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Palm Drive over Bay Point Canal

Monroe County, Florida · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Palm Drive over Bay Point Canal in Monroe County, Florida, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 593 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2013).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 32 of the 98 inventoried bridges in Monroe County rated good (32.7%); 5 (5.1%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 1 (SR 5) over Rockland Channel	1979	47,000	Good
US 1 (SR 5) over Salt Run	1992	38,500	Fair
US 1 (SR 5) over Naval Base Blvd	1988	27,500	Good
US 1 (SR 5) over Jewfish Creek	2008	26,500	Good
US 1 (NB & SB) over Manatee Creek	2008	26,500	Fair
US-1 (SR-5) over Vaca Cut	1982	25,000	Fair