Total bridges
67
Public highway bridges in Okeechobee County
County profile · official public datasets
Okeechobee County, FL
67 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46.3% rated Good, 53.7% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 67
- Public bridges
- 46.3%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Okeechobee County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 9%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 67
- public highway bridges
- 1973
- 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.
Okeechobee County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Okeechobee County ranks #6 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Okeechobee County, Florida contains 67 public highway bridges. Roughly 46.3% are rated “Good,” 53.7% “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
46.3%
31 of 67 rated 7-9
Fair condition
53.7%
36 of 67 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 67 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#6 of 67
Among Florida counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 67 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 46.3% (31)
Fair 53.7% (36)
Poor 0% (0)
67.2% of Okeechobee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
45 of the 67 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 46.3% 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 Okeechobee County's bridges were built
67 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1940s
1940–1949
8 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
15 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
14 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
9 bridges
- 1980s 4
1980–1989
4 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
6 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
7 bridges
- 2010s 4
2010–2019
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 15 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1973, 10 years older than the Florida average of 1983.
How Okeechobee County compares with Florida's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Florida counties nearest Okeechobee 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 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Florida counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levy County | 73 | 39.7% | 57.5% | 2.7% | 1973 |
| Putnam County | 73 | 45.2% | 52.1% | 2.7% | 1979 |
| Jefferson County | 70 | 30% | 67.1% | 2.9% | 1976 |
| Okeechobee County (this page) | 67 | 46.3% | 53.7% | 0% | 1973 |
| Highlands County | 63 | 47.6% | 50.8% | 1.6% | 1972 |
| Gulf County | 62 | 19.4% | 67.7% | 12.9% | 1973 |
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 Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside FL (67 bridges here).
- Stephens County, GA · 67 bridges
- Garrard County, KY · 67 bridges
- Emmons County, ND · 67 bridges
- Sequatchie County, TN · 67 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1973 here).
- Jefferson County, AL · avg 1973 · 1,068 bridges
- Erie County, NY · avg 1973 · 906 bridges
- Davidson County, TN · avg 1973 · 832 bridges
- Lancaster County, PA · avg 1973 · 801 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (36)
NE 39TH BLVD.
FairOver: TAYLOR CREEK
0.6MI NE OF US-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1957 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 1,300
SW 87TH TERRACE
FairOver: L-62 DRAINAGE CANAL
0.6 MI S OF SR-70, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1969 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 125
CR-68
FairOver: HARRISONS SLOUGH
2.0 MI E OF US-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1947 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 2,000
CR-68
FairOver: GOMEZ CREEK
3.4 MI E OF US-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1947 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 2,000
CR-68
FairOver: BETZS SLOUGH
4.3 MI EAST OF US-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1947 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 2,000
CR700A NW 176TH AV
FairOver: ASH SLOUGH
2.2 MI NORTH OF US-98, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,350
US441/US98 (SR700)
FairOver: TAYLOR CREEK
2.1MI E/O SR-78, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1948 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 11,100
SW 67TH DRIVE
FairOver: L-62 CANAL
0.6 MI SOUTH OF SR-70, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1969 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,200
US-98/US-441SR-700
FairOver: MARTIN CREEK
2.1MI E OF SE 126TH BLVD., Okeechobee, FL
Built 1958 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 3,100
US-441 (SR-15)
FairOver: TAYLOR CREEK
3.5MI NORTH OF SR-70, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1958 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 9,200
SR-78
FairOver: KISSIMMEE RIVER
4.7 MI. WEST OF US-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1964 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 7,500
SR-710
FairOver: HENRY CREEK
7.9MI SE OF SR-70, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1955 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 9,600
CR-68
FairOver: JOE GORE SLOUGH
0.6 MI E OF US-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1947 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,000
CR-68
FairOver: GOMEZ CREEK
1.0 MI E OF US-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1947 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,000
SR-710
FairOver: LETTUCE CREEK
8.9MI SE OF SR-70, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1958 Load: 28.3 t ADT: 9,600
CR-68
FairOver: TAYLOR CREEK
4.9 MI W OF US-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1957 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 1,000
SR-70
FairOver: KISSIMMEE RIVER
8.1 MI WEST OF US-98, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1966 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 6,200
SR-70
FairOver: POPASH SLOUGH
5.3 MI EAST OF KISS RIVER, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1967 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 6,600
SE 59TH BLVD.
FairOver: L-63N CANAL
0.25 MI WEST OF SR-710, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1972 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 120
OKEECHOBEE STATE P
FairOver: CANAL PERENNIAL
200FT S OF SR-78, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1978 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50
CR-15A SE 86TH BLV
FairOver: L-63S CANAL
200 FT WEST OF SR-710, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1971 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 4,600
CR-68
FairOver: SLOUGH
0.9 MI WEST OF US-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1957 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 1,000
CR-70A(SW 16TH ST)
FairOver: RELIEF CANAL
2.0MI W OF US-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1962 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 750
CR-724
FairOver: FISH SLOUGH
7.0 MI WEST OF US-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1970 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 800
NE 39TH BLVD.
FairOver: TAYLOR CREEK TRIBUTARY
0.25MI NE OF US-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1957 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 1,300
US-98/US-441SR-700
FairOver: NAVIGATION CANAL
1.6MI W OF SE 86TH BLVD., Okeechobee, FL
Built 1972 Load: 40.3 t ADT: 6,500
US-98/US-441SR-700
FairOver: HENRY CREEK
1.6MI W OF SE 126TH BLVD, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1958 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,500
SR-70
FairOver: EAGLE BAY CREEK
1.6 MI WEST OF US-98, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1968 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 11,700
NE 144TH DR
FairOver: TAYLOR CREEK TRIBUTARY
3.2 MI W OF US 441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1957 Load: 46.1 t ADT: 170
US-98 (SR-700)
FairOver: CYPRESS SLOUGH
5.0MI E OF KISSIMMEE RVR, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1995 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 3,900
CR-68
FairOver: DRAINAGE RELIEF
0.6 MI EAST OF US-98, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1957 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 1,000
US-441 (SR-15)
FairOver: FORT DRUM CREEK
3.4MI N OF CR-724 (NW 240, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1983 Load: 49.1 t ADT: 5,200
CR-68 NW 285TH ST
FairOver: OAK CREEK
8.0 MI N OF US-98, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1986 Load: 50.3 t ADT: 40
CR-15C (NE 304 ST)
FairOver: FT. DRUM CREEK
0.5 MI EOFUS-441, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1942 Load: 52.9 t ADT: 140
NW 144TH AVENUE
FairOver: CYPRESS SLOUGH
0.3 MI N OF CR-68, Okeechobee, FL
Built 2002 Load: 62.8 t ADT: 101
US-441 (SR-15)
FairOver: TAYLOR CREEK BRANCH
2.4MI NORTH OF SR-70, Okeechobee, FL
Built 1984 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 9,200
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