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Turniptown Road over Big Turniptown Creek

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

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

Turniptown Road over Big Turniptown Creek in Gilmer County, Georgia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1992, making it 33 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 323 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 47 of the 99 inventoried bridges in Gilmer County rated fair (47.5%); 3 (3.0%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 30 ft
Location	5.7 Miles East of Ellijay
NBI structure number	000000012350730
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 76 over SR 52- Cartecay River	1982	22,200	Good
SR 515 (nbl) over CR 234- CSX Railroad	1982	19,800	Good
SR 515 - US 76 (NB over Big Turniptown Creek	1928	19,100	Fair
SR 515 - US 76 over Little Turniptown Creek	1928	19,100	Fair
SR 515 - US 76 (NB over Ellijay River Trib.	1935	19,100	Good
SR 515 (sbl) over CR 234- CSX Railroad	1982	19,000	Good