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SR 20 over Etowah River

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

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

SR 20 over Etowah River in Cherokee 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 1950, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 28 of the 164 inventoried bridges in Cherokee County rated fair (17.1%); 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 361 ft
Location	4.5 Mi West of Canton
NBI structure number	000000005700100
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-75 Nbl over Clark Creek	1976	115,000	Good
I-575 (nbl ) over Noonday Creek	1982	105,000	Good
I-575 (nbl) over CR 416 Town Lake Pkwy	1982	105,000	Good
I-575 (sbl) over Sharp Mountain Creek	1985	89,100	Good
I-575 (sbl) over CSX RR - Etowah River	1982	86,500	Good
I-575 (nbl) over Little River	1982	86,000	Good