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Wakulla County, FL

48 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 37.5% rated Good, 50% Fair, 12.5% Poor.

48
Public bridges: 37.5%
Good condition: 12.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

62nd
of 67 on Poor share: 12.5%
Poor-condition share: 48
public highway bridges: 1979
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.

Wakulla County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wakulla County ranks #62 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 12.5%). Wakulla County, Florida contains 48 public highway bridges. Roughly 37.5% are rated “Good,” 50% “Fair,” and 12.5% “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.

Total bridges

Public highway bridges in Wakulla County

Good condition

37.5%

18 of 48 rated 7-9

Fair condition

50%

24 of 48 rated 5-6

Poor condition

12.5%

6 of 48 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#62 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 48 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

37.5% (18)

Fair

50% (24)

Poor

12.5% (6)

Wakulla County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,820 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 12.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 470 crossings a day against 2,281 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 47 of 48 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

41.7% of Wakulla County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

20 of the 48 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 37.5% 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 42.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

CR 61 over Wakulla River, built 1901, carries 1,200 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,820 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

2
1930s

2
1940s

1
1950s

4
1960s

10
1970s

5
1980s

4
1990s

5
2000s

8
2010s

5
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 10 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Florida average (1983).

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

The 5 Florida counties nearest Wakulla County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 12.5% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Wakulla County and the 5 Florida counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
DeSoto County	57	36.8%	59.6%	3.5%	1979
Dixie County	55	45.5%	45.5%	9.1%	1968
Citrus County	53	69.8%	30.2%	0%	1987
Calhoun County	49	24.5%	73.5%	2%	1971
Wakulla County (this page)	48	37.5%	50%	12.5%	1979
Franklin County	43	7%	51.2%	41.9%	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 Wakulla 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 Wakulla County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside FL (48 bridges here).

Evans County, GA · 48 bridges
Owyhee County, ID · 48 bridges
Carter County, MO · 48 bridges
Judith Basin County, MT · 48 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside FL (1979 here).

Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
Jefferson County, KY · avg 1979 · 662 bridges
Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges

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

All 48 Good 18 Fair 24 Poor 6

All bridges (48)

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Wakulla County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Wakulla County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,820 vehicle crossings a day

41.7% of Wakulla County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 42.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Wakulla 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

All bridges (48)

Stephen C Revell R

LOST CREEK-Bridge

CR 375

State Park Road

Forest Road 13

CR 372

US98 SR30

CART FORD-Bridge

SR267

CR 375-Smith Ck Rd

CR 365

Two Bridge Road

McBride Slough Trl

CR375/Smith Crk Rd

CR374-Harvey Mill

Mt. Beasor Road

CR 299-Curtis Mill

US98 SR30

CR375

US 98 SR 30

US319 SR375

CR 368

Stephen Revell Rd

US319 SR377

307

SYFRETT CREEK

E PRONG SOPCHOPPY

US98 SR30

SOPCHOPPY RIVER-Br

OTTER CREEK ROAD

Buckhorn Creek Rd

LIGHTHOUSE ROAD

NO DATA ENTERED

Lawhon Mill Road

US 319 SR 377

CR 372 - Surf Road

US 319 SR 61

US98 SR30

SR267

Roberts Landing Rd

US319 SR61

CR375/Smith Crk Rd

MONKEY CREEK-Bridg

CR 372-Surf Road

CR375/Smith Crk Rd

Greenough Road

CR 61

CR 22-Rose Street

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