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SR 26 over Gum Swamp Creek

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

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

SR 26 over Gum Swamp Creek in Bleckley 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 1949 and reconstructed in 1995, making it 76 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,080 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 4 of the 30 inventoried bridges in Bleckley County rated fair (13.3%); 0 (0.0%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 432 ft
Location	6.2 Mi NE of Cochran
NBI structure number	000000002300010
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 23- SR 112 over Cooly Creek	1935	8,300	Good
US 23 over South Shellstone Creek	1983	8,300	Good
US 23- US 129 Alt over Bollinger Creek	1935	6,980	Good
Sr87r-us23b-us129a over South Shellstone Creek	1933	6,770	Good
US 23- US 129 Alt over Little Shellstone Creek	1935	6,010	Good
SR87(US23 Bypass) over Norfolk Southern RR	2018	4,380	Good