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Jasper County, SC

129 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 24.8% rated Good, 75.2% Fair, 0% Poor.

129
Public bridges: 24.8%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Jasper County pairs a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 2%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 129
public highway bridges: 1970
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.

Jasper County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Jasper County ranks #1 of 46 South Carolina counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Jasper County, South Carolina contains 129 public highway bridges. Roughly 24.8% are rated “Good,” 75.2% “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

129

Public highway bridges in Jasper County

Good condition

24.8%

32 of 129 rated 7-9

Fair condition

75.2%

97 of 129 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 129 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#1 of 46

Among South Carolina counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 129 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

24.8% (32)

Fair

75.2% (97)

Poor

0% (0)

63.6% of Jasper County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

82 of the 129 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 24.8% 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.

1920s

9
1930s

7
1940s

11
1950s

14
1960s

27
1970s

26
1980s

6
1990s

10
2000s

7
2010s

12

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 27 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1970, 7 years older than the South Carolina average of 1977.

How Jasper County compares with South Carolina's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 South Carolina counties nearest Jasper County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 45 South Carolina counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Jasper County and the 5 South Carolina counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Fairfield County	139	36.7%	55.4%	7.9%	1976
Union County	131	35.9%	49.6%	14.5%	1975
Jasper County (this page)	129	24.8%	75.2%	0%	1970
Dillon County	128	25%	70.3%	4.7%	1972
Saluda County	125	40.8%	52.8%	6.4%	1973
Edgefield County	124	34.7%	62.9%	2.4%	1972

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 Jasper 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 Jasper County, both outside South Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside SC (129 bridges here).

Clay County, AL · 129 bridges
Cross County, AR · 129 bridges
Lake County, CA · 129 bridges
Lincoln County, CO · 129 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside SC (1970 here).

Hamilton County, OH · avg 1970 · 783 bridges
Yavapai County, AZ · avg 1970 · 543 bridges
Garfield County, OK · avg 1970 · 504 bridges
San Luis Obispo County, CA · avg 1970 · 401 bridges

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

All 129 Good 32 Fair 97 Poor 0

Fair-condition bridges (97)

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Jasper County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

63.6% of Jasper County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Jasper County compares with South Carolina's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Fair-condition bridges (97)

S-27-41

S-27-110

US 278/GRAYS HWY

I-95 NBL

I-95 SBL

I-95 NB

I-95 NB

S-27-14

SC 170/FREEDOM PKY

US 321

US 321

S-27-29

SC 170/FREEDOM PKY

SC 119/CLYO RD

SC 119/CLYO RD

SC 119/CLYO RD

SC 170

SC 315 OKATIE HWY

US 17

US 17

US 17

I-95 NB

I-95 SB

I-95 SB

SC 3/HERITAGE RD

I-95 NB

I-95 SB

I-95 NB

I-95 SB

US 17 SB

I-95 NB

I-95 NB

I-95 SB

S-27-243

S-27-141

US 278 EB

US 278 WB

S-27-13

I-95 NB

I-95 SB

US 17

US 17

S-27-75

US 278 EB

US 278 WB

US 17

SC 170

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