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Portal Highway over Big Branch

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 Big Branch 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 2010, making it 15 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,153 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 stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 180 ft
Location	8 Mi. N of Metter
NBI structure number	000000004350190
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