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Brevard County, FL

249 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 51.4% rated Good, 47.8% Fair, 0.8% Poor.

249
Public bridges: 51.4%
Good condition: 0.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Brevard County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 30%
lowest Poor share in state: 0.8%
Poor-condition share: 249
public highway bridges: 1981
avg year built

Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.

Brevard County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Brevard County ranks #20 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.8%). Brevard County, Florida contains 249 public highway bridges. Roughly 51.4% are rated “Good,” 47.8% “Fair,” and 0.8% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.

Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

Total bridges

249

Public highway bridges in Brevard County

Good condition

51.4%

128 of 249 rated 7-9

Fair condition

47.8%

119 of 249 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0.8%

2 of 249 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#20 of 67

Among Florida counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 249 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

51.4% (128)

Fair

47.8% (119)

Poor

0.8% (2)

Brevard County's Poor-condition bridges carry 23,452 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 11,726 crossings a day against 15,558 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 249 of 249 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

57% of Brevard County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

142 of the 249 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 51.4% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.

Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

One structure carries 94.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

I-95 NB over SR-406, built 1963, carries 22,250 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 23,452 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

1
1930s

2
1950s

4
1960s

81
1970s

67
1980s

17
1990s

16
2000s

28
2010s

27
2020s

6

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 81 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Florida average (1983).

How Brevard County compares with Florida's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Florida counties nearest Brevard County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.8% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 66 Florida counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Brevard County and the 5 Florida counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Osceola County	255	62.4%	37.6%	0%	1985
Manatee County	254	55.1%	44.1%	0.8%	1983
Escambia County	250	44.4%	52%	3.6%	1984
Brevard County (this page)	249	51.4%	47.8%	0.8%	1981
Volusia County	238	58.8%	39.1%	2.1%	1984
Walton County	229	36.2%	57.6%	6.1%	1988

Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Brevard County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Two NBI-derived peer sets for Brevard County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside FL (249 bridges here).

Carroll County, IA · 249 bridges
Phillips County, KS · 249 bridges
Lawrence County, OH · 249 bridges
Van Zandt County, TX · 249 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1981 here).

Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 249 Good 128 Fair 119 Poor 2

Good-condition bridges (128)

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Brevard County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Brevard County's Poor-condition bridges carry 23,452 vehicle crossings a day

57% of Brevard County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 94.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Brevard County compares with Florida's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (128)

US-1 SB

St Johns Hrtge Pky

SR-405 WB

Golfview Avenue

Golfview Ave

Ellis Road

Malabar Rd

SR-520

CR-516

Gradick Drive

Viera Blvd EB

Viera Blvd WB

Pineda Causeway

US 192 WB

US-192 EB

SR-405

Tadlock Ave.

Eldron Blvd.

SR-405 WB

I-95 SB

I-95

Dairy Rd

SR-404 EB

John Rhodes Blvd.

I-95 SB

Croton Road

I-95 NB

Tucker Lane

I-95

SR-520 EB

Apollo Boulevard

SR-520 WB

SR-528 EB 41.43

Valkaria Road

St.Johns Heritage

S. Burnett Rd

SR-520 EB

I-95

Fox Lake Rd.

I-95 NB Ramp

SR-407 4.3

CR519 (Fiske Blvd)

Babcock Street

John Rodes Blvd.

Washingtonia Drive

SR-46

Port St. John Pkwy

Port Malabar BL WB

SR-407 NB 0.25

Minton Road CR-509

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