Total bridges
90
Public highway bridges in Taylor County
County profile · official public datasets
90 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 32.2% rated Good, 58.9% Fair, 8.9% Poor.
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Taylor County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
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.
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Taylor County ranks #58 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.9%). Taylor County, Florida contains 90 public highway bridges. Roughly 32.2% are rated “Good,” 58.9% “Fair,” and 8.9% “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
90
Public highway bridges in Taylor County
Good condition
32.2%
29 of 90 rated 7-9
Fair condition
58.9%
53 of 90 rated 5-6
Poor condition
8.9%
8 of 90 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#58 of 67
Among Florida counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Share of 90 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
That is 5.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,605 crossings a day against 2,221 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 90 of 90 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
69 of the 90 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 32.2% 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.
US-221 (SR-55) over WOODS CREEK, built 1939, carries 2,600 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 12,840 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
90 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
1930–1939
8 bridges
1940–1949
8 bridges
1950–1959
43 bridges
1960–1969
9 bridges
1970–1979
2 bridges
1980–1989
7 bridges
1990–1999
5 bridges
2010–2019
7 bridges
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 43 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 47.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1963, 20 years older than the Florida average of 1983.
The 5 Florida counties nearest Taylor County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.9% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1963 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is 17 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Florida counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County | 99 | 43.4% | 46.5% | 10.1% | 1984 |
| Baker County | 93 | 26.9% | 64.5% | 8.6% | 1966 |
| Clay County | 90 | 47.8% | 48.9% | 3.3% | 1984 |
| Taylor County (this page) | 90 | 32.2% | 58.9% | 8.9% | 1963 |
| Hendry County | 87 | 66.7% | 29.9% | 3.4% | 1985 |
| Hardee County | 85 | 43.5% | 52.9% | 3.5% | 1983 |
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 Taylor County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Taylor County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Nearest county inventories outside FL (90 bridges here).
Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1963 here).
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Over: ROCKY CREEK
0.1 MI S OF CR 140A, Taylor, FL
Over: STEINHATCHEE RIVER
0.1 MI EAST OF PALM ST, Taylor, FL
Over: STEINHATCHEE RIVER
0.15 MI EAST OF PALM ST, Taylor, FL
Over: PIMPLE CREEK
100 SOUTH OF PARKVIEW ST, Taylor, FL
Over: PIMPLE CREEK
0.4 MI EAST OF US 221, Taylor, FL
Over: PIMPLE CREEK
0.2 MI SOUTH OF ASH ST, Taylor, FL
Over: MOSSY CREEK
3.1 MI.W.OF LAFAYETTE CO., Taylor, FL
Over: PIMPLE CREEK
250 EAST OF MANTZANA ST, Taylor, FL
Over: ECONFINA RIVER
3.8 MI NW OF US 98, Taylor, FL
Over: RACCOON CREEK
4.7 MI.W.OF LAFAYETTE CO., Taylor, FL
Over: FISH CREEK
14.1 MI NW OF SR 51, Taylor, FL
Over: WOODS CREEK
1.2 MI NORTH OF US 98, Taylor, FL
Over: ECONFINA RIVER
0.2 MI SW OF CR 14, Taylor, FL
Over: WEAVER WARRIOR CREEK
5.1 MI. S. OF CR-30, Taylor, FL
Over: ECONFINA RIVER
18.2 MI. W. OF US-19, Taylor, FL
Over: BLUE CREEK
17 MI NORTH OF SR 51, Taylor, FL
Over: ECONFINA RIVER
12.7 MI. N. OF PERRY, Taylor, FL
Over: SPRING WARRIOR CREEK
6.6 MI SOUTH OF US 19, Taylor, FL
Over: ECONFINA RIVER
12.7 MI. N. OF PERRY, Taylor, FL
Over: RAILROAD CREEK
8.4 MI. N. OF US-98, Taylor, FL
Over: CABBAGE CREEK
15 MI. W. OF US-19, Taylor, FL
Over: ECONFINA RIVER
0.6 MI EAST OF US 221, Taylor, FL
Over: SPRING CREEK
5 MI. W. OF PERRY, Taylor, FL
Over: SPRING CREEK
0.3 MI. N. OF US-98, Taylor, FL
Over: DEKLE BEACH CANAL
1.8 MI WEST OF CR 361, Taylor, FL
Over: WARRIOR CREEK
13.1 MI. N. OF US-98, Taylor, FL
Over: SHADY GROVE CREEK
0.6 MI. S. OF MADISON CO., Taylor, FL
Over: WOODS CREEK
2.1 MI. N. OF US-98, Taylor, FL
Over: PIMPLE CREEK
0.1 MILE EAST of US 221, Taylor, FL
Over: MIDDLE WARRIOR CREEK
5.7 MI. SOUTH OF CR-30, Taylor, FL
Over: ATHENA CREEK
7.5 MI. S. OF CR-30, Taylor, FL
Over: SPRING CREEK
1.7 MI EAST US 221, Taylor, FL
Over: ECONFINA RIVER
4.1 MI WEST OF US 221, Taylor, FL
Over: FENHOLLOWAY RIVER
0.7 MI NORTH OF CR 361A, Taylor, FL
Over: WARRIOR CREEK
15.3 MI. N. OF US-98, Taylor, FL
Over: SPRING CREEK
0.1 MI EAST OF CENTER ST, Taylor, FL
Over: CYPRESS CREEK
8.4 MI. N. OF US-19, Taylor, FL
Over: ROCKY CREEK
6.2 MI. N. OF US-19, Taylor, FL
Over: KELLY CREEK
12.6 MI. N. OF SR-51, Taylor, FL
Over: FENHOLLOWAY CREEK
1.9 MI. S. OF CR-30, Taylor, FL
Over: CRAWFORD CREEK
7.1 MI. N. OF US-98, Taylor, FL
Over: PIMPLE CREEK
0.6 MI. N. OF US-98, Taylor, FL
Over: DEEP CREEK
11.3 MI. N. OF US-98, Taylor, FL
Over: STEINHATCHEE RIV/RIVERSI
0.1 MILE NORTH OF CR 358, Taylor, FL
Over: ANGEL CREEK
11 MI. N. OF PERRY, Taylor, FL
Over: LORI CREEK
12.2 MI. N. OF PERRY, Taylor, FL
Over: SINK HOLE
1 MI NORTH OF US 27, Taylor, FL
Over: FENHOLLOWAY RIVER
0.1 MI. S. OF CR-30, Taylor, FL
Over: FLAT BRANCH
5.2 MI. N. OF SR-51, Taylor, FL
Over: FENHOLLOWAY RIVER
0.1 MI. S. OF CR-30, Taylor, FL
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.