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Bells Ferry Road over Oconee River

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

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

Bells Ferry Road over Oconee River in Wheeler County, Georgia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 15 of the 53 inventoried bridges in Wheeler County rated fair (28.3%); 0 (0.0%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 478 ft
Location	16 Mi SE of Glenwood
NBI structure number	000000030900270
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 280 SR 30 over Oconee River	2014	4,560	Good
US 280 over Alligator Creek Trib	1933	3,390	Good
US 280 over Alligator Creek	1996	3,390	Good
US 280 over Wilcox Creek	1933	3,160	Good
US 280 over Ochwalkee Creek	1933	2,980	Fair
US 280 over Peterson Creek	1933	2,850	Good