Total bridges
81
Public highway bridges in White County
County profile · official public datasets
White County, GA
81 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 34.6% rated Good, 63% Fair, 2.5% Poor.
- 81
- Public bridges
- 34.6%
- Good condition
- 2.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
White County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 124th
- of 159 on Poor share
- 2.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 81
- public highway bridges
- 1977
- 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.
White County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, White County ranks #124 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.5%). White County, Georgia contains 81 public highway bridges. Roughly 34.6% are rated “Good,” 63% “Fair,” and 2.5% “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.
Good condition
34.6%
28 of 81 rated 7-9
Fair condition
63%
51 of 81 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.5%
2 of 81 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#124 of 159
Among Georgia counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 81 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 34.6% (28)
Fair 63% (51)
Poor 2.5% (2)
White County's Poor-condition bridges carry 11,103 vehicle crossings a day
That is 4.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 5,552 crossings a day against 3,162 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 81 of 81 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
50.6% of White County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
41 of the 81 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 34.6% 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 91.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 17- SR 75 over CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER, built 1941, carries 10,200 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 11,103 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When White County's bridges were built
81 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
19 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
11 bridges
- 1970s 3
1970–1979
3 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
15 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
10 bridges
- 2000s 4
2000–2009
4 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
8 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 19 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Georgia average (1977).
How White County compares with Georgia's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Georgia counties nearest White County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.5% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 158 Georgia counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray County | 82 | 32.9% | 50% | 17.1% | 1964 |
| Berrien County | 81 | 79% | 21% | 0% | 1972 |
| Fayette County | 81 | 71.6% | 24.7% | 3.7% | 1986 |
| Sumter County | 81 | 86.4% | 13.6% | 0% | 1974 |
| White County (this page) | 81 | 34.6% | 63% | 2.5% | 1977 |
| Burke County | 80 | 73.8% | 21.3% | 5% | 1974 |
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 White 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 White County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside GA (81 bridges here).
- Calhoun County, IL · 81 bridges
- Tunica County, MS · 81 bridges
- Worth County, MO · 81 bridges
- Cayey County, PR · 81 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1977 here).
- San Diego County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,632 bridges
- King County, WA · avg 1977 · 1,238 bridges
- Riverside County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,117 bridges
- Shelby County, TN · avg 1977 · 1,077 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (51)
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