Total bridges
227
Public highway bridges in Butler County
County profile · official public datasets
Butler County, MO
227 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 49.3% rated Good, 42.3% Fair, 8.4% Poor.
- 227
- Public bridges
- 49.3%
- Good condition
- 8.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Butler County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 47%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 8.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 227
- public highway bridges
- 1981
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Butler County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Butler County ranks #54 of 115 Missouri counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.4%). Butler County, Missouri contains 227 public highway bridges. Roughly 49.3% are rated “Good,” 42.3% “Fair,” and 8.4% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
49.3%
112 of 227 rated 7-9
Fair condition
42.3%
96 of 227 rated 5-6
Poor condition
8.4%
19 of 227 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#54 of 115
Among Missouri counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 227 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 49.3% (112)
Fair 42.3% (96)
Poor 8.4% (19)
Butler County's Poor-condition bridges carry 17,854 vehicle crossings a day
That is 3.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 940 crossings a day against 2,442 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 227 of 227 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
32.2% of Butler County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
73 of the 227 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 49.3% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 29.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
BU 67 N over PIKE CR, built 1960, carries 5,240 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 19-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 17,854 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Butler County's bridges were built
227 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 4
1900–1909
4 bridges
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 6
1920–1929
6 bridges
- 1930s 10
1930–1939
10 bridges
- 1940s 14
1940–1949
14 bridges
- 1950s 13
1950–1959
13 bridges
- 1960s 17
1960–1969
17 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
27 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
27 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
29 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
56 bridges
- 2010s 18
2010–2019
18 bridges
- 2020s 5
2020–2029
5 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 56 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Missouri average (1979).
How Butler County compares with Missouri's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Missouri counties nearest Butler County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.4% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 114 Missouri counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saline County | 230 | 33.9% | 53% | 13% | 1976 |
| Cole County | 227 | 27.3% | 63.9% | 8.8% | 1982 |
| Butler County (this page) | 227 | 49.3% | 42.3% | 8.4% | 1981 |
| Pike County | 225 | 34.7% | 56.9% | 8.4% | 1981 |
| Sullivan County | 224 | 56.3% | 36.6% | 7.1% | 1990 |
| Daviess County | 222 | 27.5% | 48.2% | 24.3% | 1970 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Butler County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Butler County, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MO (227 bridges here).
- Yell County, AR · 227 bridges
- McHenry County, IL · 227 bridges
- LaPorte County, IN · 227 bridges
- Rush County, IN · 227 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MO (1981 here).
- Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
- Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
- Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
- McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (227)
BU 60 E
FairOver: CST RVRVIEW DR UP RR
S 2 T 24 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 1975 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 7,038
US 60 W
FairOver: DRAIN DTCH NO 10
S 26 T 25 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1978 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 6,497
MO 53 S
FairOver: DRAIN DTCH NO 1
S 22 T 23 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1985 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 5,914
US 60 W
FairOver: BLACK RVR
S 25 T 25 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 1984 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 7,071
US 67 S
FairOver: UP RR
S 13 T 26 N R 5 E, Butler, MO
Built 1976 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 4,787
COUNTY RD 410
FairOver: CANE CR
S 25 T 26 N R 4 E, Butler, MO
Built 2009 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 100
MO 53 S
FairOver: BLACK RVR
S 15 T 23 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1985 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 5,914
COUNTY RD 214
FairOver: BLACK RVR
S 31 T 23 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1999 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 250
RT T S
FairOver: US 60
S 30 T 25 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1984 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 4,879
MO 142 E
FairOver: BIG HUNTING CR
