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Portal Highway over Fifteen Mile Creek O/f

Candler County, Georgia · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Portal Highway over Fifteen Mile Creek O/f in Candler County, Georgia, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1971 and reconstructed in 2002, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,180 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 49 of the 61 inventoried bridges in Candler County rated good (80.3%); 0 (0.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete channel beam
Length	about 100 ft
Location	1.8 Mi NE of Metter
NBI structure number	000000004300310
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-16 Ebl over Fifteen Mile Creek	1977	26,300	Good
I-16 Ebl over Ten Mile Creek	1977	26,300	Fair
I-16 Ebl over CR 49	1976	26,300	Good
I-16 Ebl over Canoochee River	1977	25,400	Good
I-16 Ebl over Sams Creek	1977	25,400	Good
I-16 Wbl over Ten Mile Creek	1977	25,000	Fair