Total bridges
53
Public highway bridges in Citrus County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
Good condition
69.8%
37 of 53 rated 7-9
Fair condition
30.2%
16 of 53 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
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.
When Citrus County's bridges were built
53 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 1
1930–1939
1 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 3
1950–1959
3 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
11 bridges
- 1970s 4
1970–1979
4 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
9 bridges
- 1990s 3
1990–1999
3 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
5 bridges
- 2010s 3
2010–2019
3 bridges
- 2020s
2020–2029
12 bridges
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.
| 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.
Fair-condition bridges (16)
US-41 (SR-45)
FairOver: FL NATURE TRAIL
1.2 MILES NORTH OF SR-44, Citrus, FL
Built 1925 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 18,000
CR-494
FairOver: 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
FairOver: LESLIE HEIFNER CANAL
3.3MI NORTH OF CR-48, Citrus, FL
Built 1965 Load: 26.7 t ADT: 1,430
SE 1ST COURT
FairOver: SPRING RUN CANAL
0.06MI N OF SE 10TH ST, Citrus, FL
Built 1960 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 100
SW 1ST COURT
FairOver: SPRING RUN CANAL
0.1MI S OF KINGS BAY DR, Citrus, FL
Built 1960 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 100
CR-470
FairOver: TSALA APOPKA LAKE
3.2 MILES EAST OF US-41, Citrus, FL
Built 1961 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 4,000
STOKES FERRY ROAD
FairOver: 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)
FairOver: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER
0.3MI S of E PENNSYLVANI, Citrus, FL
Built 1987 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 21,500
CR-581
FairOver: CANAL
4.7 MILES N. OF US-41, Citrus, FL
Built 1967 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 3,900
SR-200
FairOver: 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
FairOver: INDIAN RIVER
0.1MI S OF STATE PARK RD, Citrus, FL
Built 1964 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 170
SR-200
FairOver: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER
1.25MI N of LECANTO HWY, Citrus, FL
Built 1935 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 21,500
US-19 SB (SR-55)
FairOver: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER
720FT N of W RIVER RD, Citrus, FL
Built 1974 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,050
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER
720FT N of RIVER RD, Citrus, FL
Built 1973 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 5,050
CR-494
FairOver: 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
FairOver: CANAL
1MI E OF OLD FLORAL RD, Citrus, FL
Built 1980 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 5
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