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

South Access Road

Good

Over: OIA S Airport Complex

OIA South Access Road, Orange, FL

Built 2014 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 1,001

Kewannee Trail

Good

Over: Lake Howell Canal

0.6 MI SW OF SR-436, Seminole, FL

Built 2013 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 3,200

SR869 NB SAW 8.19

Good

Over: CR 814 ATLANTIC BLVD

INTER CR-814 AND SR-869, Broward, FL

Built 1986 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 38,600

SR869 NB SAW 10.93

Good

Over: CR 834 SAMPLE RD

INTER CR-834 AND SR-869, Broward, FL

Built 1986 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 32,700

SR869 SB SAW 10.93

Good

Over: CR 834 SAMPLE RD

INTER CR-834 AND SR-869, Broward, FL

Built 1986 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 32,700

S.W. 16 STREET

Good

Over: HOLLOWAY CANAL

100FT W OF SW 63RD AVE., Broward, FL

Built 1974 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 3,120

I-95 NB (870307)

Good

Over: SR-944 (NW 54 ST)

AT NW 54TH ST, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 1959 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 144,000

SR821 RAMP C1 27.1

Good

Over: SNAPPER CREEK CANAL

0.2MI NORTH OF NW 12TH ST, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2021 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 12,200

SW56 ST - SR826 NB

Good

Over: CSX RR & SR 874

SR-874/826 INTERSECTION, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 2011 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 5,400

SR-70 WB

Good

Over: MOSQUITO CREEK

2.0 MI E/O SR-710, Okeechobee, FL

Built 2016 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 5,950

CR-812 OCEAN AVE

Good

Over: INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY

0.3 Mile East of US-1, Palm Beach, FL

Built 2013 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 12,500

DANIELS PKWY/CR876

Good

Over: TEN MILE CANAL

1.0 MI EAST OF US-41, Lee, FL

Built 1978 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 48,300

WEBBER STREET

Good

Over: LALANI CREEK

100FT W OF LALANI BLVD., Sarasota, FL

Built 2007 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 9,700

US29 SR95

Good

Over: Cotton Creek

1.2 MI S of CR164, Escambia, FL

Built 1958 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 8,152

Baldwin Avenue

Good

Over: US331 SR83

0.1mi South of US90 SR10, Walton, FL

Built 1967 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 1,200

SR-417 NB

Good

Over: University Blvd.

SR-417 University Blvd., Orange, FL

Built 1988 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 47,750

Ramp L2

Good

Over: SR 429

Ramp L2 Over SR 429, Seminole, FL

Built 2023 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 1,000

Bass Highway

Good

Over: Canal C-32F

0.4 mi E of Pine Grove Rd, Osceola, FL

Built 1995 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 1,400

BELVEDERE RD

Good

Over: WPB STUB CANAL

0.1MI W OF I-95, Palm Beach, FL

Built 1974 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 30,500

FLAVOR PICT ROAD

Good

Over: E-3 CANAL

0.5Mi WEST OF CR-809, Palm Beach, FL

Built 1997 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 6,400

SR589 SB SCP 37.25

Good

Over: COUNTY LINE RD

AT PASCO COUNTY LINE, Hernando, FL

Built 1999 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 10,050

OLD BURNT ST RD SB

Good

Over: GATOR SLOUGH

1.4MI N OF TROPICANA PKWY, Lee, FL

Built 1983 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 200

OLD BURNT ST RD NB

Good

Over: GATOR SLOUGH

1.4MI N OF TROPICANA PKWY, Lee, FL

Built 1983 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 200

SR-105 (FT GEORGE)

Good

Over: FT. GEORGE INLET

SR-105 / FT. GEORGE INLET, Duval, FL

Built 2004 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 5,044

CR-115C CHAFFEE RD

Good

Over: I-10 (SR-8)

