State profile · Below median Poor share

Georgia bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Georgia.

15,069
Public bridges
74.8%
Good condition
1.6%
Poor condition

Georgia holds 15,069 public highway bridges (#17 of 52 by inventory) with a 1.59% Poor share (#48 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 1.6% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 5 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

15,069

Public highway bridges in Georgia

Good Condition

74.8%

11,278 bridges rated 7-9

24.8pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

1.6%

240 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-5.9pp vs national avg 7.5%

Georgia vs national bridge condition

Georgia - Good condition share 74.8%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

Georgia - Poor-condition share 5.3%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

Georgia in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Georgia has 15,069 bridges and a 1.6% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #5 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Georgia has 15,069 bridges and a 1.6% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #5 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

Georgia vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

15,069 17th of 54 higher than 37 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for Georgia

The highlighted point is Georgia: 15,069 bridges and 1.59% in Poor condition, rank #5 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Georgia on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Texas: 56,729 bridges · 1.23% Poor
  • Delaware: 872 bridges · 1.26% Poor
  • Georgia: 15,069 bridges · 1.59% Poor
  • District of Columbia: 257 bridges · 1.95% Poor
  • Florida: 13,036 bridges · 2.79% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Georgia

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 15,069 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Georgia’s inventory

State agency holds 45.7% of the 15,069 public highway bridges filed under Georgia in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Georgia’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 10.4% of the 15,069 bridges with a recorded original year in Georgia. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Georgia74.8%23.6%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Georgia (FHWA NBI)

Counties (159)

Appling 77 Atkinson 61 Bacon 44 Baker 27 Baldwin 77 Banks 93 Barrow 79 Bartow 219 Ben Hill 47 Berrien 81 Bibb 220 Bleckley 30 Brantley 54 Brooks 104 Bryan 78 Bulloch 139 Burke 80 Butts 46 Calhoun 43 Camden 95 Candler 61 Carroll 168 Catoosa 86 Charlton 71 Chatham 265 Chattahoochee 63 Chattooga 113 Cherokee 164 Clarke 102 Clay 21 Clayton 168 Clinch 74 Cobb 414 Coffee 126 Colquitt 194 Columbia 68 Cook 66 Coweta 173 Crawford 49 Crisp 99 Dade 73 Dawson 45 DeKalb 392 Decatur 74 Dodge 57 Dooly 73 Dougherty 98 Douglas 92 Early 85 Echols 41 Effingham 73 Elbert 84 Emanuel 121 Evans 48 Fannin 107 Fayette 81 Floyd 202 Forsyth 97 Franklin 117 Fulton 775 Gilmer 101 Glascock 22 Glynn 84 Gordon 133 Grady 104 Greene 66 Gwinnett 317 Habersham 107 Hall 151 Hancock 64 Haralson 93 Harris 99 Hart 74 Heard 60 Henry 140 Houston 112 Irwin 69 Jackson 123 Jasper 70 Jeff Davis 58 Jefferson 64 Jenkins 60 Johnson 49 Jones 54 Lamar 64 Lanier 28 Laurens 169 Lee 33 Liberty 95 Lincoln 32 Long 47 Lowndes 130 Lumpkin 53 Macon 78 Madison 71 Marion 46 McDuffie 52 McIntosh 57 Meriwether 135 Miller 45 Mitchell 111 Monroe 90 Montgomery 42 Morgan 103 Murray 82 Muscogee 208 Newton 99 Oconee 60 Oglethorpe 50 Paulding 84 Peach 38 Pickens 62 Pierce 65 Pike 41 Polk 117 Pulaski 44 Putnam 58 Quitman 20 Rabun 118 Randolph 50 Richmond 183 Rockdale 44 Schley 25 Screven 76 Seminole 35 Spalding 88 Stephens 67 Stewart 53 Sumter 81 Talbot 68 Taliaferro 40 Tattnall 72 Taylor 71 Telfair 71 Terrell 52 Thomas 179 Tift 112 Toombs 75 Towns 46 Treutlen 70 Troup 168 Turner 70 Twiggs 45 Union 85 Upson 61 Walker 149 Walton 115 Ware 107 Warren 56 Washington 76 Wayne 83 Webster 26 Wheeler 53 White 81 Whitfield 130 Wilcox 68 Wilkes 66 Wilkinson 72 Worth 125

Georgia vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)

States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Georgia on the same metric.

