Total bridges
43
Public highway bridges in Franklin County
County profile · official public datasets
Franklin County, FL
43 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 7% rated Good, 51.2% Fair, 41.9% Poor.
- 43
- Public bridges
- 7%
- Good condition
- 41.9%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Franklin County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- 67th
- of 67 on Poor share
- 41.9%
- Poor-condition share
- 43
- public highway bridges
- 1988
- 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.
Franklin County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Franklin County ranks #67 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 41.9%). Franklin County, Florida contains 43 public highway bridges. Roughly 7% are rated “Good,” 51.2% “Fair,” and 41.9% “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
7%
3 of 43 rated 7-9
Fair condition
51.2%
22 of 43 rated 5-6
Poor condition
41.9%
18 of 43 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#67 of 67
Among Florida counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 43 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 7% (3)
Fair 51.2% (22)
Poor 41.9% (18)
Franklin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,041 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 42.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 113 crossings a day against 952 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 42 of 43 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
20.9% of Franklin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
9 of the 43 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 7% 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 78.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CR 67 over Womack Creek, built 1960, carries 1,600 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 18-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,041 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Franklin County's bridges were built
43 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s 1
1950–1959
1 bridges
- 1960s 5
1960–1969
5 bridges
- 1970s 5
1970–1979
5 bridges
- 1980s 5
1980–1989
5 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
6 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
15 bridges
- 2010s 1
2010–2019
1 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 15 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 34.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1988, 5 years newer than the Florida average of 1983.
How Franklin County compares with Florida's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Florida counties nearest Franklin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 41.9% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1988 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 13 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Florida counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie County | 55 | 45.5% | 45.5% | 9.1% | 1968 |
| Citrus County | 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 |
| Franklin County (this page) | 43 | 7% | 51.2% | 41.9% | 1988 |
| Suwannee County | 37 | 54.1% | 40.5% | 5.4% | 1970 |
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 Franklin 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 Franklin County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside FL (43 bridges here).
- Calhoun County, GA · 43 bridges
- Roscommon County, MI · 43 bridges
- Dickey County, ND · 43 bridges
- Slope County, ND · 43 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1988 here).
- Travis County, TX · avg 1988 · 1,544 bridges
- Grant County, OK · avg 1988 · 476 bridges
- Loudoun County, VA · avg 1988 · 442 bridges
- Licking County, OH · avg 1988 · 439 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (22)
Timber Island Road
FairOver: Postun Bayou
0.5 Mi East of US98/SR30, Franklin, FL
Built 1962 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 133
US98 SR30
FairOver: Apalachicola River
0.5 mile E OF APALACH, Franklin, FL
Built 1988 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 8,100
Burnt Bridge Road
FairOver: Gully Branch
1.3 Mi N of Gully Br Rd, Franklin, FL
Built 2005 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 25
US 98 SR 30
FairOver: Carrabelle River
11.9 Miles East of SR65, Franklin, FL
Built 1977 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 6,200
US 98 SR 30
FairOver: Yent Bayou
8.0 Miles W OF CARRABELLE, Franklin, FL
Built 1969 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 5,100
SR 65
FairOver: Doyle Creek
8.3 Miles N OF US98, Franklin, FL
Built 1980 Load: 29.3 t ADT: 1,898
SR65
FairOver: Fort Gadsden Creek
18.0 Miles N OF US98, Franklin, FL
Built 1977 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 1,898
CR 67
FairOver: Crooked River
6.0 Mi North of US98/SR30, Franklin, FL
Built 1989 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,600
SR30 US98
FairOver: Tidal Inlet
4.5 Miles W of Carrabelle, Franklin, FL
Built 1965 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 4,900
SR65
FairOver: Unnamed Branch
17.0 Miles N OF US98, Franklin, FL
Built 1948 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 1,898
US98 SR30
FairOver: Apalachicola Bay
2 Miles E OF Apalachicola, Franklin, FL
Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,100
SR300
FairOver: St George Sound
EASTPOINT, Franklin, FL
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,700
SR 65
FairOver: Whiskey George Creek
7.0 Miles N OF US98, Franklin, FL
Built 1977 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 1,898
East River Road
FairOver: Gator Creek
1.5 Mi N Gully Branch Rd, Franklin, FL
Built 2005 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 50
SR 65
FairOver: Cash Creek
4.7 MI N OF US98, Franklin, FL
Built 1991 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,898
US 98 SR 30
FairOver: Porter Bar Creek
2.0 Miles W OF SR65, Franklin, FL
Built 1979 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 6,300
SR65
FairOver: Popular Branch
18.9 Miles N of US98, Franklin, FL
Built 1948 Load: 39.7 t ADT: 1,898
US 98 SR 30
FairOver: Bayou
3.0 Miles W OF APALACH R, Franklin, FL
Built 1940 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 6,200
US98 SR30
FairOver: Ochlockonee Bay
FRANKLIN-WAKULLA CO LINE, Franklin, FL
Built 1990 Load: 41.6 t ADT: 2,200
US 319 SR 377
FairOver: Cow Creek
3.0 Miles N OF SR30, Franklin, FL
Built 1969 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 2,700
US319 SR377
FairOver: Ochlockonee River
5.4 Mi North of US98 SR30, Franklin, FL
Built 1977 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 2,700
US98 SR30
FairOver: Turkey Bayou
11 Miles E. of Carrabelle, Franklin, FL
Built 1986 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 1,350
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