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Shadyside Drive over Scott Creek

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

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

Shadyside Drive over Scott Creek in Rabun County, Georgia, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 280 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 118 inventoried bridges in Rabun County rated poor (4.2%); 5 (4.2%) 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 32 ft
Location	In W Clayton
NBI structure number	000000024150430
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR 2 SR 15 US 23 over Saddle Gap Branch	1949	25,200	Good
SR 15 US 23 US 4 over Stekoa Creek	1962	20,200	Fair
SR 15 US 23 US44 over Stekoa Creek	2006	19,200	Good
SR 15 US 23 US over Little Tennessee River	1955	18,000	Fair
SR 15 US 23 US over Betty Creek	1926	18,000	Poor
SR 15 US 23 US 4 over Boen Creek	1962	16,400	Good