County-by-county: The condition of Florida’s bridges
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore after it was hit by a cargo ship has again put a focus on the condition of the nation’s bridges, some of which are aging.
The Federal Highway Administration maintains a database of the nation’s bridges, with details on the characteristics and conditions of the bridges, based on inspections conducted by the agencies that maintain the spans.
The 2023 version of the database includes nearly 13,000 bridges within the state of Florida. News4JAX analyzed that data to learn about the condition of bridges in Northeast Florida and across the state. According to the database, 1,474 bridges statewide are either closed or in need of repair based...
