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Gin Road over Thomas Creek

Santa Rosa County, Florida · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Gin Road over Thomas Creek in Santa Rosa County, Florida, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1994, making it 31 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 194 inventoried bridges in Santa Rosa County rated poor (7.2%); 14 (7.2%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 29 ft
Location	1.1Mi N of Sweet Water Ln
NBI structure number	584153
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I10 SR8 over Indian Bayou Tributary	1968	68,000	Fair
I10 SR8 over Sandy Point	1967	47,500	Fair
I10 SR8 over SR281	2017	46,000	Good
I10 SR8 over Persimmon Hollow	1968	43,000	Fair
US98 SR30 over Williams Creek	1955	41,500	Fair
US90 SR10 over Jacobs Creek	1958	35,500	Fair