More than 700 bridges across Georgia can't handle the increased weight limits approved earlier this year by lawmakers, officials say.

Deputy Chief Engineer Andrew Heath told the State Transportation Board on Wednesday that the Georgia Department of Transportation and local governments will post signs with weight restrictions on the additional bridges by Sept. 2, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The tally includes 306 state-owned bridges and 427 local bridges.

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Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law this year that allows a weight limit of 88,000 pounds for trucks hauling some commodities, including logs and farm products.

The previous limit on state roads was 80,000 pounds, but trucks were allowed a variance of up to 84,000 pounds.

Even before the higher weight limit, the newspaper reported that transportation officials said 1,363 of Georgia’s nearly 15,000 bridges could not safely withstand maximum weights

The heavier trucks can only travel on local roads and state highways, not interstates. They're also supposed to stay out of 13 core counties in metro Atlanta and stay within 150 miles of their home base.

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The higher weight limits expire on July 1, 2025, part of a compromise that emerged from one of the legislative session's most intense fights. The debate pitted logging, farming and trucking groups against city and county governments and the state Department of Transportation, which fiercely opposed boosting truck weights. Some lawmakers say they want to come up with more money to fund statewide transportation improvements by then.

Groups seeking the increase said they could save money by hauling more freight per trip. Loggers argued the change could make the difference between profit and loss in their low-margin industry.

But opponents warned that heavier trucks will cause more damage to roads and bridges, requiring expensive repairs, and possibly cause more crashes because of increased stopping distance.

Kemp had been allowing heavy trucks that get special permits to haul up to 95,000 pounds, under a supply chain emergency order that he repeatedly renewed. But that order finally expired on March 11, reducing the limit to 84,000 pounds.

EXCLUSIVE: The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) issued a memo Thursday explaining its "aggressive" strategy on a newly launched absentee ballot and early voting effort as Virginians prepare to vote in the November general election.

The RSLC announced last week that it’s partnering with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Spirit of Virginia PAC, the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV), the Virginia Senate Republican Caucus (VSRC), and the House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) to launch an effort called, "Secure Your Vote Virginia."

RSLC President Dee Duncan issued a memo Thursday laying out a plan to reach "low-propensity voters" in an effort to keep control of the state House and chip away at the Democrats’ four-seat majority in the state Senate.

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"Heading into the general election in 2023 this fall, it is our job to defend our razor-thin majority in the House of Delegates while capitalizing on the opportunities available to us in the Virginia Senate where Democrats currently hold a four-seat advantage," Duncan wrote. "We need to set the bar higher and start comparing ourselves against the constellation of national liberal outside groups that drastically outspent us last cycle."

Duncan said the outreach will focus on three issues they believe resonate the most with Virginia voters: education, the economy and crime.

"Simply put, the past two election cycles taught Republicans that we need to do better when it comes to absentee and early voting," he wrote. "By implementing an absentee and early voting program that will target low propensity voters, we feel confident that a significant increase in turnout of these types of voters will help us win elections at the margins. Democrats were very effective in targeting low propensity voters around the country in 2022, and we must start combating this strategic advantage in Virginia."

"Republicans have another strong group of diverse candidates heading into the general election, with effective messaging and a data-driven strategy to boost Republican turnout while the Democrats are coming off of a divisive primary that created an even more radicalized group of Virginia Democrats," he continued. 

"This is good news for Republicans, but do not be fooled," Duncan added. "Democrats will be energized, and they will be backed with larger sums of money from national liberal outside groups who want to take back trifecta power in Virginia and disband the great work Gov. Youngkin and his Republican allies in Richmond have been able to accomplish."

Voters selected dozens of nominees during the state primary last month in Virginia, which is one of just a few states that have its legislative races in odd-numbered years. The unusual calendar and quasi-swing state status make Virginia a must-watch in gauging voter sentiment ahead of the 2024 elections.

Youngkin, who has not 100% ruled out a White House run next year, first announced the effort in a live appearance on Fox News’ "America’s Newsroom."

Youngkin energized Republicans nationwide in 2021 as the first-time candidate who hailed from the party’s business wing edged out former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe to become the first GOP candidate in a dozen years to win a gubernatorial election in Virginia. Republicans also won the elections for lieutenant governor and state attorney general.

Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser and The Associated Press contributed to this report.