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Holmes County, FL

156 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 30.8% rated Good, 51.3% Fair, 17.9% Poor.

156
Public bridges: 30.8%
Good condition: 17.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

66th
of 67 on Poor share: 17.9%
Poor-condition share: 156
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.

Holmes County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Holmes County ranks #66 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 17.9%). Holmes County, Florida contains 156 public highway bridges. Roughly 30.8% are rated “Good,” 51.3% “Fair,” and 17.9% “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.

Total bridges

156

Public highway bridges in Holmes County

Good condition

30.8%

48 of 156 rated 7-9

Fair condition

51.3%

80 of 156 rated 5-6

Poor condition

17.9%

28 of 156 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#66 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 156 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

30.8% (48)

Fair

51.3% (80)

Poor

17.9% (28)

Holmes County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,700 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 17.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 132 crossings a day against 1,272 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 156 of 156 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

35.9% of Holmes County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

56 of the 156 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 30.8% 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.

One structure carries 48.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

CR 177 over Ten Mile Creek, built 1977, carries 1,800 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 28-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 3,700 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1940s

4
1950s

13
1960s

13
1970s

47
1980s

10
1990s

12
2000s

20
2010s

29
2020s

8

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 47 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 30.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1987) matches the Florida average (1983).

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

The 5 Florida counties nearest Holmes County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 17.9% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Holmes County and the 5 Florida counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Leon County	165	35.8%	60%	4.2%	1981
Holmes County (this page)	156	30.8%	51.3%	17.9%	1987
Pasco County	151	81.5%	17.2%	1.3%	1994
St. Lucie County	151	74.8%	22.5%	2.6%	1981
Jackson County	146	21.2%	71.2%	7.5%	1982
St. Johns County	141	61%	37.6%	1.4%	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 Holmes 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 Holmes County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside FL (156 bridges here).

Buena Vista County, IA · 156 bridges
Van Buren County, IA · 156 bridges
Evangeline County, LA · 156 bridges
Phelps County, MO · 156 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 156 Good 48 Fair 80 Poor 28

Good-condition bridges (48)

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Holmes County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Holmes County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,700 vehicle crossings a day

35.9% of Holmes County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 48.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Holmes 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 (48)

Lake Victor Road

CR 181

SR81

Holmestead Road

SR2

Arrant Road

Rum Road

Whitaker Road

Hicks Road

Liberty School Rd

CR173

SR10 US90

Tram Road

US90 SR10

Malcolm Taylor Rd

Scott Road

Brackin Road

US90 SR10

Corinth Road

Flowing Well Road

Jessie O. Lewis Rd

US90 SR10

Hicks Road

Pleasant Ridge Rd

SR2

Tony Parson Lane

CR 10A

Bush Road

Valee Rd

N. Holmes Creek Rd

SR2

Bonifay Chipley Rd

US90 SR10

Thomas Drive

CR 171

JS Jones Road

US90 SR10

Reddick Mill Rd.

CR181

Beall Packing Road

Jones Loop

CR179A

SR81

Valee Road

SR81

Rob Forehand Road

I10 SR8

I10 SR8

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