How many bridges are in Georgia?

Georgia has 15,069 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. View detailed condition data for each bridge on PlainBridges.

What percentage of bridges in Georgia are in Poor condition?

1.6% of bridge records in Georgia are in Poor condition, meaning the lowest applicable major-component rating is 4 or below, compared with 7.5% across state inventories.

State profile · Below median Poor share

Georgia bridge safety

Name: Georgia public highway bridge inventory (FHWA NBI)
Creator: PlainBridges
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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.

Compiled by PlainBridges

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%.

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.

Concrete 7,844 bridges (52%) Prestressed concrete 3,557 bridges (24%) Steel 3,495 bridges (23%) Wood or timber 153 bridges (1%) Other 20 bridges (0%)

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.

State agency 6,893 bridges (46%) County agency 7,140 bridges (47%) Local agency 799 bridges (5%) Federal agency 201 bridges (1%) Other 36 bridges (0%)

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.

Pre-1950 1,562 bridges (10%) 1950–1979 6,550 bridges (43%) 1980–1999 4,147 bridges (28%) 2000+ 2,810 bridges (19%)

Condition Distribution

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.

Texas

1.23% top marginal rate

Structure: Progressive
Burden @ $100K: $56,729

Delaware

1.26% top marginal rate

Structure: Progressive
Burden @ $100K: $872

Selected

Georgia

1.59% top marginal rate

Structure: Progressive
Burden @ $100K: $15,069

District of Columbia

1.95% top marginal rate

Structure: Progressive
Burden @ $100K: $257

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.

Georgia vs national bridge condition

Material families in Georgia

Who maintains Georgia’s inventory

When Georgia’s bridges were built

Condition Distribution

Counties (159)

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Georgia

WRIGHTS MILL ROAD

US 82 COR Z WBL /

HUMPBACK ROAD

CR 120

SADDLE CLUB ROAD

REX CIRCLE

All Bridges in Georgia

GAINES ROAD

PYE COURT

HEMBREE ROAD

SR 16

FISH HATCHERY RD

MURRAY ROAD

ROCKY FORD ROAD

KINGSTON AVENUE

JESS HUNT ROAD

SR 283

RABBIT RUN ROAD

CAVENDER CRK RD

SHOAL CREEK ROAD

ETOWAH RIVER ROAD

COOPERS FURNACE RO

McEVER RD

WALKER DOW ROAD

FOUCH GAP ROAD

KENSINGTON ROAD

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