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

I-95 SB (870428)

Good

Over: SR-944 (NW 54TH ST)

0.9MI N OF SR-112, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 1959 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 144,000

SR 985 ( 107 AVE.)

Good

Over: SNAPPER CREEK CANAL C-2

100 ft. N/O SW 72 ST, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 1985 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 22,500

SR-90 WB (870264)

Good

Over: SNAPPER CREEK CANAL C-2

EAST of SR-821/Turnpike, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 1994 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 32,000

RAMP B-3 MM 27.2

Good

Over: HEFT/SR836/NW 12 ST/RR

SR 836/HEFT Interchange, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2023 Load: 37.2 t

NW36 ST EB-SR826NB

Good

Over: NW 36TH ST / SR-948

2.2MI S OF SR934(HIALEAH), Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2006 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 9,800

NW 36ST WB-SR826SB

Good

Over: NW 36 ST(DORAL BLVD)

2.2MI S OF SR934(HIALEAH), Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2006 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 16,500

SR 836 EB

Good

Over: NW 12th St

0.16 mi. E/O NW 137th AVE, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2006 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 34,600

WB SR 836

Good

Over: SR 836 & SR 826

SR 836 & SR 826 Interchan, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2015 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 205,750

SR 826 NB (871058)

Good

Over: CSXT RR

0.2 MI North of SR-836, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2012 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 142,500

SB SR 826

Good

Over: NW 7TH STREET

SR 826/SR 836 INTERCHANGE, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2013 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 33,500

SR 836 WEST Bound

Good

Over: NW 82 Avenue

SR 836 WB Over NW 82 Ave, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2012 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 19,850

EB SR 836

Good

Over: NW 82nd AVE

836 EB OVER NW 82nd AVE, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2016 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 42,750

SR-836 EB ON RAMP

Good

Over: NW 82nd Avenue

SR-826 / SR-836 INTERCH, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2011 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 35,500

WB NW 21st Street

Good

Over: MIA & MIC Ramps

MIA Intchg E of LeJeuneRd, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2008 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 11,567

NW 34th Avenue

Good

Over: Comfort Canal

450Ft. S of NW 14th St., Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2020 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 2,497

SR-60 WB

Good

Over: Florida Turnpike

SR-60 WB - Fl Turnpike, Osceola, FL

Built 2008 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 6,450

SR-60 EB

Good

Over: Florida Turnpike

SR-60EB -Florida Turnpike, Osceola, FL

Built 2008 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 6,450

SR80 Southern Blvd

Good

Over: ICWW

1.3 mi East of I-95, Palm Beach, FL

Built 2015 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 13,700

Levee Road

Good

Over: L-5 Canal

6.0 Mi. West of US-27, Palm Beach, FL

Built 2003 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 6

SR91 NB TPK 109.5

Good

Over: SR 91 TPK (PGA BV INT)

Palm Beach Garden Interch, Palm Beach, FL

Built 2013 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 5,800

FLYING COW ROAD

Good

Over: C-51 CANAL

AT SR-80, Palm Beach, FL

Built 1991 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 978

Purdy Lane

Good

Over: LWDD E-3 Canal

1 mi W of SR 809, Palm Beach, FL

Built 2018 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 7,300

CONGRESS AVE

Good

Over: BOYNTON CANAL C-16

0.8Mi NORTH OF CR-804, Palm Beach, FL

Built 1982 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 36,500

NW 7TH STREET

Good

Over: EL RIO CANAL

0.05 MI W of NW 4TH AVE, Palm Beach, FL

Built 1991 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 6,400

CR 881(LIVINGSTON)

Good

Over: GOLDEN GATE CANAL

0.2MI S OF GOLDEN GATE PK, Collier, FL

Built 2000 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 36,000

I-4 EB

Good

Over: XTOWN CONN. RAMP & RR

1.5 MI WEST OF US 41, Hillsborough, FL

Built 2005 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 83,250

CR-573/78TH ST

Good

Over: ARCHIE CREEK

1.0 MI N OF RIVERVIEW DR, Hillsborough, FL

Built 1965 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 6,600

12TH AVE WEST

Good

Over: WARES CREEK

0.3 MI West of US-41B, Manatee, FL

Built 2013 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 2,350

I-75 NB SR-93

Good

Over: CR-2054 PEGGY ROAD

1.5 MI. S. OF US-441, Alachua, FL

Built 1963 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 34,750

NW 63rd Street

Good

Over: I-75

Leroy Baldwin Rd ovr I-75, Marion, FL

Built 1964 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 1,600

SR-405 WB

Good

Over: US-1

SR-405 WB Over US-1, Brevard, FL

Built 1964 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 6,450

SR-414

Good

Over: Ramp N1

Ramp Ni Towne Center Bl, Seminole, FL

Built 2022 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 5,600

FEDERAL POINT ROAD

Good

Over: CRACKER BRANCH

0.5 MI WEST OF MAIN ST, St. Johns, FL

Built 2009 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 500

NB I-95 (SR 9)

Good

Over: CR 709 & FECRR

1.3 Mile S of Midway Rd., St. Lucie, FL

Built 1982 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 36,906

SR-618A SELMON

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

1.6 MILES WEST OF US-41, Hillsborough, FL

Built 2005 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 7,300

I-75 (SR-93) NB

Good

Over: BUFFALO CANAL

800FT. SOUTH OF I-275, Manatee, FL

Built 1981 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 50,000

SR570 WB POLK 17.2

Good

Over: US-92

17.4 MI E OF I-4 WEST INT, Polk, FL

Built 1998 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 9,100

SR570 EB Polk 17.2

Good

Over: US-92

17.4 MI E OF I-4 WEST INT, Polk, FL

Built 1998 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 9,100

CR-250

Good

Over: I-10 SR-8

7.5 MI. E. OF US-441, Columbia, FL

Built 1962 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 800

CR-25A (KING HILL)

Good

Over: I-75 (SR-93)

2.5 MI.N OF SUWANNEE RIV., Hamilton, FL

Built 1962 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 550

Brackin Road

Good

Over: Caney Branch

1.4 Miles E of SR81, Holmes, FL

Built 2013 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 50

CR-437 Binion Road

Good

Over: SR-414

3Mi S - Orange Blossom Tr, Orange, FL

Built 2012 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 7,400

I595 to TPK SB

Good

Over: SR-91 Turnpike

0.5 MI SOUTH OF I-595, Broward, FL

Built 2012 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 23,500

I-95 SB (870429)

Good

Over: NW 62 ST

1MI S OF SR-934, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 1959 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 100,250

SR-112 EB TO I-95

Good

Over: NW 10TH AVE

W OF I-95/SR112/I-195 INT, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 1962 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 20,000

I-95

Good

Over: NW 143RD ST

0.5 Mi. N OF SR-924, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 1963 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 206,500

US 1 NB (900130)

Good

Over: MARVIN D. ADAMS WATERWAY

KEY LARGO (MM 103.6), Monroe, FL

Built 1973 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 15,126

SR-808 Glades Road

Good

Over: E-3 Canal

0.5 mile West of I-95, Palm Beach, FL

Built 1977 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 54,000

OLD BURNT ST RD SB

Good

Over: BONEFISH CANAL

0.4MI N OF EMBERS PKWY, Lee, FL

Built 1983 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 200

I-275SB-118TH AVE

Good

Over: ROOSEVELT BLVD & RAMP R

At I-275/ROOSEVELT BLVD., Pinellas, FL

Built 2002 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 7,800

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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.