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Escambia County, FL

250 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 44.4% rated Good, 52% Fair, 3.6% Poor.

250
Public bridges: 44.4%
Good condition: 3.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Escambia County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

46th
of 67 on Poor share: 3.6%
Poor-condition share: 250
public highway bridges: 1984
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.

Escambia County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Escambia County ranks #46 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.6%). Escambia County, Florida contains 250 public highway bridges. Roughly 44.4% are rated “Good,” 52% “Fair,” and 3.6% “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

250

Public highway bridges in Escambia County

Good condition

44.4%

111 of 250 rated 7-9

Fair condition

52%

130 of 250 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.6%

9 of 250 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#46 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 250 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

44.4% (111)

Fair

52% (130)

Poor

3.6% (9)

Escambia County's Poor-condition bridges carry 57,938 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 6,438 crossings a day against 11,605 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 250 of 250 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

48% of Escambia County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

120 of the 250 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 44.4% 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.

One structure carries 45.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

I10 SR8 over US90A SR10, built 1961, carries 26,494 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 57,938 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

1
1930s

1
1940s

7
1950s

19
1960s

71
1970s

35
1980s

15
1990s

15
2000s

30
2010s

48
2020s

8

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 71 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Florida average (1983).

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

The 5 Florida counties nearest Escambia County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.6% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1984 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Escambia County and the 5 Florida counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Osceola County	255	62.4%	37.6%	0%	1985
Manatee County	254	55.1%	44.1%	0.8%	1983
Escambia County (this page)	250	44.4%	52%	3.6%	1984
Brevard County	249	51.4%	47.8%	0.8%	1981
Volusia County	238	58.8%	39.1%	2.1%	1984
Walton County	229	36.2%	57.6%	6.1%	1988

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside FL (250 bridges here).

Scotts Bluff County, NE · 250 bridges
Morrow County, OH · 250 bridges
Humphreys County, TN · 250 bridges
Hopkins County, TX · 250 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1984 here).

Hennepin County, MN · avg 1984 · 936 bridges
El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
Bell County, TX · avg 1984 · 660 bridges
Steuben County, NY · avg 1984 · 627 bridges

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

All 250 Good 111 Fair 130 Poor 9

Good-condition bridges (111)

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Escambia County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Escambia County's Poor-condition bridges carry 57,938 vehicle crossings a day

48% of Escambia County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 45.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Escambia 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 (111)

Cove Ave

I10 SR8 EB

Patricia Drive

Ashland Ave

CR 297 Pine Forest

Airway Drive

Dawson Road

Johnson Avenue

Greenbrier Blvd

I110 SR8A

US98 SR30

US98 SR30

US90 SR10A

SR292

US90A SR10

Stefani Rd

SR97

S. Pineville Rd.

Bluff Springs Road

I10 SR8

SR289

US29 SR95

Nokomis Road

US90 SR10A

CR 295-A

SR8 I10

SR742 Creighton RD

US90A SR10

I110 SR8A

Detroit Blvd

Mills Swamp House

Becks Lake Rd

Longleaf Dr

I10 SR8 Ramp D

Creek Bridge Road

Crary Road

CR 182

US29 SR95

US29 SR95

SR4

US90 Cervantes St.

CR 97A

CR168

Sunshine Hill Rd

US90 SR10A

US90 SR10A

I110 SR8A Ramp

Fannie Road

Hyatt Street

I110 SR8A

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