How many bridges are in Florida?

Florida has 13,036 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. View detailed condition data for each bridge on PlainBridges.

What percentage of bridges in Florida are in Poor condition?

2.8% of bridge records in Florida are in Poor condition, meaning the lowest applicable major-component rating is 4 or below, compared with 7.5% across state inventories.

State profile · Below median Poor share

Florida bridge safety

Name: Florida public highway bridge inventory (FHWA NBI)
Creator: PlainBridges
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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.

Compiled by PlainBridges

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%.

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.

Concrete 4,561 bridges (35%) Prestressed concrete 6,636 bridges (51%) Steel 1,443 bridges (11%) Wood or timber 341 bridges (3%) Other 55 bridges (0%)

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.

State agency 7,374 bridges (57%) County agency 4,034 bridges (31%) Local agency 1,399 bridges (11%) Federal agency 143 bridges (1%) Other 86 bridges (1%)

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.

Pre-1950 599 bridges (5%) 1950–1979 5,396 bridges (41%) 1980–1999 3,369 bridges (26%) 2000+ 3,672 bridges (28%)

Condition Distribution

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.

Georgia

1.59% top marginal rate

Structure: Progressive
Burden @ $100K: $15,069

District of Columbia

1.95% top marginal rate

Structure: Progressive
Burden @ $100K: $257

Selected

Florida

2.79% top marginal rate

Structure: Progressive
Burden @ $100K: $13,036

Vermont

2.90% top marginal rate

Structure: Progressive
Burden @ $100K: $2,862

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.

Florida vs national bridge condition

Material families in Florida

Who maintains Florida’s inventory

When Florida’s bridges were built

Condition Distribution

Counties (67)

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Florida

OAK HILL CEMETERY

VAUGHN ROAD

CR 120

Hanna Mill Pond Rd

Turberville Road

US90 SR10

All Bridges in Florida

TERRA MAR DRIVE

CR 368

I-95 SB (SR-9)

I-95 NB (SR-9)

SW 117th Avenue

CR 368

CR 12

CR605 OLD DIXIE HW

Rymfire Dr

BLACKMORE COURT

Murphy Road

ATLANTIC SHORES BL

US-221 (SR-55)

GRAND BLVD. CR-595

SW 197th Avenue

Isla Dorada Blvd.

38TH ST. SOUTH

NW 22nd Ave.

NW S. River Drive

CR 278

WB NW 25th St.

SW 107th Avenue

NE 123rd Street

CR 326

Burning Tree Road

CR 185

SR934 WB (870549)

CR 225

SR934 EB (870083)

Pleasant Rest Road

CR 2224

US98 SR30

I-95 (SR-9)

82ND TERRACE

Marlin Road

RIDGEMOOR BLVD.

CR 259

US98 SR30

NEWBERGER ROAD

Robinson Point Rd

Hub Presley Road

Greenough Road

North Ocean Drive

Sherwood Road

SOUTH SUMTER BLVD.

SR-913WB TO I-95NB

CR 160

CR 368

State Line Road

COWART RD.

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