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Washington County, GA

76 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 93.4% rated Good, 6.6% Fair, 0% Poor.

76
Public bridges
93.4%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 16%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
76
public highway bridges
1980
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.

Washington County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Washington County ranks #26 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Washington County, Georgia contains 76 public highway bridges. Roughly 93.4% are rated “Good,” 6.6% “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

76

Public highway bridges in Washington County

Good condition

93.4%

71 of 76 rated 7-9

Fair condition

6.6%

5 of 76 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 76 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#26 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 76 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
93.4% (71)
Fair
6.6% (5)
Poor
0% (0)

39.5% of Washington County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

30 of the 76 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 93.4% 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 Washington County's bridges were built

76 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 12 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1980) matches the Georgia average (1977).

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

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Washington County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Washington County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Bryan County 78 0%
Appling County 77 0%
Baldwin County 77 0%
Screven County 76 1.3%
Washington County (this page) 76 0%
Toombs County 75 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 Washington 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 Washington County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (76 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1980 here).

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

All 76 Good 71 Fair 5 Poor 0

Good-condition bridges (71)

SR 272

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

2.4 MI N OF OCONEE, Washington, GA

Built 1961 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 350

SR 272

Good

Over: SAND HILL CREEK

CITY OF OCONEE, Washington, GA

Built 1961 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 600

SR 272

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK OVERFLOW

2.6 MI N OF OCONEE, Washington, GA

Built 1961 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 350

AGRICOLA ROAD

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER

7.5 MI NE OF WARTHEN, Washington, GA

Built 1966 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 514

SR 102

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER

14.1 MI N OF SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1953 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 680

SR 231

Good

Over: LITTLE OHOOPEE RIVER

3.7 MI NE OF HARRISON, Washington, GA

Built 1959 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 290

LINTON ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE KEG CREEK

6.2 MI NW OF SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1961 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 430

SR 102

Good

Over: LITTLE OGEECHEE RIVER

13.9 MI N OF SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1953 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 680

SR 231

Good

Over: WILLIAMSON SWAMP CREEK

IN DAVISBORO, Washington, GA

Built 1976 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 1,340

SR 15

Good

Over: KELLY CREEK

5.1 MI S OF TENNILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1939 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,290

SR 15

Good

Over: OHOOPEE RIVER

3.6 MI S OF TENNILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1939 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,290

SR 231

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

1.5 MI SW OF HARRISON, Washington, GA

Built 1958 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 390

SR 231

Good

Over: GOLDENS BRANCH

1.9 MI NE OF HARRISON, Washington, GA

Built 1958 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 290

SR 242

Good

Over: SUN HILL BRANCH

3.2 MI E OF TENNILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1949 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 3,860

SR 242

Good

Over: JOINER BRANCH

3.8 MI E OF TENNILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1949 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,000

DEEPSTEP ROAD

Good

Over: DEEPSTEP CREEK

0.6 MI W OF DEEPSTEP, Washington, GA

Built 1954 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 970

DEEPSTEP ROAD

Good

Over: BRUSH CREEK

1.7 MI E OF DEEPSTEP, Washington, GA

Built 1950 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 1,650

OLD SAVANNAH ROAD

Good

Over: DYERS CREEK

5.1 MI S OF TENNILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1971 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 340

FRANCIS BRIDGE RD

Good

Over: WILLIAMSON SWAMP CREEK

3.6 MI E OF DAVISBORO, Washington, GA

Built 1980 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 90

ROBERSON BR ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE OHOOPEE RIVER

5 MI E OF HARRISON, Washington, GA

Built 1984 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 121

WRIGHTSVILLE-RIDDL

Good

Over: GOLDEN BRANCH

3.1 MI NE OF HARRISON, Washington, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 310

DONOVAN ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE CEDAR CREEK

1.9 MI S OF HARRISON, Washington, GA

Built 1960 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 250

MAYVIEW ROAD

Good

Over: WILLIAMSON SWAMP CREEK

8 MI NE OF SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1965 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 410

DEEPSTEP ROAD

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

0.8 MI E OF DEEPSTEP, Washington, GA

Built 1959 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,650

SR 57

Good

Over: OCONEE RIVER OVERFLOW

13.4 MI SW OF TENNILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1993 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 710

BARTOW-DUBLIN RD

Good

Over: LITTLE OHOOPEE RIVER

6 MI E OF HARRISON, Washington, GA

Built 1965 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 190

HARTS FORD ROAD

Good

Over: OHOOPEE RIVER

4.8 MI W OF HARRISON, Washington, GA

Built 1977 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 70

SR 88 (EBL)

Good

Over: WILLIAMSON SWAMP CREEK

4.2 MI NW OF DAVISBORO, Washington, GA

Built 2003 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,770

FAS 1273 SPUR

Good

Over: NOR. SOU. RR- CR 213

CITY OF TENNILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1981 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,100

SR 88 (WBL)

Good

Over: WILLIAMSON SWAMP CREEK

4.2 MI NW OF DAVISBORO, Washington, GA

Built 2003 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 5,240

UNION CHURCH ROAD

Good

Over: KEG CREEK

7.9 MI NE OF SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1981 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 90

MATHIS ROAD

Good

Over: WILLIAMSON SWAMP CREEK

8.7 MI NE OF SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1982 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 10

McCOY POND ROAD

Good

Over: SUN HILL CREEK

4.2 MI W OF DAVISBORO, Washington, GA

Built 1983 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121

SUN HILL-HARRISON

Good

Over: SUN HILL CREEK

4.6 MI E OF TENNILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1981 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 520

DEEP CUT ROAD

Good

Over: NS RR 732737T-SAND HIL C

3.4 MI SW OF TENNILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1979 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 490

EDWARD FORD ROAD

Good

Over: OHOOPEE RIVER

5.2 MI S OF TENNILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1978 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 130

COLESBY SMITH RD

Good

Over: OHOOPEE RIVER

6.6 MI S OF TENNILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1982 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 50

COLESBY-SMITH RD

Good

Over: DYER CREEK

6.1 MI S OF TENNILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1979 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 10

FRANKLIN HAYNES DR

Good

Over: SISTERS CHURCH CREEK

E SIDE OF SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 1986 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 780

HARRISON-DAVISBORO

Good

Over: STEEL CREEK

0.6 MI S OF DAVISBORO, Washington, GA

Built 1999 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 400

CHAMBERS-BROOKS SP

Good

Over: KEG CREEK

2.6 MI SE OF DEEPSTEP, Washington, GA

Built 2005 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 121

SR 24

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

8.6 MI W OF SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 2013 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 6,800

SR 24

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

8.6 MI W OF SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 2015 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,500

SR 24

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK OVERFLOW

8.7 MI W OF SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 2013 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 6,800

SR 24

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK OVERFLOW

8.7 MI W OF SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 2015 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 50

SR 88 (EBL)

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW

4.4 MI N OF DAVISBORO, Washington, GA

Built 2003 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 3,870

SR 88 (WBL)

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW

4.4 MI N OF DAVISBORO, Washington, GA

Built 2003 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 5,240

SR 24

Good

Over: BLUFF CREEK

12 MI W 0F SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 2013 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 7,130

SR 24

Good

Over: BLUFF CREEK

12 MI W 0F SANDERSVILLE, Washington, GA

Built 2014 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 4,580

SR 88 (EBL)

Good

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER

4.5 MI N OF DAVISBORO, Washington, GA

Built 2003 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 3,870

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