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Georgia bridge safety

Condition ratings, load ratings, and structural-deficiency data for every public highway bridge in Georgia — drawn straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.

15,216
Public bridges
63.0%
Good condition
1.5%
Poor condition
1.5%
Structurally deficient

Total Bridges

15,216

Public highway bridges in Georgia

Good Condition

63.0%

9,580 bridges rated 7-9

13.0pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

1.5%

226 bridges rated 0-4

Structurally Deficient

1.5%

226 bridges flagged for repair priority

-5.5pp vs national avg 7.0%

Georgia vs national bridge condition

Georgia — Good condition share 63.0%
National avg

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

Georgia — Structurally deficient share 5.0%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.

Condition Distribution

Bridge inventory deck-condition mix — Georgia (FHWA NBI)

Georgia62.96004206098843%20.43901156677182%GoodFairPoorStructurally Deficient
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix — Georgia (FHWA NBI)

Counties (159)

Appling 6 Atkinson 14 Bacon 23 Baker 4 Baldwin 44 Banks 73 Barrow 67 Bartow 213 Ben Hill 38 Berrien 73 Bibb 246 Bleckley 29 Brantley 54 Brooks 104 Bryan 78 Bulloch 139 Burke 25 Butts 47 Calhoun 43 Camden 95 Candler 61 Carroll 172 Catoosa 88 Charlton 71 Chatham 269 Chattahoochee 63 Chattooga 105 Cherokee 165 Clarke 111 Clay 21 Clayton 185 Clinch 74 Cobb 452 Coffee 126 Colquitt 194 Columbia 67 Cook 65 Coweta 166 Crawford 48 Crisp 101 Dade 75 Dawson 45 DeKalb 448 Decatur 75 Dodge 57 Dooly 74 Dougherty 103 Douglas 93 Early 85 Echols 41 Effingham 74 Elbert 86 Emanuel 121 Evans 48 Fannin 108 Fayette 85 Floyd 209 Forsyth 97 Franklin 119 Fulton 955 Gilmer 102 Glascock 22 Glynn 84 Gordon 134 Grady 104 Greene 68 Gwinnett 322 Habersham 110 Hall 157 Hancock 63 Haralson 98 Harris 100 Hart 74 Heard 60 Henry 142 Houston 113 Irwin 69 Jackson 124 Jasper 71 Jeff Davis 58 Jefferson 65 Jenkins 60 Johnson 49 Jones 54 Lamar 64 Lanier 28 Laurens 169 Lee 33 Liberty 95 Lincoln 32 Long 47 Lowndes 131 Lumpkin 53 Macon 78 Madison 71 Marion 46 McDuffie 52 McIntosh 57 Meriwether 138 Miller 45 Mitchell 111 Monroe 91 Montgomery 42 Morgan 106 Murray 84 Muscogee 220 Newton 101 Oconee 60 Oglethorpe 50 Paulding 90 Peach 39 Pickens 62 Pierce 66 Pike 41 Polk 121 Pulaski 45 Putnam 60 Quitman 20 Rabun 119 Randolph 50 Richmond 187 Rockdale 44 Schley 25 Screven 77 Seminole 35 Spalding 89 Stephens 70 Stewart 53 Sumter 82 Talbot 72 Taliaferro 41 Tattnall 72 Taylor 71 Telfair 71 Terrell 52 Thomas 185 Tift 112 Toombs 76 Towns 46 Treutlen 71 Troup 173 Turner 70 Twiggs 45 Union 85 Upson 62 Walker 150 Walton 115 Ware 110 Warren 55 Washington 76 Wayne 85 Webster 26 Wheeler 53 White 81 Whitfield 131 Wilcox 68 Wilkes 66 Wilkinson 72 Worth 125

Georgia vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states on the structurally deficient leaderboard (lower share = better)

States are ranked by share of bridges flagged structurally deficient — the FHWA classification for any span where deck, superstructure, or substructure carries a condition rating of 4 or below. Lower percentages indicate stronger maintenance funding and inspection follow-through. States here sit immediately above and below Georgia on the same metric.

