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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.

Total bridges

81

Public highway bridges in White County

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

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).

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for White County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Murray County 82 17.1%
Berrien County 81 0%
Fayette County 81 3.7%
Sumter County 81 0%
White County (this page) 81 2.5%
Burke County 80 5%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside GA (1977 here).

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

All 81 Good 28 Fair 51 Poor 2

All bridges (81)

RAY PALMER ROAD

Fair

Over: DEAN CREEK

6 MI SE OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 1987 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 690

FDR-44-B

Good

Over: HENSON CREEK

UPPER CHATT. REC. AREA, White, GA

Built 1994 ADT: 25

NEW BRIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: DEAN CREEK

7.3 MI SE OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 1958 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 880

SR 384

Good

Over: BRASSTOWN CREEK

3 MI S OF HELEN, White, GA

Built 1969 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 3,090

BILL PRESELY ROAD

Good

Over: MOSSY CREEK

6.3 MI SE OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 1988 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 160

ADAIR MILL ROAD

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

5 MI NW OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 1980 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 366

KELLAM VALLEY RD

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

7.1 MI W OF HELEN, White, GA

Built 1980 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 366

ALEX STRINGER ROAD

Good

Over: SHOAL CREEK

4.5 MI SW OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 1988 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 103

MOSSY CRK CH ROAD

Good

Over: MOSSY CREEK

4.0 MI E OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 1999 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 103

HULSEY MILL ROAD

Good

Over: DEAN CREEK

6.3 MI SE OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 2001 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 103

CLAUDE SIMS ROAD

Good

Over: TESNATEE CREEK

1.9 MI NW OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 1996 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 103

US 129 (SBL)

Good

Over: TESNATEE CREEK

1.2 MI WEST OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 2017 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 10,600

BARRETT MILL ROAD

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

6 MI SE OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 2022 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 103

SKYLAKE ROAD

Good

Over: CHICKAMAUGA CREEK

4 MI E OF HELEN, White, GA

Built 1958 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 540

SR115

Good

Over: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER

7.5 MIE OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 2004 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 6,410

SR 356

Good

Over: McCLURE CREEK

5.2 MI NE OF HELEN, White, GA

Built 1955 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 2,010

US 129 (NBL)

Good

Over: TESNATEE CREEK

1.2 MI WEST OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 2017 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 8,920

SR 356

Good

Over: SMITH CREEK

1.5 MI. OF HELEN, White, GA

Built 1997 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 2,010

US 129/SR 962(NBL)

Good

Over: JESS HUNT ROAD

1 MI WEST OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 2017 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 8,920

US 129/SR 962(SBL)

Good

Over: TESNATEE CREEK

1.4 MI NORTHWEST OF CLEVE, White, GA

Built 2017 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 10,600

US 129/SR 962(NBL)

Good

Over: TESNATEE CREEK

1.4 MI NORTHWEST OF CLEVE, White, GA

Built 2017 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 8,920

UNICOI BOTTOMS RD

Good

Over: SMITH CREEK

1.4 MI NE OF HELEN, White, GA

Built 2019 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 170

US129 / SR962(SBL)

Good

Over: JESS HUNT ROAD

1 MI WEST OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 2017 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 10,600

PARK AND REC. ROAD

Good

Over: TESNATEE CREEK

2.5 MI NORTH OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 2016 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 400

75 Conn/SR 962

Good

Over: TESNATEE CREEK TRIB

1.6 MI NE OF CLEVELAND., White, GA

Built 2023 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 4,250

SR 17

Good

Over: SAUTEE CREEK

3.8 MI E OF HELEN, White, GA

Built 1990 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 4,240

SR 255

Good

Over: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER

7.2 MI E OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 1989 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 1,080

AIRPORT ROAD

Good

Over: MOSSY CREEK

4.2 MI SE OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 2022 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 366

SR 384

Good

Over: YONAH CREEK

5 MI SE OF HELEN, White, GA

Built 1969 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 3,090

SR 17- SR 75

Poor

Over: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER

1.5 MI SE OF HELEN, White, GA

Built 1941 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 10,200

JESS HUNT ROAD

Poor

Over: COX CREEK

W CLEVELAND CITY LIMITS, White, GA

Built 1980 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 903

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.