State profile · Below median Poor share

Florida bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Florida.

13,036
Public bridges
59.5%
Good condition
2.8%
Poor condition

Florida holds 13,036 public highway bridges (#22 of 52 by inventory) with a 2.79% Poor share (#46 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 2.8% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 7 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

13,036

Public highway bridges in Florida

Good Condition

59.5%

7,763 bridges rated 7-9

9.5pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

2.8%

364 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-4.7pp vs national avg 7.5%

Florida vs national bridge condition

Florida - Good condition share 59.5%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

Florida - Poor-condition share 9.3%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

Florida in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Florida has 13,036 bridges and a 2.8% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #7 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Florida has 13,036 bridges and a 2.8% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #7 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

Florida vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

13,036 22nd of 54 higher than 32 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for Florida

The highlighted point is Florida: 13,036 bridges and 2.79% in Poor condition, rank #7 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Florida on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Georgia: 15,069 bridges · 1.59% Poor
  • District of Columbia: 257 bridges · 1.95% Poor
  • Florida: 13,036 bridges · 2.79% Poor
  • Vermont: 2,862 bridges · 2.90% Poor
  • Utah: 3,125 bridges · 2.91% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Florida

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 13,036 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Florida’s inventory

State agency holds 56.6% of the 13,036 public highway bridges filed under Florida in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Florida’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 4.6% of the 13,036 bridges with a recorded original year in Florida. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Florida59.6%37.7%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Florida (FHWA NBI)

Counties (67)

Alachua 115 Baker 93 Bay 130 Bradford 75 Brevard 249 Broward 686 Calhoun 49 Charlotte 211 Citrus 53 Clay 90 Collier 370 Columbia 112 DeSoto 57 Dixie 55 Duval 831 Escambia 250 Flagler 105 Franklin 43 Gadsden 121 Gilchrist 10 Glades 59 Gulf 62 Hamilton 60 Hardee 85 Hendry 87 Hernando 60 Highlands 63 Hillsborough 840 Holmes 156 Indian River 120 Jackson 146 Jefferson 70 Lafayette 28 Lake 113 Lee 391 Leon 165 Levy 73 Liberty 77 Madison 60 Manatee 254 Marion 78 Martin 129 Miami-Dade 1057 Monroe 100 Nassau 104 Okaloosa 218 Okeechobee 67 Orange 885 Osceola 255 Palm Beach 610 Pasco 151 Pinellas 435 Polk 360 Putnam 73 Santa Rosa 192 Sarasota 298 Seminole 177 St. Johns 141 St. Lucie 151 Sumter 112 Suwannee 37 Taylor 90 Union 28 Volusia 238 Wakulla 48 Walton 229 Washington 99

Florida vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)

States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Florida on the same metric.

GA

Georgia

1.59% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$15,069
Selected

FL

Florida

2.79% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$13,036

VT

Vermont

2.90% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$2,862

UT

Utah

2.91% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$3,125

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Florida

Six lowest-condition bridges in Florida, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

OAK HILL CEMETERY

Poor

Over: BONES CREEK

0.4 MI E OF CR-661A, DeSoto, FL

Built 1993 Load: 0.0 t

VAUGHN ROAD

Poor

Over: LITTLE CHARLIE BOWLEGS C

2.9MI WEST OF CR-635, Highlands, FL

Built 1960 Load: 0.0 t

CR 120

Poor

Over: N PRONG ST MARYS RIVER

1.4 MI EAST OF CR 127, Baker, FL

Built 1970 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 151

Hanna Mill Pond Rd

Poor

Over: Hannas Mill Pond

0.8 Miles West of CR 270, Gadsden, FL

Built 1960 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 99

Turberville Road

Poor

Over: Wrights Creek

2.1 Miles East of SR 79, Holmes, FL

Built 2010 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 66

US90 SR10

Poor

Over: Holmes Creek

3.0Mi. West of SR277, Washington, FL

Built 1953 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 4,381

All Bridges in Florida

CULTURAL PARK BLVD

Good

Over: MORO CANAL

0.2MI Sof HANCOCK BR. PKY, Lee, FL

Built 1969 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 11,400

ANDALUSIA BLVD.

