1 MI N OF MONROE, Walton, GA

Built 1938 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 4,540

GEORGE WILLIAMS RD

Fair

Over: WILDCAT CREEK

4.3 MI W OF GRATIS, Walton, GA

Built 1997 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 180

MOINA MICHAEL ROAD

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

2.5 MI E OF GOOD HOPE, Walton, GA

Built 1998 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 250

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