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Tom Wheeler Road over Hightower Creek

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

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

Tom Wheeler Road over Hightower Creek in Towns 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1996, making it 29 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 70 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 25 of the 46 inventoried bridges in Towns County rated fair (54.3%); 2 (4.3%) 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 64 ft
Location	S Jct SR 2 SE Hiawassee
NBI structure number	000000028150270
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 76/ SR 2 over Hiawassee River	1940	15,200	Fair
US 76- SR 515 over Golf Cart O/pass	1989	12,600	Good
US 76- SR 515 over Brasstown Creek Trib	1933	12,000	Fair
US 76 over Shake Rag Creek	1942	11,500	Good
US 76 SR 2 over Hiawassee River	1940	11,500	Fair
SR 75 over Bell Creek	1940	5,010	Good