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Volusia County, FL

238 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 58.8% rated Good, 39.1% Fair, 2.1% Poor.

238
Public bridges: 58.8%
Good condition: 2.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Volusia County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

34th
of 67 on Poor share: 2.1%
Poor-condition share: 238
public highway bridges: 1984
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.

Volusia County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Volusia County ranks #34 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.1%). Volusia County, Florida contains 238 public highway bridges. Roughly 58.8% are rated “Good,” 39.1% “Fair,” and 2.1% “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

238

Public highway bridges in Volusia County

Good condition

58.8%

140 of 238 rated 7-9

Fair condition

39.1%

93 of 238 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.1%

5 of 238 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#34 of 67

Among Florida counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 238 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

58.8% (140)

Fair

39.1% (93)

Poor

2.1% (5)

Volusia County's Poor-condition bridges carry 13,479 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,696 crossings a day against 15,086 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 238 of 238 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

42% of Volusia County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

100 of the 238 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 58.8% 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.

One structure carries 75.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

Main Street over Halifax River, built 1959, carries 10,158 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 13,479 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

1
1930s

8
1940s

7
1950s

20
1960s

52
1970s

18
1980s

23
1990s

31
2000s

34
2010s

41
2020s

3

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 52 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Florida average (1983).

How Volusia County compares with Florida's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Florida counties nearest Volusia County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.1% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1984 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 66 Florida counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Volusia County and the 5 Florida counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Osceola County	255	62.4%	37.6%	0%	1985
Manatee County	254	55.1%	44.1%	0.8%	1983
Escambia County	250	44.4%	52%	3.6%	1984
Brevard County	249	51.4%	47.8%	0.8%	1981
Volusia County (this page)	238	58.8%	39.1%	2.1%	1984
Walton County	229	36.2%	57.6%	6.1%	1988

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 Volusia 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 Volusia County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside FL (238 bridges here).

Lafayette County, MO · 238 bridges
Huntingdon County, PA · 238 bridges
Buffalo County, WI · 238 bridges
Greene County, IN · 239 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1984 here).

Hennepin County, MN · avg 1984 · 936 bridges
El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
Bell County, TX · avg 1984 · 660 bridges
Steuben County, NY · avg 1984 · 627 bridges

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 238 Good 140 Fair 93 Poor 5

Fair-condition bridges (93)

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Volusia County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Volusia County's Poor-condition bridges carry 13,479 vehicle crossings a day

42% of Volusia County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 75.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Volusia County compares with Florida's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Fair-condition bridges (93)

Ballough Street

Reed Ca Prk Ent Rd

Riverside Drive

Main Trail

CR-3

Esplanade Avenue

Maytown Road

Jungle Road

US-92 WB

Highbridge Road

SR-44

SR-46

E. Minnesota Ave.

SR-40

Old Kings Rd.

Jackson Street

Old Dixie Hwy.

SR-415

SR-40

Old Dixie Highway

US-1

Old Dixie Highway

SR-A1A

I-95 NB

SR-40

US-1 SB

I-4 WB

Airport Road

US-92

I-4 EB

Magnolia Avenue

I-95 SB

I-95 NB

SR-A1A

SR-472

SR-44

SR-421

I-95 NB

I-95 SB

I-95 NB

I-95 SB

I-95 NB

LPGA Blvd

Barwick Rd.

SR-44

US-92 EB

Riverside Dr

SR-44

SR-415

I-95 SB

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