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Old Dade City Road over Drainage Canal

Polk County, Florida · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Old Dade City Road over Drainage Canal in Polk County, Florida, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 593 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 160 of the 359 inventoried bridges in Polk County rated fair (44.6%); 0 (0.0%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Florida department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-4 (SR-400) over Winston Drain	1999	127,000	Good
I-4 (SR-400) over Winston Creek	1999	127,000	Good
I-4 (SR-400) over Lake Gibson Drain Canal	1961	104,500	Fair
US-27 (SR-25) over I-4 (SR-400)	2004	72,576	Good
US-27 (SR-25) over Black Hills Canal	1965	56,000	Fair
US-27 (SR-25) over US-17 (SR-600)	2000	56,000	Good