More roads were closed Tuesday after Bulloch County road crews found impassable conditions because of excessive rainfall in recent days.
Honey Bowen Road was closed Monday at the Bulloch-Candler county line because of Upper Lotts Creek flooding. The wooden bridge and parts of the road were underwater.
Tuesday, road crews closed portions of G.W. Oliver, Ricky Mallard, and Denver Lanier roads as well, Bulloch County Public Safety Director Ted Wynn said.
Other roads deemed hazardous to travel include portions of Old Register, Moore, Arcola, M.P. Martin, Kendricks and Old Hardy Place roads.
“Cleary Road is rough,” Wynn said, “but drivable.” 
Although thunderstorms were expected Tuesday, most of Bulloch County experienced partly sunny conditions Tuesday.
National Weather Service meteorologist Julie Packett, based in Charleston, S.C., said the next week is expected to be rain-free.
“The next several days looks dry, but we had several inches of rainfall over the past week that brought our rivers to the flood stage in some areas,” she said.
The Ogeechee River at Rocky Ford remained near 10.5 feet and will slowly rise, but is not expected to reach flood stage for that location (13 feet), she said. However, in other areas the river is overflowing its banks.
Wynn said the river is close to flood stage at the U.S. Highway 301 bridge near Dover at the Bulloch-Screven county line, and the Ogeechee has escaped its banks at the Steel Bridge location on the Georgia Highway 119 Connector near the Bulloch-Effingham county line.
The Canoochee River flooded at its Claxton location as well as other spots, and several counties in the region closed schools because of dangerous road conditions Tuesday. However, Bulloch County did not.
Some students may have been kept out of school Tuesday due to impassable roads, and there were some roads school buses could not navigate, Bulloch County Schools spokeswoman Hayley Greene said. Attendance Tuesday was at 92.2 percent.
Last year’s attendance on that same date was 95.5 percent, she said.
“I'm sure the weather did account for some of the 3.2 percent decrease, although it would be difficult to break out what was weather, illness, or other reasons for absence,” she said. There were some “rural areas that buses were not able to go down (Tuesday) morning because they had either been marked by public safety (closed to traffic) or water was across the road. As a result, we did have some students who were not able to receive bus transportation.”
Because of road conditions, “… there were five buses in our southern routes that ran about five to 10 minutes late,” she said.
Bus drivers tried to contact as many parents as possible Monday night to inform them of last-minute route changes because of road conditions, but in some cases cellphone numbers were not correct or had been changed, Greene said.
To parents, she urged: “Please help us always ensure that we have the most up-to-date numbers on file for your family. It helps the school system to contact you in these and any emergency situations. “
County workers continue to monitor road conditions and work to restore those that have been closed by flooding, Wynn said.

Holli Deal Bragg may be reached at (912) 489-9414.