Total bridges
113
Public highway bridges in Lake County
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.
Good condition
67.3%
76 of 113 rated 7-9
Fair condition
32.7%
37 of 113 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
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.
When Lake County's bridges were built
113 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 1
1930–1939
1 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s 5
1950–1959
5 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
30 bridges
- 1970s 5
1970–1979
5 bridges
- 1980s 6
1980–1989
6 bridges
- 1990s 3
1990–1999
3 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
16 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
17 bridges
- 2020s
2020–2029
24 bridges
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.
| 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 bridges (113)
US-27 SB
GoodOver: Palatlakaha Creek
US-27 SB - Palatlakaha Cr, Lake, FL
Built 2006 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 14,750
US-441
GoodOver: Dora Canal
US-441 over Dora Canal, Lake, FL
Built 2005 Load: 49.3 t ADT: 45,000
US-27 NB
GoodOver: Minneola Trail
US-27 NB over Minneola Tr, Lake, FL
Built 2008 Load: 49.4 t ADT: 15,250
CR-561
GoodOver: Lake Minnehaha Canal
1.0 MI SW OF SR-50, Lake, FL
Built 1999 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 3,300
Wekiva Pkwy NB
GoodOver: Wildlife Crossing 3
0.75Mi W/O Wekiva River, Lake, FL
Built 2020 Load: 51.9 t ADT: 26,500
CR 470 296.4
GoodOver: SR 91 TPK
1.5 MI S OF SUMTER COUNTY, Lake, FL
Built 2004 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 8,400
SR-19
GoodOver: Dora Canal
SR-19 - Dora Canal, Lake, FL
Built 1998 Load: 55.2 t ADT: 34,000
US-27 SB
GoodOver: Minneola Trail
US-27 SB over Minneola Tr, Lake, FL
Built 2008 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 15,250
CR-445
GoodOver: Alexander Springs Creek
5.7 Miles NE of SR-19, Lake, FL
Built 1959 Load: 57.5 t ADT: 1,700
US-27 SB
GoodOver: Pitt Street
US-27 SB - Pitt Street, Lake, FL
Built 2008 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 16,500
US-27 NB
GoodOver: Pitt Street
US-27 NB - Pitt Street, Lake, FL
Built 2008 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 16,500
Lake Nellie Road
GoodOver: Little Creek
2.3 Miles East of CR-561, Lake, FL
Built 2004 Load: 62.8 t ADT: 100
Lake Louisa Rd.
GoodOver: Big Creek
2 Miles W of US-27, Lake, FL
Built 2001 Load: 75.7 t ADT: 50
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