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Carrington Lake over Sweetwater Creek Trib

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

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

Carrington Lake over Sweetwater Creek Trib in Paulding County, Georgia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 540 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 24 of the 84 inventoried bridges in Paulding County rated fair (28.6%); 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 278 (ebl) over NS Railroad	1989	40,600	Good
US 278 (wbl) over NS Railroad	1990	32,160	Good
SR-120 over Powder Springs Crk Trib	1997	31,900	Good
US 278 (ebl) over Pumpkinvine Creek	1992	22,100	Good
State Route 120 over Powder Springs Creek	1997	20,251	Fair
Bill Carruth Pkwy over Silver Comet Trail	2001	18,600	Good