Total bridges
218
Public highway bridges in Okaloosa County
County profile · official public datasets
Okaloosa County, FL
218 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 38.1% rated Good, 56.4% Fair, 5.5% Poor.
- 218
- Public bridges
- 38.1%
- Good condition
- 5.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Okaloosa 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.
- 52nd
- of 67 on Poor share
- 5.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 218
- public highway bridges
- 1989
- 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.
Okaloosa County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Okaloosa County ranks #52 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.5%). Okaloosa County, Florida contains 218 public highway bridges. Roughly 38.1% are rated “Good,” 56.4% “Fair,” and 5.5% “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
38.1%
83 of 218 rated 7-9
Fair condition
56.4%
123 of 218 rated 5-6
Poor condition
5.5%
12 of 218 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#52 of 67
Among Florida counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 218 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 38.1% (83)
Fair 56.4% (123)
Poor 5.5% (12)
Okaloosa County's Poor-condition bridges carry 77,565 vehicle crossings a day
That is 4.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 6,464 crossings a day against 6,335 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 218 of 218 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
35.3% of Okaloosa County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
77 of the 218 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 38.1% 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 63.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US98 SR30 over ICWW & Brooks ST., built 1964, carries 49,500 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 12-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 77,565 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Okaloosa County's bridges were built
218 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 7
1930–1939
7 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s 4
1950–1959
4 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
39 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
33 bridges
- 1980s 12
1980–1989
12 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
31 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
30 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
50 bridges
- 2020s 8
2020–2029
8 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 50 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1989, 6 years newer than the Florida average of 1983.
How Okaloosa County compares with Florida's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Florida counties nearest Okaloosa County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.5% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Florida counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Okaloosa County (this page) | 218 | 38.1% | 56.4% | 5.5% | 1989 |
| Charlotte County | 211 | 66.4% | 33.6% | 0% | 1987 |
| Santa Rosa County | 192 | 29.2% | 65.6% | 5.2% | 1986 |
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 Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside FL (218 bridges here).
- Yellow Medicine County, MN · 218 bridges
- Fillmore County, NE · 218 bridges
- Newberry County, SC · 218 bridges
- McNairy County, TN · 218 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1989 here).
- Harris County, TX · avg 1989 · 4,029 bridges
- Mecklenburg County, NC · avg 1989 · 746 bridges
- Buffalo County, NE · avg 1989 · 459 bridges
- Brazos County, TX · avg 1989 · 370 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Poor-condition bridges (12)
Poplar Head Ch Rd
PoorOver: Penny Creek
0.2 Mi N of Lighthouse Ch, Okaloosa, FL
Built 1930 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 100
RANGE ROAD 211
PoorOver: MILLIGAN CREEK
14 MILES WEST OF S.R. 85, Okaloosa, FL
Built 1965 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 50
Poplar Head Ch Rd
PoorOver: Bone Creek
1.2Mi S of LighthouseCh R, Okaloosa, FL
Built 1985 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 50
West Dodson Road
PoorOver: Penny Creek
0.3 Mi South of Steele Rd, Okaloosa, FL
Built 1930 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 75
County Line Road
PoorOver: Unnamed Branch
0.9 Mi South of SR 85, Okaloosa, FL
Built 1992 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 25
US98 SR30
PoorOver: ICWW & Brooks ST.
0.5mi. East of SR85, Okaloosa, FL
Built 1964 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 49,500
US98 SR30
PoorOver: East Pass
5.4 Miles West of SR293, Okaloosa, FL
Built 1971 Load: 42.7 t ADT: 20,250
State Line Road
PoorOver: Boggy Hollow Creek
0.15 Mi. East of CR-180, Okaloosa, FL
Built 1999 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 75
CR 2
PoorOver: Horsehead Creek
0.49 Mi N of Millside Rd, Okaloosa, FL
Built 1999 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 350
West Kelly Road
PoorOver: Big Horse Creek
0.64 Mi E of LG Russll Rd, Okaloosa, FL
Built 1999 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 50
College Blvd
PoorOver: Roberts Lake Dam
0.5 Mi West of Hwy 285, Okaloosa, FL
Built 1997 Load: 67.5 t ADT: 7,000
RANGE ROAD 214
PoorOver: TITI CREEK
2.5 MILES SOUTH OF I-10, Okaloosa, FL
Built 1965 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 40
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