TX

Texas

1.23% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$56,729

DE

Delaware

1.26% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$872
Selected

GA

Georgia

1.59% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$15,069

FL

Florida

2.79% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$13,036

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Georgia

Six lowest-condition bridges in Georgia, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

WRIGHTS MILL ROAD

Poor

Over: HUDSON RIVER

7.3 MI SE OF HOMER, Banks, GA

Built 1960 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 110

US 82 COR Z WBL /

Poor

Over: SATILLA RIVER OVERFLOW

14 MI E OF HOBOKEN, Brantley, GA

Built 1964 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 5,680

HUMPBACK ROAD

Poor

Over: LITTLE SATILLA RIVER

6 MI N OF NAHUNTA, Brantley, GA

Built 1970 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60

CR 120

Poor

Over: N PRONG ST MARYS RIVER

1.4 MI EAST OF CR 127, Atkinson, GA

Built 1970 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 151

SADDLE CLUB ROAD

Poor

Over: GREENWOOD BRANCH

2.7 MI SW OF TRION, Chattooga, GA

Built 1954 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 240

REX CIRCLE

Poor

Over: BIG COTTON INDIAN CREEK

1.6 MI E JCT SR 42 IN REX, Clayton, GA

Built 1932 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 2,004

All Bridges in Georgia

BEAVER DAM ROAD

Good

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

1.7 MI W OF APALACHEE, Morgan, GA

Built 1994 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 180

SR 520 (US 27)

Good

Over: WERACOBA CREEK

3.6 MI N OF SR1-SW COLUMB, Muscogee, GA

Built 1944 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 25,300

US 27 ALT.

Good

Over: COOPER CREEK

NORTHEAST COLUMBUS, Muscogee, GA

Built 1961 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 21,200

US 27 ALT.

Good

Over: BULL CREEK

NORTHEAST COLUMBUS, Muscogee, GA

Built 1961 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 18,900

I-185

Good

Over: BULL CREEK TRIB

3.8 MI SE OF COLUMBUS, Muscogee, GA

Built 1966 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 51,500

I-185

Good

Over: ROARING BRANCH

0.8 MI N SR 1-N COLUMBU, Muscogee, GA

Built 1977 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 54,000

I-185

Good

Over: HEIFERHORN CREEK TRIB

NORTH COLUMBUS, Muscogee, GA

Built 1977 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 36,700

I-185

Good

Over: HEIFERHORN CREEK TRIB

3.8 MI N JCT SR1-N COLUMB, Muscogee, GA

Built 1977 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 36,700

I-185

Good

Over: HEIFERHORN CREEK

NORTH COLUMBUS., Muscogee, GA

Built 1977 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 36,700

US 80

Good

Over: ROARING BRANCH TRIB

N COLUMBUS BYPASS, Muscogee, GA

Built 1983 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 64,600

SR 22 RAMP

Good

Over: ROARING BRANCH TRIB

N COLUMBUS BYPASS EXIT 4, Muscogee, GA

Built 1983 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 6,300

SR 22 RAMP

Good

Over: ROARING BRANCH TRIB

N COLUMBUS BYPASS EXIT 4, Muscogee, GA

Built 1983 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 7,940

US 80

Good

Over: FLATROCK CREEK

N COLUMBUS BYPASS, Muscogee, GA

Built 1988 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 33,500

US 80

Good

Over: FLATROCK BRANCH

N COLUMBUS BYPASS, Muscogee, GA

Built 1988 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 33,500

US 80

Good

Over: RANDALL CREEK

13.3 MI NE OF COLUMBUS, Muscogee, GA

Built 1992 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 9,320

US 80

Good

Over: BULL CREEK

9 MI NE OF COLUMBUS, Muscogee, GA

Built 1992 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 17,600

BEAVER TRAIL RD.

