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Hog Jowl Road over Shaw Branch

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

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

Hog Jowl Road over Shaw Branch in Walker 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 2022, making it 3 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 670 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 47 of the 149 inventoried bridges in Walker County rated good (31.5%); 11 (7.4%) 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 multiple box beam
Length	about 59 ft
Location	5.9 Mi NW of Lafayette
NBI structure number	000000029551170
Condition class	Good

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