The Road and Bridge crews are some of the hardest working crews in the County.  Their responsibilities include maintaining and repairing 976.75 miles of paved road and 202.38 miles of unpaved roads.  They maintain 32 bridges, numerous drainage structures, retention ponds, canals, and over 3,000 drainage culverts throughout the County.  Maintenance of the County’s fleet of vehicles and equipment is the responsibility of the Road and Bridge mechanic shop crew.  The department mows approximately 13,000 miles of County right-of-way annually.  The County’s 184 acre shell pit and 80 acre marl pit is overseen by the Road and Bridge Department where road building materials are mined and hauled from both pits.  The department reconstructs approximately 5 miles of roads, constructs and paves 3 miles of dirt roads and resurfaces approximately 30 miles of roads annually.

Key projects for 04/05 were the Haywood Taylor Blvd. widening project, Sparta Road project and the some construction on the Florida Heritage Amphitheatre.