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

CR4; Antioch Road

Fair

Over: I10 SR8

2.5Mi. West of SR85, Okaloosa, FL

Built 1969 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 10,900

CR 2

Fair

Over: Big Horse Creek

3 Mi East of Hwy 189, Okaloosa, FL

Built 1982 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 400

Red Barrow Road

Fair

Over: Panther Creek

1.20 Mi West of CR 189, Okaloosa, FL

Built 1977 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 101

Poverty Creek Road

Fair

Over: Poverty Creek

1.9 Mi East of Hwy 188, Okaloosa, FL

Built 1976 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 500

SR20

Fair

Over: Basin Bayou

6 Mi. West of Freeport, Walton, FL

Built 1972 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 10,500

CR 30A

Fair

Over: Camp Creek Lake

3 Mi West of SR 98, Walton, FL

Built 2003 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 10,000

SR-21

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

0.5 MI. N. OF CR-215, Clay, FL

Built 1988 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 17,948

Cow Creek Road

Fair

Over: Little Cow Creek

0.6 Mile South of SR-442, Volusia, FL

Built 1988 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 594

SR 91 TPK NS 203.4

Fair

Over: OUTFALL CANAL

10.3 MILES N OF SR 60, Osceola, FL

Built 1963 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 36,000

WB SR 706

Fair

Over: Intracoastal Waterway

Indiantown Rd/ ICW, Palm Beach, FL

Built 1999 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 16,000

HYPOLUXO RD.

Fair

Over: LAKEWOOD E4 CANAL

0.5MI. W OF I-95, Palm Beach, FL

Built 1989 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 41,500

RANGE ROAD 259

Fair

Over: EAST BAY RIVER

1.5 MILES NORTH OF U.S., Okaloosa, FL

Built 1965 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 50

RANGE ROAD 735

Fair

Over: HOLLEY CREEK

0.25 MI NORTH OF RANGE RO, Santa Rosa, FL

Built 1965 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 50

PEACE WAY

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

150FT E/O AMERICA WAY, Collier, FL

Built 2006 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 250

US-301 NB (SR-43)

Fair

Over: TAMPA BYPASS CANAL

2.0MI NORTH OF SR-60, Hillsborough, FL

Built 1972 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 19,000

I-275 (SR-93)

Fair

Over: HILLSBOROUGH RIVER

1.7 MI NORTH OF US-92, Hillsborough, FL

Built 1967 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 165,000

SR618 SELMON EB

Fair

Over: EUCLID AVENUE

1.1MI E/O GANDY BLVD, Hillsborough, FL

Built 1975 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 19,750

SR-64

Fair

Over: WINGATE CREEK

10.6 MI EAST OF CR-675, Manatee, FL

Built 1953 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 5,800

SR-64

Fair

Over: MYAKKA RIVER

12.2 MI EAST OF CR-675, Manatee, FL

Built 1974 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 5,800

I-75 (SR-93) SB

Fair

Over: JACARANDA BLVD

2.5MI S OF LAUREL RD., Sarasota, FL

Built 1979 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 41,750

BAHIA VISTA ST.

Fair

Over: PHILLIPPI CREEK

0.5MI W OF BENEVA RD, Sarasota, FL

Built 1988 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 14,700

US-221 (SR-55)

Fair

Over: LITTLE AUCILLA RIVER

3.8 MI.S.OF JEFFERSON CO., Madison, FL

Built 1955 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 1,100

I-10 WB (SR-8)

Fair

Over: US-221 (SR-55)

I-10 WB OVER US-221, Madison, FL

Built 1972 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 11,250

US90 SR10A

Fair

Over: Marcus Creek

1.0 Mi. East of SR296, Escambia, FL

Built 1961 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 16,250

I-295 SB (SR-9A)

Fair

Over: ORTEGA RIVER

0.1 MI. S. OF SR-21, Duval, FL

Built 1969 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 36,750

I-295 NB (SR-9A)

Fair

Over: ORTEGA RIVER

0.1 MI. S. OF SR-21, Duval, FL

Built 1969 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 36,750

I-95 SB

Fair

Over: ATLANTIC BLVD

I-95 SB/ATLANTIC, Duval, FL

Built 2017 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 85,000

ORCHARD STREET

Fair

Over: TRIBUTARY TO MCCOY CRK

AT BENBOW STREET, Duval, FL

Built 1943 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 261

SR-453 SB

Fair

Over: Ondich Rd.

