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Powell School Road over Turnpike Creek

Telfair County, Georgia · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Powell School Road over Turnpike Creek in Telfair County, Georgia, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960 and reconstructed in 2001, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 180 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 53 of the 71 inventoried bridges in Telfair County rated good (74.6%); 0 (0.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete channel beam
Length	about 200 ft
Location	7.7 Mi W of Lumber City
NBI structure number	000000027100500
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 280/ SR30 over Sugar Creek	1965	7,020	Good
US 280/ SR30 over Little Sugar Creek	1934	6,410	Fair
US 280- 319- 441 over Little Ocmulgee River	1987	6,410	Good
US 280/ SR30 over Turnpike Creek Trib	1934	6,135	Fair
US 280/ SR30 over Smith Branch	1934	6,135	Fair
US 280/ SR30 over Briar Branch	1934	6,135	Good