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Wilkinson County, GA

72 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 80.6% rated Good, 19.4% Fair, 0% Poor.

72
Public bridges: 80.6%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 19%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 72
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.

Wilkinson County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wilkinson County ranks #31 of 159 Georgia counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Wilkinson County, Georgia contains 72 public highway bridges. Roughly 80.6% are rated “Good,” 19.4% “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

Public highway bridges in Wilkinson County

Good condition

80.6%

58 of 72 rated 7-9

Fair condition

19.4%

14 of 72 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 72 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#31 of 159

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

Condition distribution

Share of 72 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

80.6% (58)

Fair

19.4% (14)

Poor

0% (0)

52.8% of Wilkinson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

38 of the 72 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 80.6% 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.

1930s

3
1940s

3
1950s

10
1960s

20
1970s

4
1980s

2
1990s

2
2000s

14
2010s

12
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 20 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.8% 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).

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

The 5 Georgia counties nearest Wilkinson 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 1971 is 9 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Wilkinson County and the 5 Georgia counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Dade County	73	53.4%	45.2%	1.4%	1967
Dooly County	73	78.1%	21.9%	0%	1971
Effingham County	73	93.2%	6.8%	0%	1972
Tattnall County	72	91.7%	8.3%	0%	1974
Wilkinson County (this page)	72	80.6%	19.4%	0%	1980
Charlton County	71	64.8%	33.8%	1.4%	1969

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside GA (72 bridges here).

Lafayette County, AR · 72 bridges
Kearny County, KS · 72 bridges
Mercer County, ND · 72 bridges
Beaufort County, SC · 72 bridges

Similar average build year

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

Tulsa County, OK · avg 1980 · 1,135 bridges
Miami-Dade County, FL · avg 1980 · 1,057 bridges
Pulaski County, AR · avg 1980 · 721 bridges
McLennan County, TX · avg 1980 · 714 bridges

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

All 72 Good 58 Fair 14 Poor 0

All bridges (72)

Sort:

E.H. SNOW ROAD

Fair

Over: COMMISSIONER CREEK O/F

3.4 MI NW OF MCINTYRE, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1965 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 260

CROSS JUSTICE ROAD

Fair

Over: BIG SANDY CREEK

2.5 MI S OF IRWINTON, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1950 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 150

SR 112

Fair

Over: COMMISSIONERS CREEK

TOOMSBORO - NORTHSIDE, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1952 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,150

OWENS SHEPARD ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE COMMISSIONER CR

EASTSIDE OF GORDON, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1959 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,200

WRILEY ROAD

Fair

Over: COMMISSIONER CREEK

2.3 MI E OF MCINTYRE, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1963 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 70

GORDON-McINTYRE RD

Fair

Over: LITTLE COMMISSIONER CR

1.9 MI NW OF MCINTYRE, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1977 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 514

ASBURY CHURCH ROAD

Fair

Over: COW PEN CREEK

4 MI W OF IRWINTON, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1970 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 340

WRILEY ROAD

Fair

Over: COMMISSIONER CREEK TRIB.

2.2 MI E OF MCINTYRE, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1963 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 70

LIBERTY CHURCH RD

Fair

Over: DRY BRANCH

2.7 MI NE OF MCINTYRE, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1963 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 180

SR 18

Fair

Over: CS 44-NOR-SOU RR 732712X

CITY OF GORDON, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1947 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,540

E.H. SNOW ROAD

Fair

Over: COMMISSIONER CREEK

3.3 MI NW OF MCINTYRE, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1965 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 260

WRILEY ROAD

Fair

Over: COMMISSIONER CREEK TRIB.

2.1 MI E OF MCINTYRE, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1963 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 70

US 441 / SR 29

Fair

Over: BULL BRANCH

5.5 MI N OF MCINTYRE, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1934 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 4,570

QUINN WILLIAMS RD

Fair

Over: CEDAR CREEK

9 MI S OF IRWINTON, Wilkinson, GA

Wilkinson County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

52.8% of Wilkinson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Wilkinson 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

All bridges (72)

E.H. SNOW ROAD

CROSS JUSTICE ROAD

SR 112

OWENS SHEPARD ROAD

WRILEY ROAD

GORDON-McINTYRE RD

ASBURY CHURCH ROAD

WRILEY ROAD

LIBERTY CHURCH RD

SR 18

E.H. SNOW ROAD

WRILEY ROAD

US 441 / SR 29

QUINN WILLIAMS RD

US 441 (NBL)/ SR 2

ALLENTOWN ROAD

MCINTYRE ROAD

MCINTYRE ROAD

US 441 (NBL) / SR

C.T. LORD HWY.

MCINTYRE ROAD

CR 191

US 441 (NBL) / SR

SR 112

SR 18

SR 18 SPUR

KAOLIN ROAD

KAOLIN ROAD

MCINTYRE ROAD

FOUNTAIN ROAD

OLD BALLS FERRY RD

LAUREL BR CH ROAD

JACKSON ROAD

JACKSON ROAD

OLD GREY ROAD

SR 18

SR 57

US 441 (SBL) / SR

FALL LINE FREEWAY

LONG BRIDGE ROAD

FALL LINE FWY(SBL)

FALL LINE FWY(NBL)

US 441) / SR 29

SR 112

C.T. LORD HWY.

SR 18

CLAYFIELD ROAD

US 441 (NBL) / SR

US 441 (SBL)/ SR 2

US 441 (SBL) / SR

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