Total bridges
99
Public highway bridges in Washington County
County profile · official public datasets
Washington County, FL
99 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.4% rated Good, 46.5% Fair, 10.1% Poor.
- 99
- Public bridges
- 43.4%
- Good condition
- 10.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Washington County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 61st
- of 67 on Poor share
- 10.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 99
- 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.
Washington County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Washington County ranks #61 of 67 Florida counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 10.1%). Washington County, Florida contains 99 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.4% are rated “Good,” 46.5% “Fair,” and 10.1% “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.
Good condition
43.4%
43 of 99 rated 7-9
Fair condition
46.5%
46 of 99 rated 5-6
Poor condition
10.1%
10 of 99 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#61 of 67
Among Florida counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 99 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 43.4% (43)
Fair 46.5% (46)
Poor 10.1% (10)
Washington County's Poor-condition bridges carry 10,641 vehicle crossings a day
That is 3.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 10.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,064 crossings a day against 2,672 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 99 of 99 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
40.4% of Washington County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
40 of the 99 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 43.4% 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 41.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US90 SR10 over Holmes Creek, built 1953, carries 4,381 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 10-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 10,641 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Washington County's bridges were built
99 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
12 bridges
- 1960s 8
1960–1969
8 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
23 bridges
- 1980s 7
1980–1989
7 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
17 bridges
- 2000s 8
2000–2009
8 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
16 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 23 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Florida average (1983).
How Washington County compares with Florida's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Florida counties nearest Washington County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 10.1% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 7 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Florida counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flagler County | 105 | 57.1% | 41% | 1.9% | 1981 |
| Nassau County | 104 | 49% | 48.1% | 2.9% | 1977 |
| Monroe County | 100 | 34% | 59% | 7% | 1978 |
| Washington County (this page) | 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 |
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 Washington 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 Washington County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside FL (99 bridges here).
- Crisp County, GA · 99 bridges
- Harris County, GA · 99 bridges
- Newton County, GA · 99 bridges
- Scott County, IL · 99 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.
Poor-condition bridges (10)
US90 SR10
PoorOver: Holmes Creek
3.0Mi. West of SR277, Washington, FL
Built 1953 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 4,381
Hard Labor Road
PoorOver: Hard Labor Creek
1.37 Mi S of CR 267A, Washington, FL
Built 1990 Load: 3.7 t ADT: 60
Williams Road
PoorOver: Alligator Creek
0.85 Mi West of Hwy 77, Washington, FL
Built 1979 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 50
CR278
PoorOver: Hard Labor Creek
0.05 Mi S of Roland Rd, Washington, FL
Built 1958 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 850
CR 276A
PoorOver: Holmes Creek
0.7 Mi West of CR 277, Washington, FL
Built 1971 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,000
CR 279
PoorOver: Dram Branch
1.15 Mi South of I 10, Washington, FL
Built 1986 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 1,500
CR 173
PoorOver: Gum Creek No. 2
0.5Mi N of Bess Nook Rd, Washington, FL
Built 1964 Load: 50.3 t ADT: 800
St Marys Road
PoorOver: Little Dram Branch
0.1 Mi South of Clovis Rd, Washington, FL
Built 1993 Load: 60.1 t ADT: 100
CR 278
PoorOver: Branch of Holmes Creek
2.23 Mi East of SR277, Washington, FL
Built 1940 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 900
CR 278
PoorOver: Unnamed Branch
0.25 Mi West of SR 77, Washington, FL
Built 1940 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,000
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