(Atlanta Business Chronicle) The good news is there are 50 fewer structurally deficient structures in Georgia than there were in 2013. The bad news is 785 structurally deficient bridges across the Peach State are still in need of significant repair, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association.
The Washington, D.C.-based trade association said an analysis of U.S. Department of Transportation data, conducted by ARTBA Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black, found cars, trucks and school buses cross Georgia's 785 structurally compromised bridges 2 million times every day.
The top 10 most heavily traveled structurally compromised bridges in the state are:
1. I-285 over South Utoy Creek (Fulton County)
2. I-75 NB over Clark Creek (Cherokee County)
3. I-75 NB over Clark Creek (Cobb County)
4. I-75 SB ramp to I-285 E over Mud Creek (Clayton County)
5. I-85 NB over Transco Gas Lines (Coweta County)
6. I-85 SB over Transco gas lines (Coweta County)
7. I-75 over Pennahatchee Creek (Dooly County)
8. I-20 WB over the Alcovy River (Newton County)
9. I-75 over Bevel Creek (Lowndes County)
10. US-41 SB and SR 49 over Rocky Creek (Bibb County)
The ARTBA analysis of the bridge data supplied by the states to the U.S. DOT also found:
- Georgia ranks 27th place nationally in the number of structurally deficient bridges.
- Georgia ranks 45th place in the percentage of its bridges that are classified as structurally deficient— 5 percent.
State specific bridge information from the analysis—including rankings and location lists of the 250 most heavily traveled structurally deficient bridges in the nation and top five most heavily traveled in each state—is available here.
