Total bridges
55
Public highway bridges in Dixie County
County profile · official public datasets
Dixie County, FL
55 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45.5% rated Good, 45.5% Fair, 9.1% Poor.
- 55
- Public bridges
- 45.5%
- Good condition
- 9.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Dixie County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 59th
- of 67 on Poor share
- 9.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 55
- public highway bridges
- 1968
- 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.
Dixie County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Dixie County ranks #59 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.1%). Dixie County, Florida contains 55 public highway bridges. Roughly 45.5% are rated “Good,” 45.5% “Fair,” and 9.1% “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
45.5%
25 of 55 rated 7-9
Fair condition
45.5%
25 of 55 rated 5-6
Poor condition
9.1%
5 of 55 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#59 of 67
Among Florida counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 55 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 45.5% (25)
Fair 45.5% (25)
Poor 9.1% (5)
Dixie County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,500 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 300 crossings a day against 1,829 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 55 of 55 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
76.4% of Dixie County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
42 of the 55 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 45.5% 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 26.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CR 361 over COW CREEK, built 1972, carries 400 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 1,500 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Dixie County's bridges were built
55 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 1
1930–1939
1 bridges
- 1940s 8
1940–1949
8 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
9 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
21 bridges
- 1970s 3
1970–1979
3 bridges
- 1980s 1
1980–1989
1 bridges
- 1990s 7
1990–1999
7 bridges
- 2000s 1
2000–2009
1 bridges
- 2010s 4
2010–2019
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 21 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 38.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1968, 15 years older than the Florida average of 1983.
How Dixie County compares with Florida's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Florida counties nearest Dixie County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.1% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1968 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 10 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Florida counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton County | 60 | 35% | 63.3% | 1.7% | 1968 |
| Hernando County | 60 | 83.3% | 16.7% | 0% | 1985 |
| Glades County | 59 | 40.7% | 59.3% | 0% | 1971 |
| DeSoto County | 57 | 36.8% | 59.6% | 3.5% | 1979 |
| Dixie County (this page) | 55 | 45.5% | 45.5% | 9.1% | 1968 |
| Citrus County | 53 | 69.8% | 30.2% | 0% | 1987 |
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 Dixie 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 Dixie County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside FL (55 bridges here).
- Park County, CO · 55 bridges
- Winnebago County, IA · 55 bridges
- Logan County, KS · 55 bridges
- Gallatin County, KY · 55 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1968 here).
- Montgomery County, PA · avg 1968 · 828 bridges
- San Joaquin County, CA · avg 1968 · 644 bridges
- Providence County, RI · avg 1968 · 476 bridges
- Imperial County, CA · avg 1968 · 444 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (25)
CR 358
FairOver: SAND HILL CREEK
3.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF US 19, Dixie, FL
Built 1955 Load: 15.7 t ADT: 1,000
CR 357 (HINES RD)
FairOver: EIGHT MILE CREEK
6.3 MI N OF CR 358, Dixie, FL
Built 1954 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 200
CR 357 (HINES RD)
FairOver: EIGHT MILE CREEK
6.4 MI NORTH OF CR 358, Dixie, FL
Built 1955 Load: 21.2 t ADT: 200
CR 361
FairOver: ROCKY CREEK
5.5 MI SOUTH OF CR 358, Dixie, FL
Built 1968 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 400
BIG BRADFORD ROAD
FairOver: SALTY CREEK
0.01 MI SOUTH OF CR 349, Dixie, FL
Built 1967 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 41
US-19 SB (SR-55)
FairOver: JUJU CREEK
1.6 MI. N. OF CR-358, Dixie, FL
Built 1948 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,500
US-19 SB (SR-55)
FairOver: DOG FENNEL CREEK
1 MI. S. OF SR-51, Dixie, FL
Built 1948 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 2,500
US-19 SB (SR-55)
FairOver: SUWANNEE RIVER
FANNING SPRINGS, Dixie, FL
Built 1987 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 7,450
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: SUWANNEE RIVER
FANNING SPRINGS, Dixie, FL
Built 1963 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 7,450
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: OVERFLOW RELIEF
2 MI. S. OF SR-51, Dixie, FL
Built 1963 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 2,500
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: DOG FENNEL CREEK
1 MI. S. OF SR-51, Dixie, FL
Built 1963 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 2,500
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: BASSETT CREEK
2.2 MI. N. OF CR-358, Dixie, FL
Built 1963 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 2,500
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: SHAMROCK CREEK
0.9 MI. W. OF CROSS CITY, Dixie, FL
Built 1962 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 2,750
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: SHAMROCK CREEK RELIEF
0.5 MI. N. OF CROSS CITY, Dixie, FL
Built 1962 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 2,750
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: SAWGRASS CREEK
7.1 MI. N. OF CROSS CITY, Dixie, FL
Built 1962 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 2,750
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: GEORGI CREEK
5.9 MI. N. OF CROSS CITY, Dixie, FL
Built 1962 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 2,750
CR 351
FairOver: FISHBONE BASIN
4.8 MI SOUTH OF US-19, Dixie, FL
Built 1992 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 600
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: OVERFLOW RELIEF
0.6 MI. S. OF SR-51, Dixie, FL
Built 1963 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 2,500
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: STEINHATCHEE RIVER
0.4 MI. S. OF SR-51, Dixie, FL
Built 1963 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 2,500
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: JUJU CREEK
1.6 MI. N. OF CR-358, Dixie, FL
Built 1963 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 2,500
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: JONES CREEK
0.6 MI. S. OF CR-358, Dixie, FL
Built 1963 Load: 49.1 t ADT: 2,750
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: PUMPKIN SWAMP
2 MI. S. OF CR-358 W., Dixie, FL
Built 1963 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 2,750
US-19 NB (SR-55)
FairOver: PUMPKIN CREEK
8.2 MI. N. OF CROSS CITY, Dixie, FL
Built 1963 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 2,750
CR 340
FairOver: SUWANNEE RIVER OVERFLOW
2 MI EAST OF SR 349, Dixie, FL
Built 1965 Load: 60.5 t ADT: 1,100
CR 340
FairOver: SUWANNEE RIVER OVERFLOW
2.5 MI EAST OF SR 349, Dixie, FL
Built 1965 Load: 63.8 t ADT: 1,100
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