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Shin Bone Ridge Rd over Dry Creek

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

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

Shin Bone Ridge Rd over Dry Creek in Walker County, Georgia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1980, making it 45 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 110 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 91 of the 149 inventoried bridges in Walker County rated fair (61.1%); 11 (7.4%) 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	Aluminum or iron stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 54 ft
Location	1 Mi NW of Lafayette
NBI structure number	000000029550270
Condition class	Fair

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