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Dobson Road over Flat Shoal Creek

Meriwether County, Georgia · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Dobson Road over Flat Shoal Creek in Meriwether County, Georgia, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1945, making it 80 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 158 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 18 of the 133 inventoried bridges in Meriwether County rated poor (13.5%); 18 (13.5%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 41 ft
Location	2 Mi S of Odessadale
NBI structure number	000000019950160
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-85 over Yellow Jacket Creek	1977	58,000	Fair
I-85 over Blue Creek	1977	58,000	Fair
I-85 over Yellow Jacket Creek Trib	1977	58,000	Fair
US 27 Alt./ SR. 41 over CSX Railroad	1953	12,800	Fair
US 27 Alt./ SR. 41 over Pigeon Creek	1953	8,510	Good
SR 18 over CSX Railroad	1990	6,560	Good