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

WILSON-CALDWELL RD

Fair

Over: MILLS CREEK

1.8 MI N OF COHUTTA, Whitfield, GA

Built 1971 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 360

KEITH MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: COAHULLA CREEK

5.4 MI SE OF DALTON, Whitfield, GA

Built 1978 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 440

SC 184

Fair

Over: SAVANNAH RIVER

17.5 MI SW OF ANDERSON, Baker, GA

Built 1983 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 800

MARTIN BRANCH ROAD

Fair

Over: CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER

3 MILES NW OF HELEN GA, White, GA

Built 1994 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 25

SATILLA ROAD

Fair

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

2 MI S OF BAXLEY, Appling, GA

Built 1976 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,120

US 441 /SR89

Fair

Over: BR LITTLE RED BLUFF CRK

APP 3 .5 MI S OF PEARSON, Atkinson, GA

Built 1937 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,500

I-85 (NBL)

Fair

Over: HUDSON RIVER

5.5 MI E OF HOMER, Banks, GA

Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 48,000

LAYS DRIVE

Fair

Over: BEECH CREEK TRIB

1 MI E OF WINDER, Barrow, GA

Built 1990 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 420

SR 3- US 41

Fair

Over: CSX RR SPUR (340433T)

1.3 MI SE OF CARTERSVILLE, Bartow, GA

Built 1953 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 16,500

US 41

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK

1.7 MI N OF CASSVILLE, Bartow, GA

Built 1936 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 8,760

WHITE-CASSVILLE RD

Fair

Over: WOLFPEN BRANCH

0.9 MI SW OF WHITE, Bartow, GA

Built 2004 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,440

SR 76

Fair

Over: FIVE MILE CREEK

7.5 MI NE OF NASHVILLE, Berrien, GA

Built 1948 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,390

I-16 EBL

Fair

Over: SR 11- SR 11 RAMP

IN NORTH MACON, Bibb, GA

Built 1964 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 48,500

WESLEYAN DRIVE

Fair

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

2.5 MI W OF MACON CTY LMT, Bibb, GA

Built 1938 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,320

I-16 EBL

Fair

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW

2.4 MILES W OF MELDRIM, Bryan, GA

Built 1966 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 33,100

I-16 WBL

Fair

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW

2.4 MILES W OF MELDRIM, Bryan, GA

Built 1966 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 22,500

I-16 EBL

Fair

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW

1.9 MILES W OF MELDRIM, Bryan, GA

Built 1966 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 33,100

I-16 WBL

Fair

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER OVERFLOW

1.9 MILES W OF MELDRIM, Bryan, GA

Built 1966 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 22,500

I-16 WBL

Fair

Over: OGEECHEE RIVER

1.7 MILES W OF MELDRIM, Bryan, GA

Built 1966 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 22,500

BELL ROAD

Fair

Over: BUCK CREEK TRIB

2 MI SE OF BREMEN, Carroll, GA

Built 1994 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 110

LAKE VIEW DRIVE

Fair

Over: BLACK BRANCH

1.6 MI E OF JCT SR 1, Catoosa, GA

Built 1974 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 7,870

GRAYSVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: SOUTH CHICKAMAUGA CREEK

IN GRAYSVILLE, Catoosa, GA

Built 1981 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,620

I-516 (NBL)

Fair

Over: SR 25 CONN BAY STREET

IN SAVANNAH CITY LIMITS, Chatham, GA

Built 1972 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 38,300

US 27 /SR 1

Fair

Over: CHAPPEL CREEK

2.5 MI NE OF TRION, Chattooga, GA

Built 1958 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 8,880

HOPE ROAD

Fair

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

3 MI E OF LOVEJOY, Clayton, GA

Built 1969 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,004

BAKER HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: SATILLA RIVER TRIB.

APP 11.5 MI W OF DOUGLAS, Coffee, GA

Built 1954 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 450

I-59 (SBL)

Fair

Over: FAS 2213 SLYGO ROAD

2.2 MI N OF NEW ENGLAND, Dade, GA

Built 1967 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 14,400

I-59 (NBL)

Fair

Over: SLYGO ROAD

2.2 MI N OF NEW ENGLAND, Dade, GA

Built 1967 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 22,200

JOHNSON FERRY

Fair

Over: NANCY CREEK

IN BROOKHAVEN, DeKalb, GA

Built 1979 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 13,200

SR 135

Fair

Over: HOWELL BRANCH

16 MI NW OF STATENVILLE, Echols, GA

Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 440

SR 297

Fair

Over: I-16 (SR 404)

6 MI NW OF OAK PARK, Emanuel, GA

Built 1976 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,530

SR 515 -US 76 - (S

Fair

Over: TOCCOA RIVER

2.5 MI NE OF BLUE RIDGE, Fannin, GA

Built 1981 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 18,100

WRIGHT MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: WRIGHT MILL BRANCH

3.4 MI NE OF MORGANTON, Fannin, GA

Built 1996 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 160

I-85 SBL

Fair

Over: STEPHENS CREEK

1.2 MI NW OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 34,400

I-85 NBL

Fair

Over: NORTH FORK BROAD RIVER

5 MI SW OF LAVONIA, Franklin, GA

Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 44,900

CULPEPPER ROAD

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

5.3 MI W OF CARNESVILLE, Franklin, GA

Built 1986 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 80

PETERS STREET

Fair

Over: SR 3(US 19) NORTHSIDE DR

IN W ATLANTA, Fulton, GA

Built 1953 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,050

MARIETTA STREET

Fair

Over: SR 8 NORTH AVE.

IN NW ATLANTA, Fulton, GA

Built 1951 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 13,100

BUFFINGTON ROAD

Fair

Over: I-85

2 M E OF UNION CITY, Fulton, GA

Built 1964 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 7,030

WIEUCA ROAD

Fair

Over: NANCY CREEK

IN N ATLANTA, Fulton, GA

Built 1928 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 11,900

RICKENBACKER DR

Fair

Over: NANCY CREEK

IN N ATLANTA, Fulton, GA

Built 1941 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,004

KELLS RIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: KELLS CREEK

2.5 MI N OF ELLIJAY, Gilmer, GA

Built 1990 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 103

SR 25 SE TORRAS CA

Fair

Over: FREDERICA RIVER

3.7 MI E OF BRUNSWICK, Glynn, GA

Built 1950 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 32,900

US 411 / SR 61

Fair

Over: SALACOA CREEK

1 MI S OF FAIRMOUNT, Gordon, GA

Built 1930 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 6,250

SR 38 - US 84 (EBL

Fair

Over: BARNETTS CREEK

GRADY-THOMAS CO LINE, Grady, GA

Built 1960 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 12,300

I-75

Fair

Over: SR 155- NRFLK STHRN RR

3 MI S OF MCDONOUGH, Henry, GA

Built 1967 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 118,000

JOE FLETCHER ROAD

Fair

Over: SAND CREEK

11 MI W OF OCILLA, Irwin, GA

Built 1966 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 240

SMITH OVERHEAD RD.

Fair

Over: NORTH FORK S RAILROAD

1.5 MI N OF NICHOLSON, Jackson, GA

Built 1986 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 420

I-75

Fair

Over: BUCK CREEK

1.8 MI S OF JCT SR 36, Lamar, GA

Built 1966 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 52,300

I-16 (EBL)

Fair

Over: OCONEE RIVER OVERFLOW

4.3 MI SE OF DUBLIN, Laurens, GA

Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 25,000

Showing 2,351-2,400 of 15,069 bridges

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