2.6 Mi. South of SR-46, Orange, FL

Built 2018 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 4,700

I-4 WB

Fair

Over: Lake Ivanhoe Boat Pass

0.2mi N of SR-408, Orange, FL

Built 2019 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 84,000

BUCKEYE ROAD

Fair

Over: I-75 (SR-93)

8.5 MI S OF SR-674, Manatee, FL

Built 1980 Load: 38.3 t ADT: 1,600

SR77

Fair

Over: North Bay

1.1 Miles N. of SR390, Bay, FL

Built 1998 Load: 38.3 t ADT: 29,000

I-95 (SR-9)

Fair

Over: POTTSBURG SWAMP BRANCH

0.8 MI. N. OF US-1, Duval, FL

Built 1966 Load: 38.3 t ADT: 104,000

MCINTOSH ROAD

Fair

Over: CAMPBELL CREEK

3.8MI S OF US-301, Hillsborough, FL

Built 1965 Load: 38.4 t ADT: 2,630

CR95A Palafox

Fair

Over: I10 SR8

0.4MI East of US29 SR95, Escambia, FL

Built 1961 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 18,500

US27 SR20

Fair

Over: Gadsden Street

0.1 Mile E. of SR61, Leon, FL

Built 1958 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 13,750

US27 SR20

Fair

Over: Gadsden Street

0.1 Mile E. of SR61, Leon, FL

Built 1958 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 13,750

CR273

Fair

Over: I10 SR8

2.5Mi. East of SR77, Washington, FL

Built 1974 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 3,200

US-192 EB

Fair

Over: Indian River IWW

US-192 EB - Indian River, Brevard, FL

Built 1985 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 15,750

US-1 (SR-15)

Fair

Over: BOULEVARD ST.

ML KING JR PKWY / BLVD ST, Duval, FL

Built 1961 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 52,000

I-10 EB (SR-8)

Fair

Over: DEEP CREEK

I-10 EB / DEEP CREEK, Duval, FL

Built 1960 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 20,000

Innovation Way

Fair

Over: SR-528

0.7Mi S of Monument Pkwy, Orange, FL

Built 2018 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 9,400

CR 525 241.9

Fair

Over: SR 91 TPK

2.5MI S OF KISS. INTRCH, Osceola, FL

Built 1963 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 23,500

SR-710

Fair

Over: C-18 Canal

.5mi W. of N. Lake Blvd., Palm Beach, FL

Built 1958 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 15,700

ROTONDA CIRCLE

Fair

Over: PINEHURST CRK N

175YD W OF ROTONDA BLVD N, Charlotte, FL

Built 1984 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 600

ROTONDA BLVD SOUTH

Fair

Over: ROTONDA RIVER

0.1MI N OF BOUNDARY BLVD., Charlotte, FL

Built 1985 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 500

US-301 SB (SR-43)

Fair

Over: TAMPA BYPASS CANAL

2MI NORTH OF SR-60, Hillsborough, FL

Built 1972 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 19,000

SR-60 LEG A

Fair

Over: I-275/SR-93

1.7 MI WEST OF DALE MABRY, Hillsborough, FL

Built 1958 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 3,700

I-75 SB TO SR-60

Fair

Over: CSX RR

0.6MI N OF SR-60, Hillsborough, FL

Built 2014 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 25,400

CR-39

Fair

Over: CHITO CREEK

2.2MI SOUTH OF CR-640, Hillsborough, FL

Built 1962 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 5,110

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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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