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Chariton County, MO

288 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 53.5% rated Good, 35.1% Fair, 11.5% Poor.

288
Public bridges
53.5%
Good condition
11.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Chariton County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

85th
of 115 on Poor share
11.5%
Poor-condition share
288
public highway bridges
1976
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.

Chariton County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Chariton County ranks #85 of 115 Missouri counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 11.5%). Chariton County, Missouri contains 288 public highway bridges. Roughly 53.5% are rated “Good,” 35.1% “Fair,” and 11.5% “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.

Total bridges

288

Public highway bridges in Chariton County

Good condition

53.5%

154 of 288 rated 7-9

Fair condition

35.1%

101 of 288 rated 5-6

Poor condition

11.5%

33 of 288 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#85 of 115

Among Missouri counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 288 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
53.5% (154)
Fair
35.1% (101)
Poor
11.5% (33)

Chariton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,549 vehicle crossings a day

That is 9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 11.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 138 crossings a day against 147 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 288 of 288 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

38.5% of Chariton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

111 of the 288 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 53.5% 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 23.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

MO 11 S over SALT CR, built 1953, carries 1,074 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 33-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 4,549 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Chariton County's bridges were built

288 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 58 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Missouri average (1979).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Chariton County compares with Missouri's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Missouri counties nearest Chariton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 11.5% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is 9 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 114 Missouri counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Chariton County and the 5 Missouri counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Adair County 301 6.6%
Newton County 300 6.7%
Macon County 291 7.6%
Chariton County (this page) 288 11.5%
Platte County 285 6%
New Madrid County 282 2.1%

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 Chariton 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 Chariton County, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MO (288 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MO (1976 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 288 Good 154 Fair 101 Poor 33

Good-condition bridges (154)

LOCKE RD

Good

Over: CLARK BR

S 33 T 56 N R 18 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1998 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 40

DOOLEY FORD RD

Good

Over: CHARITON RVR

S 25 T 54 N R 18 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1928 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

ECCLES RD

Good

Over: CHARITON RVR

S 18 T 54 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1900 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 15

FARMVIEW AVE

Good

Over: UNNAMED STR

S 10 T 54 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1998 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 15

BERGER RD

Good

Over: CHARITON RVR

S 4 T 54 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1900 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 15

EXPLORER RD

Good

Over: LAKE CR

S 20 T 54 N R 19 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2000 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 20

BARRETT AVE

Good

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

S 11 T 53 N R 19 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2017 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 20

LOCUST CREEK AVE

Good

Over: BIG BRUSHY CREEK

S 15 T 56 N R 21 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2018 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 10

MENEFEE RD

Good

Over: MENEFEE RD

S 4 T 56 N R 16 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2018 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5

SHARP RD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

S 9 T 56 N R 16 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2016 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5

STUTSMAN RD

Good

Over: TURKEY CR

S 15 T 56 N R 20 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2022 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

DOWNY AVE

Good

Over: UNNAMED STR

S 25 T 56 N R 21 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2022 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

LOCUST CREEK AVE

Good

Over: LOCUST CR

S 5 T 56 N R 21 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2010 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 50

FULL BRIGHT RD

Good

Over: ELK CR

S 15 T 56 N R 20 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1920 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 35

HAMDEN RD

Good

Over: BEE BR

S 15 T 55 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1920 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 15

OSPREY RD

Good

Over: ELM BR

S 1 T 55 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2000 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 30

DOXIE AVE

Good

Over: BATTS CR

S 28 T 52 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2002 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 40

GUTHRIDGE AVE

Good

Over: LONG BR CR

S 6 T 54 N R 18 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2002 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 40

PERSHING RD

Good

Over: UNNAMED STR

S 12 T 56 N R 21 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2024 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 25

SILVER CROSSING RD

Good

Over: SILVER CR

S 28 T 53 N R 16 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1999 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 15

US 24 E

Good

Over: MUSSEL FK RVR

S 5 T 53 N R 18 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2018 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 1,677

HOOPER RD

Good

Over: SALT CR

S 5 T 54 N R 20 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2002 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 15

MO 129 S

Good

Over: BNSF RR

S 3 T 53 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2004 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 3,602

MARQUETTE AVE

Good

Over: LAKE CR

S 30 T 54 N R 19 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1998 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 15

SALEM AVE

Good

Over: UNNAMED STR

S 6 T 52 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2001 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 19

BAWKER AVE

Good

Over: E FK CHARITON RVR

S 35 T 53 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2013 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 35

MO 139 S

Good

Over: STANLEY LK

S 21 T 56 N R 21 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2013 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 400

STUTSMAN RD

Good

Over: ELK CR

S 14 T 56 N R 20 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1920 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 15

FIRE STATION RD

Good

Over: W BEE CR

S 33 T 56 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1910 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 15

FLOYD PARKS RD

Good

Over: PUZZLE CR

S 3 T 53 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1994 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 40

FRENCH RD

Good

Over: LIT CHARITON RVR

S 17 T 52 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1994 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 40

CUMBERLAND AVE

Good

Over: CLARK BR

S 20 T 56 N R 18 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2002 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 5

INDIAN GROVE RD

Good

Over: PALMER CR

S 11 T 54 N R 19 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1900 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 25

RT UU E

Good

Over: LONG CR

S 35 T 54 N R 18 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2002 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 185

JONES RD

Good

Over: JONES BR

S 30 T 55 N R 20 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2014 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 15

MO 139 S

Good

Over: GRAND RVR OVERFLOW

S 28 T 56 N R 21 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2020 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 400

RT D E

Good

Over: CLARKS CR

S 5 T 55 N R 18 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2023 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 208

RT D E

Good

Over: E FK BEE BR

S 2 T 55 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2023 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 175

BUSHNELL AVE

Good

Over: ELK CR

S 15 T 56 N R 20 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1900 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 20

WAYLAND AVE

Good

Over: UNNAMED STR

S 1 T 54 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1930 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 15

KNOX RD

Good

Over: BEE BR

S 22 T 56 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2002 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 40

MO 11 S

Good

Over: BNSF RR

S 31 T 56 N R 19 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2012 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 1,147

US 24 E

Good

Over: PALMER CR

S 9 T 53 N R 19 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1958 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 1,576

VERMONT KENNEDY AV

Good

Over: HICKORY BR

S 15 T 55 N R 20 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1998 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 40

CROSS RD

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD CR

S 34 T 55 N R 18 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2010 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 10

PEE DEE RD

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD CR

S 26 T 55 N R 18 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2010 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 25

BIRCH ST

Good

Over: BRUSH CR

S 5 T 56 N R 18 W, Chariton, MO

Built 1995 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 40

MO 5 N

Good

Over: SHANNONDALE BR

S 32 T 53 N R 17 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2007 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 807

BACHTEL RD

Good

Over: BR OF SALT CR

S 35 T 55 N R 20 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2012 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 15

HOPEWELL AVE

Good

Over: SALT CR

S 32 T 54 N R 20 W, Chariton, MO

Built 2015 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 15

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.