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SR-78 over Kissimmee River

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

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

SR-78 over Kissimmee River in Okeechobee 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 1964, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 8,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 35 of the 67 inventoried bridges in Okeechobee County rated fair (52.2%); 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 665 ft
Location	4.7 Mi. West of US-441
NBI structure number	910009
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR-70 EB over CSX Railroad	1996	30,500	Good
SR-70 WB over CSX Railroad	1996	30,500	Good
SR-70 over Taylor Creek	1983	29,000	Good
SR91 SB Tpk 182.3 over Ft Drum Creek	1963	18,350	Good
SR91 NB Tpk 182.3 over Ft Drum Creek	1963	18,350	Good
SR91 SB Tpk 184.6 over Jim Green Creek	1963	18,350	Good