CHAFFEE RD. / I-10 (SR-8), Duval, FL

Built 2011 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 17,800

PARADISE WAY

Good

Over: PARADISE CANAL

0.1M N OF JACKSONVILLE DR, Duval, FL

Built 2006 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 100

MARATHON KEY

Good

Over: PARADISE CANAL

0.05 MI S OF PARADISE WAY, Duval, FL

Built 2006 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 100

NB US-441 (SR-7)

Good

Over: Hillsboro Canal

1 mi. North of SR-810, Broward, FL

Built 1989 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 26,500

NB SR-817 Univrsty

Good

Over: Canal L-104

0.5 MI So of W Atlantic, Broward, FL

Built 1974 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 20,000

SB SR-817 Univrsty

Good

Over: Canal L-104

.5Mi S of W Atlantic Blvd, Broward, FL

Built 1974 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 20,000

COMP SR-915

Good

Over: BISCAYNE CANAL C-8

NE 6 AVE / NE 111 ST, Miami-Dade, FL

Built 1961 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 19,400

Woolbright Road

Good

Over: LWDD E3 Canal

0.5 MI. W of Military Tr, Palm Beach, FL

Built 2003 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 18,657

I-275 NB

Good

Over: Slope

2.5MI. E OF DALE MABRY, Hillsborough, FL

Built 2009 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 12,500

BULLARD PARKWAY EB

Good

Over: HILLSBOROUGH RIVER

1.0MI E OF 56TH STREET, Hillsborough, FL

Built 2000 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 22,000

BULLARD PARKWAY WB

Good

Over: HILLSBOROUGH RIVER

1.0MI E OF 56TH STREET, Hillsborough, FL

Built 2000 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 22,000

4TH AVE. SOUTH

Good

Over: BOOKER CREEK

0.2 MI. W OF 9TH ST. S, Pinellas, FL

Built 1965 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 13,000

SE 31st Street

Good

Over: CSX Railroad

0.35 MI E OF US-27, Marion, FL

Built 2002 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 16,700

SR267

Good

Over: Hammock Creek

8.8 Mi. South of I10 SR8, Gadsden, FL

Built 1998 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 4,000

SR-528

Good

Over: Tradeport Drive

SR-528 over Tradeport Dr, Orange, FL

Built 1982 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 120,500

CR 535 270.1

Good

Over: SR 91 TPK

0.4 MI S OF SR 50, Orange, FL

Built 2010 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 45,500

P Barack Obama Pky

Good

Over: Northgate Canal

0.3 Miles N. of Conroy Rd, Orange, FL

Built 2012 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 10,300

E.B. BELTWAY CONN.

Good

Over: Permiter Canal

Central FL Tourism Dist., Orange, FL

Built 2006 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 14,400

W.B. Beltway Conn.

Good

Over: Perimiter Canal

Central FL Tourism Dist., Orange, FL

Built 2006 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 14,400

MIDWAY BLVD.

Good

Over: YALE WATERWAY

1.3MI WEST OF SR 769, Charlotte, FL

Built 2010 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 14,300

QUESADA AVENUE

Good

Over: LIONHEART WATERWAY

0.1MI W OF FORREST NELSON, Charlotte, FL

Built 2011 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 8,500

HARBORVIEW RD.

Good

Over: DESOTO CANAL

1.0 MI EAST OF I-75, Charlotte, FL

Built 2014 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 12,200

CR494 (OZELLO TRL)

Good

Over: SALT WATER BAY

5.7 Mi. W of US-19/US-98, Citrus, FL

Built 1980 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 2,160

US 41NB TAMIAMI TR

Good

Over: HALDEMAN RIVER

1.7MI SOUTH OF SR-84, Collier, FL

Built 1976 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 16,500

US-98 EB (SR-50EB)

Good

Over: WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER

1.6MI EAST OF I-75, Hernando, FL

Built 1998 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 9,750

RAMP C TO I-4 WB

Good

Over: 26TH STREET

0.25 MI E OF 22ND ST, Hillsborough, FL

Built 2013 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 9,250

Showing 10,201-10,250 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.