Good

Over: BAL-MORAL CANAL

0.6MI S OF DIPLOMAT PKWY, Lee, FL

Built 1970 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 7,600

SKYLINE BLVD.

Good

Over: VERNON CANAL

0.2MI Sof CAPE CORAL PKWY, Lee, FL

Built 1970 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 5,500

SKYLINE BLVD.

Good

Over: BARKENTINE CANAL

196FT N OF GLEASON PKWY, Lee, FL

Built 1970 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 15,600

Caballero Ave

Good

Over: Canal C-48

0.2 mi S of Jupiter Blvd, Brevard, FL

Built 1975 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 1,394

Eldron Blvd

Good

Over: Canal C-48

1.0Mi. S of Malabar Rd NE, Brevard, FL

Built 1975 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 6,900

Brittan Avenue

Good

Over: Canal C-47

0.2 mi S of Cocoa Street, Brevard, FL

Built 1975 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 439

Eldron Blvd

Good

Over: Canal C-47

1.5 Mi S of Malabar Rd., Brevard, FL

Built 1975 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 6,900

I-95 SB (SR-9)

Good

Over: DUNN AVE. (SR-104)

I-95 SB / DUNN AVE., Duval, FL

Built 1968 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 41,500

I-95 NB (SR-9)

Good

Over: DUNN AVE. (SR-104)

I-95 NB / DUNN AVE., Duval, FL

Built 1968 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 41,500

Las Olas Boulevard

Good

Over: Sospiro Canal

1.5mi East of Andrews Ave, Broward, FL

Built 1950 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 13,100

CAMINO GARDENS BL

Good

Over: GARDEN CANAL

0.1MI E of SW 9TH AVE, Palm Beach, FL

Built 1962 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 6,363

SHINN ROAD

Good

Over: C-24 CANAL

3MI S of SR-70, St. Lucie, FL

Built 1961 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 1,100

CAPE HAZE DR

Good

Over: ROTONDA CANAL 31-5

100FT S 0F ROTONDA CIRCLE, Charlotte, FL

Built 1982 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 3,000

ROTONDA CIRCLE

Good

Over: WHITE MARSH CREEK SOUTH

1.0MI S of ROTONDA BLVD E, Charlotte, FL

Built 1985 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 500

FLOWERFIELD DRIVE

Good

Over: Drainage Canal

0.6MI S/O W. WATERS AVE, Hillsborough, FL

Built 1980 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 350

SR-884 (COLONIAL)

Good

Over: US-41 (SR-45)

4.5MI WEST OF I-75, Lee, FL

Built 1997 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 55,500

EB GLADIOLUS DR

Good

Over: GLADIOLUS DR/SUMMERLIN R

GLADIOLUS DR at SUMMERLIN, Lee, FL

Built 2007 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 8,570

WB GLADIOLUS DR

Good

Over: GLADIOLUS DR/SUMMERLIN R

GLADIOLUS DR AT SUMMERLIN, Lee, FL

Built 2007 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 4,100

CR-611

Good

Over: MULLET CREEK

0.85MI SOUTH OF SR-580, Pinellas, FL

Built 1986 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 43,500

PROCTOR RD.

Good

Over: PHILLIPPI CREEK

0.5 MI EAST OF US-41, Sarasota, FL

Built 1976 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 14,200

HONORE AVE

Good

Over: COW PEN SLOUGH

2.3 MI S OF SR-681, Sarasota, FL

Built 1979 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 7,400

PRUDENCE ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH CANAL

200FT E of INGOT PLACE, Sarasota, FL

Built 1959 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 3,072

38TH STREET

Good

Over: WHITAKER CREEK

0.2MI. E OF OLD BRADENTON, Sarasota, FL

Built 1958 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 101

US-301

Good

Over: Mud Lake

1.7 Miles South of CR-476, Sumter, FL

Built 1937 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 6,200

Service Rd (SR230)

Good

Over: FOX CREEK

3 MI. E. OF STARKE, Bradford, FL

Built 1941 Load: 25.8 t

I-295 NB (SR-9A)

Good

Over: MELVIN RD.

