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Sherman Kennedy Rd over Mare Creek

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

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

Sherman Kennedy Rd over Mare 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 superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1987, making it 38 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 75 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2025).
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 54 ft
Location	1.5Mi S of Red Barrow Rd
NBI structure number	574016
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