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SR 52 over Chestatee River

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

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

SR 52 over Chestatee River in Lumpkin 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 1937 and reconstructed in 1985, making it 88 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,080 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 30 of the 53 inventoried bridges in Lumpkin County rated fair (56.6%); 1 (1.9%) 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 299 ft
Location	2.5 Mi E of Dahlonega
NBI structure number	000000018700110
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 19 Sbl / SR 400 over Chestatee River	1980	80,200	Good
US 19 Nbl / SR 400 over Chestatee River	1976	23,500	Fair
US 19 / SR 60 over Chestatee River	1949	17,400	Fair
US 19 / SR 60 over Yahoola Creek	1949	17,400	Fair
SR 9- SR 52 over Cane Creek	1955	13,500	Fair
SR 60 over Long Branch	1949	10,000	Good