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Charlotte County, FL

211 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 66.4% rated Good, 33.6% Fair, 0% Poor.

Compiled by PlainBridges

211
Public bridges: 66.4%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Charlotte County posts a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 4%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 211
public highway bridges: 1987
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.

Charlotte County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Charlotte County ranks #3 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Charlotte County, Florida contains 211 public highway bridges. Roughly 66.4% are rated “Good,” 33.6% “Fair,” and 0% “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

211

Public highway bridges in Charlotte County

Good condition

66.4%

140 of 211 rated 7-9

Fair condition

33.6%

71 of 211 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 211 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#3 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 211 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

66.4% (140)

Fair

33.6% (71)

Poor

0% (0)

24.6% of Charlotte County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

52 of the 211 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 66.4% 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.

1930s

1
1940s

1
1950s

4
1960s

21
1970s

44
1980s

66
1990s

15
2000s

24
2010s

34
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 66 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 31.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1987) matches the Florida average (1983).

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

The 5 Florida counties nearest Charlotte County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1989 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Charlotte County and the 5 Florida counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Volusia County	238	58.8%	39.1%	2.1%	1984
Walton County	229	36.2%	57.6%	6.1%	1988
Okaloosa County	218	38.1%	56.4%	5.5%	1989
Charlotte County (this page)	211	66.4%	33.6%	0%	1987
Santa Rosa County	192	29.2%	65.6%	5.2%	1986
Seminole County	177	82.5%	16.9%	0.6%	2000

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside FL (211 bridges here).

Colusa County, CA · 211 bridges
Kemper County, MS · 211 bridges
Pike County, MS · 211 bridges
Barton County, MO · 211 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1987 here).

St. Louis County, MO · avg 1987 · 912 bridges
Ellis County, TX · avg 1987 · 691 bridges
St. Louis County, MN · avg 1987 · 663 bridges
Dane County, WI · avg 1987 · 590 bridges

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

All 211 Good 140 Fair 71 Poor 0

All bridges (211)

Sort:

US-17 SB (SR-35)

Fair

Over: SHELL CREEK

4.6MI NORTH OF I-75, Charlotte, FL

Built 1986 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 7,350

EDGEWATER DRIVE

Fair

Over: PELLAM WATERWAY

0.3MI W OF MIDWAY BLVD., Charlotte, FL

Built 1964 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 8,400

MELBOURNE ST(776A)

Fair

Over: TIDAL CREEK

0.1 MI. NORTH OF US-41, Charlotte, FL

Built 2012 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 2,600

CR771 VETERANS BLV

Fair

Over: CREST VIEW WATERWAY

1MI E OF US-41, Charlotte, FL

Built 1996 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 27,000

CR771 VETERANS BVD

Fair

Over: DORCHESTER WATERWAY

2.5 MI. E OF US-41, Charlotte, FL

Built 1996 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 27,000

OHARA DRIVE

Fair

Over: ATLANTIS WATERWAY

100FT W OF COLLINGSWOOD, Charlotte, FL

Built 1981 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 540

SR-776

Fair

Over: SAM KNIGHT CREEK

3.2MI WEST OF US-41, Charlotte, FL

Built 1962 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 35,000

MIDWAY BLVD.

Fair

Over: COUNTRYMAN WATERWAY

0.3 MI S of EDGEWATER DR, Charlotte, FL

Built 1968 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 6,580

OCEAN SPRAY BLVD.

Fair

Over: MARCH WATERWAY

0.6MI. SOUTH OF SR-776, Charlotte, FL

Built 1984 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 1,500

US-41 (SR-45)

Fair

Over: SOUTH MURDOCK CREEK

0.1MI S OF TOLEDO BLADE B, Charlotte, FL

Built 1970 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 56,000

BEACON DRIVE

Fair

Over: NIAGARA WATERWAY

0.3MI S of NEW YORK AVE., Charlotte, FL

Built 1964 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 1,340

CONWAY BLVD.

Fair

Over: NIAGARA WATERWAY

0.5 MI N OF US-41, Charlotte, FL

Built 1964 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 5,400

CR-768

Fair

Over: ALLIGATOR CREEK

1.6 MI E OF SR S-765A, Charlotte, FL

Built 1967 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 2,400

OIL WELL ROAD

Fair

Over: I-75 - SCL RR

1.5 Mi. East of US 41, Charlotte, FL

Built 1979 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 3,500

SR-776 EB

Fair

Over: MYAKKA RIVER

6.4MI W OF US 41, Charlotte, FL

Built 1959 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 16,676

US-41 (SR-45)

Fair

Over: FORDHAM WATERWAY

1.3MI N of CR 776, Charlotte, FL

Built 1966 Load: 49.3 t ADT: 44,500

CR-775

Fair

Over: AINGER CREEK

350FT SOUTH OF MANOR RD, Charlotte, FL

Built 1981 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 15,900

I-75 SB (SR-93)

Fair

Over: TOWER CANAL

2.3MI S OF TUCKERS GRADE, Charlotte, FL

Built 1979 Load: 62.7 t ADT: 24,750

I-75 NB (SR-93)

Fair

Over: TOWER CANAL

2.3 Mi S of Tuckers Grade, Charlotte, FL

Built 1979 Load: 62.7 t ADT: 24,750

US-41 (SR-45)

Fair

Over: BAYSHORE WATERWAY

0.4MI. N OF LONGLEY DR., Charlotte, FL

Built 1974 Load: 62.7 t ADT: 29,000

HENRY ST.

Fair

Over: BROAD CREEK

0.8MI W OF GOLF COURSE BL, Charlotte, FL

Charlotte County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

24.6% of Charlotte County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Charlotte 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

All bridges (211)

US-17 SB (SR-35)

EDGEWATER DRIVE

MELBOURNE ST(776A)

CR771 VETERANS BLV

CR771 VETERANS BVD

OHARA DRIVE

SR-776

MIDWAY BLVD.

OCEAN SPRAY BLVD.

US-41 (SR-45)

BEACON DRIVE

CONWAY BLVD.

CR-768

OIL WELL ROAD

SR-776 EB

US-41 (SR-45)

CR-775

I-75 SB (SR-93)

I-75 NB (SR-93)

US-41 (SR-45)

HENRY ST.

COCHRAN BLVD.

CAPE HAZE DR

CAPE HAZE DR

ROTONDA CIRCLE

CHAMBERLAIN BLVD.

SR-31

US-17 SB (SR-35)

RAMPART BLVD.

WEST MARION AVENUE

US-41 (SR-45)

CORNELIUS BLVD.

HARPER AVENUE

RIVERSIDE DRIVE

INGRAHAM BLVD

RIVERSIDE DRIVE

CR765A (TAYLOR RD)

ST. PAUL DRIVE

CHAMBERLAIN BLVD.

CALUMET BLVD.

APPLETON BLVD.

MIDWAY BLVD.

KEYSTONE BLVD.

MISSISSIPPI AVE.

DEWITT STREET

CR-776

I-75 (SR-93) NB

I-75 (SR-93)

CR 765

QUESADA AVE

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