S 9 T 22 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 1958 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 404
BU 60 E
FairOver: PALMER SLU
S 2 T 24 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 1975 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 10,501
MO 51 S
FairOver: MENORKENUT SLU
S 25 T 23 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1987 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 4,855
US 60 E
FairOver: DRAIN DTCH NO 11
S 30 T 25 N R 8 E, Butler, MO
Built 1978 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 6,056
RT U E
FairOver: DRAIN DTCH NO 22
S 2 T 23 N R 8 E, Butler, MO
Built 1962 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 488
COUNTY RD 214
FairOver: STREAM
S 31 T 23 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1976 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 250
COUNTY RD 448
FairOver: CANE CR
S 4 T 24 N R 5 E, Butler, MO
Built 1998 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 100
US 60 E
FairOver: BLACK RVR
S 25 T 25 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 1996 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 7,843
BU 60 E
FairOver: BR PIKE CR
S 3 T 24 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 1934 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 26,898
COUNTY RD 663
FairOver: DITCH
S 19 T 23 N R 8 E, Butler, MO
Built 2001 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 100
415 E
FairOver: US 60
S 34 T 26 N R 4 E, Butler, MO
Built 2003 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 289
RT U E
FairOver: DRAIN DTCH NO 30
S 1 T 23 N R 8 E, Butler, MO
Built 1962 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 488
MO 51 S
FairOver: DRAIN DTCH NO 6
S 23 T 23 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1987 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 4,855
US 60 E
FairOver: DRAIN DTCH NO 10
S 26 T 25 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1978 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 6,056
US 60 W
FairOver: CANE CR
S 5 T 25 N R 5 E, Butler, MO
Built 2003 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 3,853
US 60 E
FairOver: CANE CR
S 5 T 25 N R 5 E, Butler, MO
Built 2003 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 3,866
COUNTY RD 408
FairOver: CANE CR
S 24 T 26 N R 4 E, Butler, MO
Built 2014 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 50
COUNTY RD 328
FairOver: SLOUGH
S 7 T 23 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 2007 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 50
RT N S
FairOver: DRAIN DTCH NO 30
S 35 T 35 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 2003 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 696
MO 51 S
FairOver: DRAIN DTCH 37
S 35 T 22 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1966 Load: 46.8 t ADT: 844
BU 60 W
FairOver: US 60
S 30 T 25 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 1984 Load: 46.8 t ADT: 3,301
US 60 W
FairOver: US 67
S 2 T 25 N R 5 W, Butler, MO
Built 2004 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 4,120
RT N S
FairOver: DRAIN DTCH NO 27
S 32 T 22 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 2003 Load: 50.4 t ADT: 696
US 60 W
FairOver: DRAIN DTCH NO 16
S 30 T 25 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1978 Load: 51.3 t ADT: 6,497
OR 67 S
FairOver: SMALL CR
S 12 T 26 N R 5 E, Butler, MO
Built 1932 Load: 51.3 t ADT: 6
RT PP E
FairOver: SUNSET CR
S 33 T 25 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 1988 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 11,668
437 S
FairOver: PIKE CR
S 30 T 25 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 1997 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 890
COUNTY RD 306
FairOver: PIKE CR
S 15 T 24 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 1999 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 60
COUNTY RD 548
FairOver: ALLIS0N CR
S 6 T 25 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1996 Load: 54.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY RD 604
FairOver: STREAM
S 3 T 24 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 2004 Load: 54.0 t ADT: 100
MO 53 S
FairOver: ACKERMAN BR
S 25 T 24 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 1987 Load: 54.9 t ADT: 6,388
OLD 60 E
FairOver: KEARBY CR
S 9 T 25 N R 5 E, Butler, MO
Built 1954 Load: 55.8 t ADT: 106
US 60 E
FairOver: BEE HOLE CR
S 33 T 26 N R 4 E, Butler, MO
Built 2003 Load: 64.8 t ADT: 3,728
RT FF S
FairOver: INTER RIVR DRAIN D
S 8 T 24 N R 8 E, Butler, MO
Built 2001 Load: 84.6 t ADT: 837
COUNTY RD 663
FairOver: STREAM
S 30 T 23 N R 8 E, Butler, MO
Built 2006 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 5
US 67 S
FairOver: PIKE CR
S 30 T 25 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 1997 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 15,400
RT T S
FairOver: DRAIN DTCH NO 2
S 19 T 25 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1933 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 4,879
COUNTY RD 659
GoodOver: STREAM
S 36 T 23 N R 7 E, Butler, MO
Built 1991 Load: 6.3 t ADT: 50
COUNTY RD 254
GoodOver: STREAM
S 22 T 22 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 2007 Load: 9.9 t ADT: 30
COUNTY RD 350
GoodOver: BIG HUNTING SLU
S 36 T 23 N R 6 E, Butler, MO
Built 2006 Load: 13.5 t ADT: 100
COUNTY RD 648
GoodOver: MENORKENUK STR
S 34 T 24 N R 8 E, Butler, MO
Built 2009 Load: 14.4 t ADT: 25
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