SR 53 over Long Swamp Creek

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

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

• SR 53 over Long Swamp Creek in Pickens County, Georgia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1929 and reconstructed in 1980, making it 96 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 7,830 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 21 of the 62 inventoried bridges in Pickens County rated fair (33.9%); 0 (0.0%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (fair), but component ratings moved: superstructure 6 to 5, substructure 6 to 5.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated October 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• 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.

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

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