04

Arizona

1.44% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$5,640
Selected

13

Georgia

1.49% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$15,216

49

Utah

2.43% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$3,126

50

Vermont

2.62% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$2,936

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Georgia

Six lowest-condition bridges in Georgia, ranked by composite NBI rating. Each is inspected at least every 24 months.

All Bridges in Georgia

WHITWORTH ROAD

Fair

Over: SHOAL CREEK

6.2 MI NE OF BOWERSVILLE, Hart, GA

Built 1966 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 4,200

SPEEDWAY ROAD

Fair

Over: COLDWATER CREEK

4.5 MI SW OF HARTWELL, Hart, GA

Built 1990 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 90

SR 34

Fair

Over: GREENWOOD LAKE INLET

5.5 MI E OF FRANKLIN, Heard, GA

Built 1937 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 3,730

HOLLY ROAD

Fair

Over: DEER CREEK

4 MI W OF CENTRALHATCHEE, Heard, GA

Built 2010 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 121

SR 60

Fair

Over: WALNUT CREEK

3 MI SW OF PENDERGRASS, Jackson, GA

Built 1954 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 5,200

US 129

Fair

Over: BONNER CREEK

2.5 MI SW OF GRAY, Jones, GA

Built 1957 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 16,600

OCEAN HIGHWAY US

Fair

Over: BUCK HILL SWAMP

11 MI N OF DARIEN, McIntosh, GA

Built 1955 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,990

US 27 ALT./ SR. 41

Fair

Over: ROCKY FORD BRANCH

2.5 MI N OF WARM SPRINGS, Meriwether, GA

Built 1967 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,400

CR 161

Fair

Over: LITTLE TOWALIGA RV TRIB

7 MI N OF FORSYTH, Monroe, GA

Built 1940 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 70

WARNOCK POND ROAD

Fair

Over: TIGER CREEK

1 MI NE OF TARRYTOWN, Montgomery, GA

Built 1939 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 514

MILL CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

8.8 MI SE OF DALLAS, Paulding, GA

Built 1979 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,110

PROSPECT ROAD

Fair

Over: FISH CREEK

1 MI SW OF ARAGON, Polk, GA

Built 1968 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 3,210

CULP LAKE ROAD

Fair

Over: PUMPKIN PILE CREEK

7.4 MI SW OF CEDARTOWN, Polk, GA

Built 1940 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 60

US 441, SR 24

Fair

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

10 MI SE OF EATONTON, Putnam, GA

Built 1952 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 12,400

RAINBOW CREEK RD.

Fair

Over: TIMPSON CREEK

4.8 MI NW OF CLAYTON, Rabun, GA

Built 1989 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 40

BEAVERDAM RD

Fair

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

2.8 MI S OF HILLTONIA, Screven, GA

Built 1975 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 100

HOLLONVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: LINE CREEK TRIB

12 MI W OF GRIFFIN, Spalding, GA

Built 1953 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,840

OLD ANDERSONVILLE

Fair

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

3 MI S OF ANDERSONVILLE, Sumter, GA

Built 1972 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 620

US 19 SBL, SR 3

Fair

Over: OCHLOCKNEE RIVER

5 MI N OF THOMASVILLE, Thomas, GA

Built 1959 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 27,600

CEDAR CRK-VIDALIA

Fair

Over: BUCKHORN CREEK

6.5 MI S OF VIDALIA, Toombs, GA

Built 1970 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 640

FODDER CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: FODDER CREEK

2.5 MI SE OF HIAWASSEE, Towns, GA

Built 1952 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,950

US 27 (NBL)

Fair

Over: BEECH CREEK

3.9 MI N OF LAGRANGE, Troup, GA

Built 1972 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 8,510

NESMITH ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE RIVER

4.5 MI S OF SYCAMORE, Turner, GA

Built 1950 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 158

WEST VILLANOW ST.

