Total bridges
112
Public highway bridges in Sumter County
County profile · official public datasets
Sumter County, FL
112 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 68.8% rated Good, 31.3% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 112
- Public bridges
- 68.8%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Sumter 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 7%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 112
- public highway bridges
- 1991
- 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.
Sumter County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Sumter County ranks #5 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Sumter County, Florida contains 112 public highway bridges. Roughly 68.8% are rated “Good,” 31.3% “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
68.8%
77 of 112 rated 7-9
Fair condition
31.3%
35 of 112 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 112 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#5 of 67
Among Florida counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 112 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 68.8% (77)
Fair 31.3% (35)
Poor 0% (0)
40.2% of Sumter County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
45 of the 112 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 68.8% 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.
When Sumter County's bridges were built
112 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 7
1950–1959
7 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
32 bridges
- 1970s 1
1970–1979
1 bridges
- 1980s 2
1980–1989
2 bridges
- 1990s 5
1990–1999
5 bridges
- 2000s 5
2000–2009
5 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
48 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 48 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 42.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1991, 8 years newer than the Florida average of 1983.
How Sumter County compares with Florida's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Florida counties nearest Sumter County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1991 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is 11 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Florida counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian River County | 120 | 75% | 23.3% | 1.7% | 1989 |
| Alachua County | 115 | 52.2% | 47% | 0.9% | 1971 |
| Lake County | 113 | 67.3% | 32.7% | 0% | 1990 |
| Columbia County | 112 | 50.9% | 48.2% | 0.9% | 1970 |
| Sumter County (this page) | 112 | 68.8% | 31.3% | 0% | 1991 |
| Flagler County | 105 | 57.1% | 41% | 1.9% | 1981 |
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 Sumter 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 Sumter County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside FL (112 bridges here).
- Houston County, GA · 112 bridges
- Tift County, GA · 112 bridges
- Lemhi County, ID · 112 bridges
- Bourbon County, KY · 112 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1991 here).
- Denver County, CO · avg 1991 · 458 bridges
- Baldwin County, AL · avg 1991 · 381 bridges
- Union County, NC · avg 1991 · 353 bridges
- Rock County, MN · avg 1991 · 265 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (112)
I-75 SB (SR-93)
GoodOver: SR-48
I-75 Interchange at SR-48, Sumter, FL
Built 2015 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 29,583
I-75 NB (SR-93)
GoodOver: SR-48
I-75 Interchange at SR-48, Sumter, FL
Built 2016 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 29,583
US-301
GoodOver: CSXRR
US-301 over CSXRR, Sumter, FL
Built 2010 Load: 53.9 t ADT: 23,000
US-301
GoodOver: Jumper Creek
US-301 over Jumper Creek, Sumter, FL
Built 1998 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 5,300
SR-471
GoodOver: Jumper Creek
3.2 Mi N of CR-48, Sumter, FL
Built 2002 Load: 57.3 t ADT: 6,100
Morse Blvd.
GoodOver: Lake Sumter
0.4 Mile S. of CR-466, Sumter, FL
Built 2004 Load: 58.2 t ADT: 11,800
I-75 NB
GoodOver: SR-44
I-75 NB over SR-44, Sumter, FL
Built 1994 Load: 59.7 t ADT: 52,250
I-75 SB
GoodOver: SR-44
I-75 SB over SR-44, Sumter, FL
Built 1994 Load: 59.7 t ADT: 52,250
I-75 NB
GoodOver: Little Jones Creek
1Mi S of SR-44, Sumter, FL
Built 1964 Load: 61.3 t ADT: 52,250
I-75 SB
GoodOver: Little Jones Creek
I-75 SB 1Mi S of SR-44, Sumter, FL
Built 1964 Load: 63.4 t ADT: 52,250
CR-468
GoodOver: Chitty Chatty Run
1.1 Miles South of SR-44, Sumter, FL
Built 2016 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 5,700
CR-475
GoodOver: Jumper Creek
CR-475 Over Jumper Creek, Sumter, FL
Built 2019 Load: 77.7 t ADT: 6,600
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