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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.

1920s

1
1930s

3
1940s

4
1950s

17
1960s

15
1970s

11
1980s

20
1990s

22
2000s

5
2010s

12
2020s

5

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).

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	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Rabun County	118	57.6%	40.7%	1.7%	1973
Franklin County	117	70.1%	27.4%	2.6%	1976
Polk County	117	74.4%	23.9%	1.7%	1970
Walton County (this page)	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

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).

Alachua County, FL · 115 bridges
Latah County, ID · 115 bridges
Whitley County, IN · 115 bridges
Carver County, MN · 115 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 115 Good 83 Fair 30 Poor 2

Good-condition bridges (83)

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Walton County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

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

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

One structure carries 96.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Walton 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

Good-condition bridges (83)

JERSEY SOC. CIR RD

SR 11

JERSEY SOC CIR RD

JERSEY COVNGTON RD

US 78 WBL / SR 10

COUNTY LINE ROAD

MONROE JERSEY RD

MONROE JERSEY RD

BEARDEN ROAD

SR 11

SR 138

MONROE JERSEY RD

SNOWS MILL ROAD

JERSEY SOC. CIR RD

YOUTH MONROE RD

MOUNT VERNON RD

MICHAEL ROAD

MT. PARON CH ROAD

GRATIS ROAD

US 78 WBL / SR 10

COUNTY LINE ROAD

US 78 EBL / SR 10

MT CARMEL CH ROAD

US 78 / SR 10

US 78 WBL / SR 10

YOUTH MONROE RD

GRATIS ROAD

JOHN STOWE ROAD

PINEY GROVE ROAD

HODGES ROAD

MARCE CAMP ROAD

SHANON CHURCH RD

PILOT ROAD

CLEGG FARM ROAD

AMMONS BRIDGE RD

DEAN HILL ROAD

BROWN HILL CH RD

CHANDLER ROAD

CARL MOON ROAD

BRADLEY GIN ROAD

WEST HIGHTOWER TRL

HAWKINS ACAD. RD

AMMONS BRIDGE RD

BROADNAX MILL ROAD

BAY CREEK ROAD

LIBERTY HILL CHURC

NEW HOPE CHURCH RO

SOC CIR FAIRPLAY R

BROWNING SHOALS RD

SR 81

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