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I-85 NB over Hartwell Reservoir

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

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

I-85 NB over Hartwell Reservoir in Columbia County, Georgia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1961, making it 64 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 24,700 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 68 inventoried bridges in Columbia County rated fair (8.8%); 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 737 ft
Location	Ga/sc State Line
NBI structure number	000000014790020
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-20 (wbl) over Kiokee Creek	1966	47,000	Good
I-20 (ebl) over Uchee Creek	1966	46,900	Good
I-20 (ebl) over Kiokee Creek	1966	39,800	Good
I-20 (wbl) over Uchee Creek	1966	39,200	Good
Belair Road over I-20	1964	38,500	Good
SR 104 over Reeds Creek	1962	36,000	Good