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Citrus County, FL

53 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 69.8% rated Good, 30.2% Fair, 0% Poor.

53
Public bridges: 69.8%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Citrus County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 13%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 53
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.

Citrus County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Citrus County ranks #9 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Citrus County, Florida contains 53 public highway bridges. Roughly 69.8% are rated “Good,” 30.2% “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

Public highway bridges in Citrus County

Good condition

69.8%

37 of 53 rated 7-9

Fair condition

30.2%

16 of 53 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 53 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#9 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 53 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

69.8% (37)

Fair

30.2% (16)

Poor

0% (0)

37.7% of Citrus County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

20 of the 53 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 69.8% 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.

1920s

1
1930s

1
1940s

1
1950s

3
1960s

11
1970s

4
1980s

9
1990s

3
2000s

5
2010s

3
2020s

12

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2020s, when 12 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.6% of those with a recorded year. Those records fall in the current decade of the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1987) matches the Florida average (1983).

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

The 5 Florida counties nearest Citrus County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 13 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Citrus County and the 5 Florida counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Glades County	59	40.7%	59.3%	0%	1971
DeSoto County	57	36.8%	59.6%	3.5%	1979
Dixie County	55	45.5%	45.5%	9.1%	1968
Citrus County (this page)	53	69.8%	30.2%	0%	1987
Calhoun County	49	24.5%	73.5%	2%	1971
Wakulla County	48	37.5%	50%	12.5%	1979

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside FL (53 bridges here).

Cleburne County, AR · 53 bridges
Lumpkin County, GA · 53 bridges
Stewart County, GA · 53 bridges
Wheeler County, GA · 53 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 53 Good 37 Fair 16 Poor 0

All bridges (53)

Sort:

US-41 (SR-45)

Fair

Over: FL NATURE TRAIL

1.2 MILES NORTH OF SR-44, Citrus, FL

Built 1925 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 18,000

CR-494

Fair

Over: COLLEEN CANAL

4.7Mi W of US-19 - US-98, Citrus, FL

Built 1950 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 2,500

E TRAILS END ROAD

Fair

Over: LESLIE HEIFNER CANAL

3.3MI NORTH OF CR-48, Citrus, FL

Built 1965 Load: 26.7 t ADT: 1,430

SE 1ST COURT

Fair

Over: SPRING RUN CANAL

0.06MI N OF SE 10TH ST, Citrus, FL

Built 1960 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 100

SW 1ST COURT

Fair

Over: SPRING RUN CANAL

0.1MI S OF KINGS BAY DR, Citrus, FL

Built 1960 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 100

CR-470

Fair

Over: TSALA APOPKA LAKE

3.2 MILES EAST OF US-41, Citrus, FL

Built 1961 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 4,000

STOKES FERRY ROAD

Fair

Over: ORANGE STATE CANAL

0.8 MILE SOUTH OF SR 200, Citrus, FL

Built 1967 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 1,660

US-41 (SR-45)

Fair

Over: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER

0.3MI S of E PENNSYLVANI, Citrus, FL

Built 1987 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 21,500

CR-581

Fair

Over: CANAL

4.7 MILES N. OF US-41, Citrus, FL

Built 1967 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 3,900

SR-200

Fair

Over: 2 MI PRAIRIE LAKE DRAIN

0.75 MI S OF CR-491, Citrus, FL

Built 1954 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 10,900

N MUSEUM POINT RD

Fair

Over: INDIAN RIVER

0.1MI S OF STATE PARK RD, Citrus, FL

Built 1964 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 170

SR-200

Fair

Over: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER

1.25MI N of LECANTO HWY, Citrus, FL

Built 1935 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 21,500

US-19 SB (SR-55)

Fair

Over: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER

720FT N of W RIVER RD, Citrus, FL

Built 1974 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,050

US-19 NB (SR-55)

Fair

Over: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER

720FT N of RIVER RD, Citrus, FL

Built 1973 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 5,050

CR-494

Fair

Over: BLACK CREEK

5.9 mi. W of US-19-US-98, Citrus, FL

Built 1980 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 2,160

E HAMPTON POINT RD

Fair

Over: CANAL

1MI E OF OLD FLORAL RD, Citrus, FL

Citrus County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

37.7% of Citrus County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Citrus 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 (53)

US-41 (SR-45)

CR-494

E TRAILS END ROAD

SE 1ST COURT

SW 1ST COURT

CR-470

STOKES FERRY ROAD

US-41 (SR-45)

CR-581

SR-200

N MUSEUM POINT RD

SR-200

US-19 SB (SR-55)

US-19 NB (SR-55)

CR-494

E HAMPTON POINT RD

FT ISLAND GULF TRL

FISH BOWL DRIVE

E. TRAILS END ROAD

SR-44

CR-39

DUVAL ISLAND ROAD

NORTH BAYFRONT DR

POINT LONESOME RD

SR589 SB SCP 56.66

SR589 NB SCP 56.66

US-19 NB

SR 589 NB SCP 57.8

S. WITHLAPOPKA DR.

SR 589 SB SCP 57.8

CR-491

E MOCCASIN SLOUGH

US-19/US-98 SB

CR-490

SR 589 SB SCP 67.4

SR 589 NB SCP 67.4

W CARDINAL STREET

SR 589 SB SCP 63.7

SR 589 NB SCP 63.7

CR494 (OZELLO TRL)

SR 589 NB SCP 62.2

S. WITHLAPOPKA DR.

SR 589 SB SCP 62.2

US-41 (SR-45)

E SANDPIPER DR

KINGS BAY DRIVE

E GOBBLER DR/CR39A

NORTH CRESCENT DR.

RIVERHAVEN DRIVE

SR-44 WB

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