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Poplar Head Ch Rd over Penny Creek

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

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

Poplar Head Ch Rd over Penny Creek in Okaloosa County, Florida, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1930, making it 95 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 126 of the 219 inventoried bridges in Okaloosa County rated fair (57.5%); 10 (4.6%) 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


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 89 ft
Location	0.2 Mi N of Lighthouse Ch
NBI structure number	574011
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR85 Eglin Parkway over Cinco Bayou	1958	52,000	Fair
SR189 Beal Parkway over Five Mile Bayou	2014	52,000	Good
US98 SR30 over Cody Ave / Champaign St	2015	50,000	Good
US98 SR30 over ICWW & Brooks ST.	1964	49,500	Poor
SR85 over Boggy Bayou	2001	47,500	Fair
SR85 Eglin Parkway over Garniers Bayou	1958	46,500	Fair