Fair

Over: TOWN CREEK TRIB

IN WEST LAFAYETTE, Walker, GA

Built 1959 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,150

INDIAN CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: JACKS CREEK

4.1 MI E OF GOOD HOPE, Walton, GA

Built 1980 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 103

JAMESTOWN ROAD

Fair

Over: SATILLA RIVER OVERFLOW

4 MI N OF WAYCROSS, Ware, GA

Built 1958 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,200

US 280

Fair

Over: OCHWALKEE CREEK

1 MI E OF GLENWOOD, Wheeler, GA

Built 1933 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 3,330

CR 173

Fair

Over: ALLIGATOR CREEK

6 MI E OF SCOTLAND, Wheeler, GA

Built 1965 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 180

OLD GLENWOOD ROAD

Fair

Over: BEAR CREEK

2 MI NE OF ALAMO, Wheeler, GA

Built 1945 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 180

US 129, SR 11

Fair

Over: TESNATEE CREEK

1.4 MI NW OF CLEVELAND, White, GA

Built 1959 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 9,020

SR 2

Fair

Over: NS RAILROAD (719700X)

IN SOUTH WEST VARNELL, Whitfield, GA

Built 1970 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 8,290

HOUSTON VALLEY RD.

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK

5 MI SW OF TUNNEL HILL, Whitfield, GA

Built 1950 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,780

E.H. SNOW ROAD

Fair

Over: COMMISSIONER CREEK

3.3 MI NW OF MCINTYRE, Wilkinson, GA

Built 1965 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 260

OLD SR 33

Fair

Over: HORSE CREEK

6.5 MI S OF SYLVESTER, Worth, GA

Built 1925 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 90

CR 201

Fair

Over: LOLLY CREEK

APP 8.5 MILES SOUTH OF SU, Worth, GA

Built 1969 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 260

I-85 NB

Fair

Over: HARTWELL RESERVOIR

GA/SC STATE LINE, Columbia, GA

Built 1961 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 24,200

SC 119/CLYO RD

Fair

Over: SAVANNAH RIVER

17.4 MI W OF RIDGELAND, Chattahoochee, GA

Built 1959 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 2,100

CR 79

Fair

Over: LITTLE BUFFALO CREEK

1.5 MI SE OF HICKOX, Brantley, GA

Built 1965 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,310

CR 103 / RAYBON

Fair

Over: SATILLA RIVER TRIB.

3.5 MI N OF NAHUNTA, Brantley, GA

Built 1968 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 620

US 80 / SR 26

Fair

Over: PANTHER BRANCH

1.7 MI W OF PORTAL, Bulloch, GA

Built 1927 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 3,720

MALARD POND BRIDGE

Fair

Over: NEVILS CREEK

7.5 MI NE OF PORTAL, Bulloch, GA

Built 1990 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 240

BARNETTS BRIDGE RD

Fair

Over: JACKSON LAKE

8 MI NE OF JACKSON, Butts, GA

Built 1977 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,650

SULPHUR SPRINGS RO

Fair

Over: BIG SANDY CREEK

INDIAN SPRINGS STATE PARK, Butts, GA

Built 1938 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 140

SULLIVAN ROAD

Fair

Over: MERCER INLET

2.5 MI SE OF VERNONBURG, Chatham, GA

Built 1983 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,606

RIVER ROAD

Fair

Over: MOSTELLER CREEK

1 MI NW OF LYERLY, Chattooga, GA

Built 1994 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 20

MAIN STREET (M-901

Fair

Over: LITTLE RIVER

1.8 MI NE OF WOODSTOCK, Cherokee, GA

Built 1947 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 20,100

SR 187

Fair

Over: BEAR BRANCH

15.5 MI S OF HOMERVILLE, Clinch, GA

Built 1960 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 220

VINEYARD WAY

Fair

Over: NICKAJACK CREEK

IN CITY LIMITS OF SMYRNA, Cobb, GA

Built 1972 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 500

US 11 / SR 58

Fair

Over: SQUIRREL TOWN CREEK

IN NEW ENGLAND, Dade, GA

Built 1936 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 4,720

SR 9

Fair

Over: ETOWAH RIV OVERFLOW

4.3 MI S OF DAWSONVILLE, Dawson, GA

Built 1955 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 5,370

Showing 4,101-4,150 of 15,216 bridges

Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges Editorial.

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI). A "structurally deficient" rating is a repair-priority signal, not a closure or unsafe-to-cross designation. Consult a qualified civil engineer before making decisions based on this data.