County profile · official public datasets

Lake County, FL

113 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 67.3% rated Good, 32.7% Fair, 0% Poor.

113
Public bridges: 67.3%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Lake County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 6%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 113
public highway bridges: 1990
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.

Lake County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lake County ranks #4 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Lake County, Florida contains 113 public highway bridges. Roughly 67.3% are rated “Good,” 32.7% “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.

Total bridges

113

Public highway bridges in Lake County

Good condition

67.3%

76 of 113 rated 7-9

Fair condition

32.7%

37 of 113 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 113 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#4 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 113 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

67.3% (76)

Fair

32.7% (37)

Poor

0% (0)

39.8% of Lake County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

45 of the 113 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 67.3% 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.

1920s

1
1930s

1
1940s

5
1950s

5
1960s

30
1970s

5
1980s

6
1990s

3
2000s

16
2010s

17
2020s

24

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 30 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1990, 7 years newer than the Florida average of 1983.

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

The 5 Florida counties nearest Lake County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1990 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is 10 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Lake County and the 5 Florida counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Gadsden County	121	25.6%	61.2%	13.2%	1980
Indian River County	120	75%	23.3%	1.7%	1989
Alachua County	115	52.2%	47%	0.9%	1971
Lake County (this page)	113	67.3%	32.7%	0%	1990
Columbia County	112	50.9%	48.2%	0.9%	1970
Sumter County	112	68.8%	31.3%	0%	1991

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside FL (113 bridges here).

Chattooga County, GA · 113 bridges
Jersey County, IL · 113 bridges
Tipton County, IN · 113 bridges
Powell County, MT · 113 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1990 here).

Maricopa County, AZ · avg 1990 · 2,847 bridges
Tarrant County, TX · avg 1990 · 2,617 bridges
Fairfax County, VA · avg 1990 · 751 bridges
Guilford County, NC · avg 1990 · 736 bridges

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

All 113 Good 76 Fair 37 Poor 0

All bridges (113)

Sort:

Lake County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

39.8% of Lake County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Lake 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

All bridges (113)

CR-439

CR-448

CR-439

US-27 SB

SR-44

SR 91 TPK SB 294.2

SR 91 TPK SB 291.2

SR 91 TPK NB 291.2

US-441 NB

SR 91 TPK NB 288.8

SR-40

SR 91 NB RMP 285.6

US-27 SB

SR-50

SR91 TPK NS 278.5

CR-561A

BRIDGES RD 289.7

State Forest Road

Wekiva Pkwy WB

Wekiva Pkwy EB

SR 46

US-27 NB

SR 91 TPK NB 281.9

SR 91 TPK SB 281.9

SR 91 TPK SB 285.1

US-27 NB

SR 453 Ramps C & D

US-27 NB

SR 91 TPK 285.1

Dwights Road

US-441 WB

US-441 EB

US-441

CR-42

CR-42

Bronson Rd.

CR-565/Bay Lake Rd

SR 91 TPK SB 275.3

Pine Meadows Rd.

SR 91 TPK NB 275.3

WELLS AVENUE

OBRIEN RD 285.9

CR-565

SR 91 TPK NB 294.2

CR-439

SR 91 TPK SB 288.8

US-27 NB

CR-48

CR-44A

N Hancock Rd 279

Related