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Whitten Lane over Bear Creek

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

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

Whitten Lane over Bear Creek in Meriwether 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 30 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 66 of the 133 inventoried bridges in Meriwether County rated fair (49.6%); 18 (13.5%) 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 29 ft
Location	4 Mi N of Rocky Mount
NBI structure number	000000019950740
Condition class	Fair

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