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Empire-chester Hwy over Gum Swamp Creek

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

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

Empire-chester Hwy over Gum Swamp Creek in Dodge 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 1958, making it 67 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,280 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 10 of the 57 inventoried bridges in Dodge County rated fair (17.5%); 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	Prestressed concrete channel beam
Length	about 377 ft
Location	4.7 Mi SW of Chester
NBI structure number	000000009100300
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR 27 - US 341 (EB over Sugar Creek	1959	5,150	Fair
Eastman-soperton over Gum Swamp Creek	1992	3,750	Good
Eastman-rhine Hwy over Sugar Creek	2007	3,720	Good
Eastman Dublin Hwy over Crooked Branch	1993	3,010	Good
Eastman Dublin Hwy over Gum Swamp Creek	1993	3,010	Good
SR 27BUS - US341B over Sugar Creek Trib	1959	2,820	Fair