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Gowder Road over Grove Creek

Banks County, Georgia · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Gowder Road over Grove Creek in Banks County, Georgia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1982, making it 43 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 126 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 32 of the 93 inventoried bridges in Banks County rated fair (34.4%); 3 (3.2%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 54 ft
Location	5.2 Mi SW of Homer
NBI structure number	000000001150100
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Georgia department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-85 (sbl) over Grove Creek	1963	55,800	Fair
I-85 (sbl) over Harden Bridge Rd	1963	55,800	Good
I-85 (sbl) over SR 164	1963	53,800	Fair
I-85 (sbl) over Hudson River	1963	53,800	Fair
I-85 over Crooked Creek	1964	50,700	Good
I-85 over Crooked Creek	1964	49,500	Fair