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

EAST COLUMBUS, Muscogee, GA

Built 2003 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,606

LYNCH ROAD

Good

Over: BULL CREEK TRIB

NE COLUMBUS - E OF 22 SPU, Muscogee, GA

Built 2012 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 7,150

LYNCH ROAD

Good

Over: BULL CREEK TRIB

NE COLUMBUS - E. OF 22 SP, Muscogee, GA

Built 2012 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 7,150

SR 138

Good

Over: GUM CREEK

1.3 MI E ROCKDALE CO LINE, Newton, GA

Built 1962 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 15,400

I-20

Good

Over: NELSON CREEK

6.5 MI E OF COVINGTON, Newton, GA

Built 1964 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 41,800

US 78 / SR 10

Good

Over: APALACHEE RIVER TRIB

5.5 MI SW OF BOGART, Oconee, GA

Built 1978 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 20,800

US 78 / SR 10

Good

Over: MCNUTT CREEK

2 MI SE OF BOGART, Oconee, GA

Built 1978 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 19,100

US 129 BUS / SR 1

Good

Over: CALLS CREEK

1 MI N OF WATKINSVILLE, Oconee, GA

Built 1970 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 16,900

NEW HIGH SHOALS RD

Good

Over: BIG ROBINSON CREEK

2 MI NE OF N HIGH SHOALS, Oconee, GA

Built 1969 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,910

SR8 SR10 L US 29

Good

Over: MCNUTT CREEK

3.6 MI N OF WATKINSVILLE, Oconee, GA

Built 1987 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 39,900

US 441 / SR 24

Good

Over: CALLS CREEK

1 MI W OF WATKINSVILLE, Oconee, GA

Built 1995 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 15,600

OLD SALEM ROAD

Good

Over: BUCK BRANCH

3.8 MI S OF FARMINGTON, Oconee, GA

Built 1984 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 110

TAPPAN SPUR ROAD

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

3 MI S OF FARMINGTON, Oconee, GA

Built 1993 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 170

MCREE MILL ROAD

Good

Over: PORTERS CREEK

5 MI E OF WATKINSVILLE, Oconee, GA

Built 1961 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,280

BARNETT SHOALS RD

Good

Over: SHOAL CREEK

6.3 MI E OF WATKINSVILLE, Oconee, GA

Built 1980 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,160

US 29-SR8 10L EXI

Good

Over: MCNUTT CREEK

3.6 MI NNE OF WATKINSVILL, Oconee, GA

Built 1999 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 4,030

HALE ROAD

Good

Over: GREENBRIER CREEK

4.4 MI SE OF FARMINGTON, Oconee, GA

Built 2003 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 366

ROBIN HOOD ROAD

Good

Over: BARBER CREEK TRIB

3.1 MI W OF WATKINSVILLE, Oconee, GA

Built 1998 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,326

MARS HILL ROAD

Good

Over: BARBER CREEK TRIB

3.5 MI NW OF WATKINSVILLE, Oconee, GA

Built 2017 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 19,700

SR 77

Good

Over: LITTLE INDIAN CREEK

5.3 MI E OF LEXINGTON, Oglethorpe, GA

Built 1996 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 780

HARGROVE LAKE RD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

2.9 MI NE OF ARNOLDSVILLE, Oglethorpe, GA

Built 1960 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,160

PENNFIELD WIREBR R

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

1.3 MI W OF MAXEYS, Oglethorpe, GA

Built 1992 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 121

McWHORTER ROAD

Good

Over: RAIDEN CREEK

2.7 MI E OF MAXEYS, Oglethorpe, GA

Built 1992 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 514

HULSEY TOWN ROAD

Good

Over: BLUFFY CREEK

5 MI SW OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1985 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 90

SR-120

Good

Over: POWDER SPRINGS CRK TRIB

6 MI E OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1997 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 31,700

MILL CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: LICK LOG CREEK

6.4 MI SE OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 2002 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,450

HUGHES ROAD

Good

Over: LICK LOG CREEK

6.7 MI SE OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 2002 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,620

TAYLORS MILL ROAD

Good

Over: MOSSY CREEK

3 MI N OF FORT VALLEY, Peach, GA

Built 2020 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 770

SR 515

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

2 MI SW OF JASPER, Pickens, GA

Built 1981 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 32,000

SR 515

Good

Over: HOBSON CREEK

3 MI NW OF JASPER, Pickens, GA

Built 1984 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 21,600

SR 515

Good

Over: TALKING ROCK CREEK

1 MI NW OF TALKING ROCK, Pickens, GA

Built 1986 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 20,300

HOBSON ROAD

Good

Over: HOBSON CREEK

4 MI NW OF JASPER, Pickens, GA

Built 1988 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 80

US 278/ SR 6-NATHA

Good

Over: EUHARLEE CREEK TRIB

IN WEST ROCKMART, Polk, GA

Built 1971 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 18,700

INDUSTRIAL DRIVE

Good

Over: EUHARLEE CREEK TRIB

IN WEST ROCKMART, Polk, GA

Built 2004 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,358

Showing 14,701-14,750 of 15,069 bridges

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Georgia Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.