I-295 (SR-9A)/ MELVIN RD., Duval, FL

Built 1972 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 59,000

Daryl Carter Pkwy

Good

Over: I-4 (SR-400)

1.7 Mi North of SR-535, Orange, FL

Built 2013 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 12,100

NW 154TH ST.

Good

Over: I-75 (SR-93)

2.5MI N OF PALMETTO EXPWY, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 1986 Load: 25.8 t

SW 92nd Avenue

Good

Over: Tamiami Canal

50Ft. N of SW 8th Street, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 1988 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 7,783

LAKE IDA ROAD

Good

Over: CANAL E-4

0.3MI E OF CONGRESS, Palm Beach, FL

Built 1996 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 18,800

I-75 NB (SR-93)

Good

Over: HAROLD STRAND

8.3MI E of SR-29 (MM71.9), Collier, FL

Built 1990 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 13,750

McMULLEN LOOP

Good

Over: RICE CREEK

0.6MI E OF BALM RIVERVIEW, Hillsborough, FL

Built 1960 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 6,480

ALHAMBRA DRIVE

Good

Over: PALMA SOLA BAY BRANCH

0.2MILE WEST OF 75TH ST W, Manatee, FL

Built 1968 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 356

CHANCEY ROAD

Good

Over: NEW RIVER

1.25 MI. W OF CR-579, Pasco, FL

Built 2011 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 2,380

Lake Crago Drive

Good

Over: Lake Crago Canal

1000Ft. E of SR-33, Polk, FL

Built 2016 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 20

CR-137

Good

Over: I-10 (SR-8)

CR-137/I-10, Suwannee, FL

Built 1967 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 900

Great Hammock Bend

Good

Over: Unnamed Branch

0.6Mi South of SR 20, Walton, FL

Built 2005 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,000

Jeff Fuqua Blvd.

Good

Over: Tug Tunnel North

OIA West side of Terminal, Orange, FL

Built 1981 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 21,000

Jeff Fuqua Blvd.

Good

Over: Tug Tunnel South

OIA West side of Terminal, Orange, FL

Built 1981 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 21,000

NW 76 AVENUE

Good

Over: RIPPLE CANAL

0.2MI N OF W ALANTIC BLV, Broward, FL

Built 1972 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 9,225

CR-29

Good

Over: BARRON RIVER

3.0 MI S/O US-41, Collier, FL

Built 1964 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 1,030

US-92 - SR-600

Good

Over: KENNEDY HILL CREEK

0.9 MI EAST OF I-75, Hillsborough, FL

Built 1930 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 17,600

BITTERN AVENUE

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

.3 MI NW OF CALUSA TRC BL, Hillsborough, FL

Built 1997 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 150

BUCKEYE NURSERY RD

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

0.8 MI NORTH OF US 27, Taylor, FL

Built 1955 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 1,300

CHAMBERLAIN BLVD.

Good

Over: CHESHIRE WATERWAY

2.4MI W OF CORNELIUS BLVD, Charlotte, FL

Built 1970 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 999,999

STEWART BLVD.

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

1.2MI E OF EVERGLADES BVD, Collier, FL

Built 1967 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 25

LIVINGSTON RD

Good

Over: COCOHATCHEE CANAL

Livingston and CR 846, Collier, FL

Built 1997 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 46,051

CR-78

Good

Over: AUSTIN RELIEF CANAL

2 MILES EAST OF CR-78A, Hendry, FL

Built 1997 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 1,080

Sun Lake Blvd.

Good

Over: Sun Lake Canal

0.3Mi N ofLutz Lk.Fern Rd, Hillsborough, FL

Built 2006 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 12,400

Showing 5,401-5,450 of 13,036 bridges

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Florida Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.