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Austel Powder Spgs over Sweetwater Creek

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

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

Austel Powder Spgs over Sweetwater Creek in Cobb 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1933 and reconstructed in 1980, making it 92 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 9,700 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 45 of the 414 inventoried bridges in Cobb County rated fair (10.9%); 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 250 ft
Location	In North Austell
NBI structure number	000000006700160
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 M-9495 Terrell Mill Rd	1965	325,000	Good
I-75 over Poorhouse Creek	1965	325,000	Good
I-75 over Rottenwood Creek	1965	263,000	Good
I-75- Rmps- CR2038 over Poplar Creek	1963	262,000	Good
I-75 over CR 1043 Banberry Road	1965	236,000	Fair
I-75 over Roswell Road	1967	236,000	Good