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Broward County, FL

686 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 69.2% rated Good, 28.9% Fair, 1.9% Poor.

686
Public bridges: 69.2%
Good condition: 1.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 46%
lowest Poor share in state: 1.9%
Poor-condition share: 686
public highway bridges: 1982
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.

Broward County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Broward County ranks #31 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.9%). Broward County, Florida contains 686 public highway bridges. Roughly 69.2% are rated “Good,” 28.9% “Fair,” and 1.9% “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

686

Public highway bridges in Broward County

Good condition

69.2%

475 of 686 rated 7-9

Fair condition

28.9%

198 of 686 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.9%

13 of 686 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#31 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 686 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

69.2% (475)

Fair

28.9% (198)

Poor

1.9% (13)

Broward County's Poor-condition bridges carry 78,339 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 6,026 crossings a day against 36,590 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 685 of 686 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

35.4% of Broward County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

243 of the 686 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 69.2% 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 30.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

NE 26TH ST. over NORTH FORK MIDDLE RIVER, built 1974, carries 23,920 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 13-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 78,339 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

4
1930s

3
1940s

3
1950s

46
1960s

79
1970s

165
1980s

216
1990s

72
2000s

29
2010s

60
2020s

9

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 216 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 31.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the Florida average (1983).

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

The 5 Florida counties nearest Broward County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.9% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1987 is 5 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Broward County and the 5 Florida counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Orange County	885	75.6%	24.3%	0.1%	1998
Hillsborough County	840	68.8%	31%	0.2%	1985
Duval County	831	63.7%	34.5%	1.8%	1984
Broward County (this page)	686	69.2%	28.9%	1.9%	1982
Palm Beach County	610	79.7%	20%	0.3%	1987
Pinellas County	435	63.7%	34.5%	1.8%	1983

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 Broward 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 Broward County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside FL (686 bridges here).

El Paso County, CO · 686 bridges
Honolulu County, HI · 682 bridges
Caddo County, LA · 682 bridges
Ellis County, TX · 691 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1982 here).

Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges

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

All 686 Good 475 Fair 198 Poor 13

Good-condition bridges (475)

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Broward County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Broward County's Poor-condition bridges carry 78,339 vehicle crossings a day

35.4% of Broward County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 30.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Broward 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 (475)

SW 30TH AVE

I-75 (SR-93) SB

I-95 (SR9) SB Ramp

SB SR869 to SB I75

I-75 (SR-93) NB

I-75 (SR-93) SB

SR869 NB SAW 19.57

Isle of Venice Dr

FIESTA WAY

NURMI DRIVE

ROYAL PALM DRIVE

SW 125th Ave

SB I-95 (SR-9)

NB I-95 (SR-9)

RIVERSIDE DRIVE

SR869 SB SAW 19.59

SR91 RAMP WB I595

NW 47th Ave.

DAVIE RD. (SW64TH)

OLD GRIFFIN RD.

SR-810 Hillsboro B

SE 13TH AVE

Lakeview Dr. WB

SUNRISE KEY BLVD.

NE 6th Ave

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