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Martindale Road over Chattooga Creek

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

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

Martindale Road over Chattooga Creek in Walker County, Georgia, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1930 and reconstructed in 1974, making it 95 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 323 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 149 inventoried bridges in Walker County rated poor (7.4%); 11 (7.4%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 59 ft
Location	5.9 Mi S of Lafayette
NBI structure number	000000029550190
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR 1 - US 27 (sbl) over SR 2	2001	23,340	Good
US 27/SR 1 over West Chickamauga Creek	2022	16,300	Good
SR 2 over NS Railroad	1985	14,700	Fair
SR 1 (US 27) over Chickamauga Creek Trib	2001	14,600	Good
SR 1 - US 27 (nbl) over NS Railroad	2001	14,600	Fair
SR 1 - US 27 (nbl) over Wilder Rd & Nor Sou RR	2001	14,600	Good