Total bridges
263
Public highway bridges in Henry County
County profile · official public datasets
Henry County, MO
263 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 28.9% rated Good, 56.7% Fair, 14.4% Poor.
- 263
- Public bridges
- 28.9%
- Good condition
- 14.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Henry County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 91st
- of 115 on Poor share
- 14.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 263
- public highway bridges
- 1978
- 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.
Henry County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Henry County ranks #91 of 115 Missouri counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 14.4%). Henry County, Missouri contains 263 public highway bridges. Roughly 28.9% are rated “Good,” 56.7% “Fair,” and 14.4% “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
28.9%
76 of 263 rated 7-9
Fair condition
56.7%
149 of 263 rated 5-6
Poor condition
14.4%
38 of 263 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#91 of 115
Among Missouri counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 263 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 28.9% (76)
Fair 56.7% (149)
Poor 14.4% (38)
Henry County's Poor-condition bridges carry 67,347 vehicle crossings a day
That is 15% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 14.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,772 crossings a day against 1,672 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 263 of 263 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
40.3% of Henry County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
106 of the 263 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 28.9% 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 15.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
MO 18 E over COAL CR, built 1966, carries 10,490 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 38-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 67,347 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Henry County's bridges were built
263 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 2
1900–1909
2 bridges
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 15
1920–1929
15 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
27 bridges
- 1940s 8
1940–1949
8 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
24 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
22 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
23 bridges
- 1980s 10
1980–1989
10 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
55 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
27 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
38 bridges
- 2020s 11
2020–2029
11 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 55 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Missouri average (1979).
How Henry County compares with Missouri's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Missouri counties nearest Henry County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 14.4% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1984 is 6 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 114 Missouri counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platte County | 285 | 38.9% | 55.1% | 6% | 1985 |
| New Madrid County | 282 | 53.2% | 44.7% | 2.1% | 1986 |
| Henry County (this page) | 263 | 28.9% | 56.7% | 14.4% | 1978 |
| Buchanan County | 246 | 34.1% | 58.1% | 7.7% | 1981 |
| Gentry County | 246 | 52% | 33.3% | 14.6% | 1992 |
| Pettis County | 243 | 43.6% | 45.3% | 11.1% | 1975 |
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 Henry 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 Henry County, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MO (263 bridges here).
- Douglas County, CO · 263 bridges
- Bingham County, ID · 263 bridges
- Guthrie County, IA · 263 bridges
- Sequoyah County, OK · 263 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MO (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (263)
MO 7 N
FairOver: BIG CR OVRFL 1
S 22 T 42 N R 27 W, Henry, MO
Built 1997 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 7,834
MO 7 S
FairOver: BRUSHY CR
S 29 T 43 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 1932 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 16,739
RT N E
FairOver: HUFF BR
S 17 T 43 N R 26 W, Henry, MO
Built 1964 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 296
SE141
FairOver: BR OF OTTER CR
S 31 T 40 N R 25 W, Henry, MO
Built 1991 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 25
MO 7 S
FairOver: DILLON CR
S 5 T 41 N R 25 W, Henry, MO
Built 1959 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 6,808
SW 450
FairOver: ELM BR
S 32 T 41 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 2011 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 25
RT N E
FairOver: COTTONWOOD BR
S 20 T 43 N R 26 W, Henry, MO
Built 1964 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 296
RT N E
FairOver: FIELDS CR
S 34 T 43 N R 26 W, Henry, MO
Built 1964 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 296
NE901
FairOver: SMALL CR
S 33 T 43 N R 24 W, Henry, MO
Built 1987 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 30
SE 420
FairOver: CEDAR CR
S 32 T 41 N R 24 W, Henry, MO
Built 2011 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 4
MO 52 E
FairOver: BR DEER CR
S 17 T 42 N R 25 W, Henry, MO
Built 1925 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 3,889
MO 2 E
FairOver: DRY CR
S 3 T 43 N R 25 W, Henry, MO
Built 1930 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 920
SE850
FairOver: HAY CR
S 23 T 40 N R 25 W, Henry, MO
Built 2007 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 40
MO 52 E
FairOver: BEAR CR
S 18 T 40 N R 27 W, Henry, MO
Built 2011 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 920
SE200
FairOver: DUMPLING CR
S 17 T 41 N R 25 W, Henry, MO
Built 1995 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 50
NW501
FairOver: E FK HONEY CR
S 19 T 43 N R 26 W, Henry, MO
Built 2002 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 35
SE 200
FairOver: SPARROW FOOT CR
S 15 T 41 N R 25 W, Henry, MO
Built 2001 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 35
RT WW S
FairOver: HAND CR
S 36 T 44 N R 24 W, Henry, MO
Built 1961 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 1,268
MO 7 S
FairOver: BLACK OAK CR
S 19 T 43 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 1932 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 16,739
SW600
FairOver: BEAR CR
S 10 T 40 N R 27 W, Henry, MO
Built 1993 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 50
MO 13 S
FairOver: COAL CR
S 12 T 40 N R 26 W, Henry, MO
Built 1964 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 16,399
MO 2 E
FairOver: MISSEM CR
S 3 T 43 N R 25 W, Henry, MO
Built 1930 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 920
MO 7 S
FairOver: ROSE CR
S 32 T 42 N R 26 W, Henry, MO
Built 1932 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 17,068
NE1130
FairOver: MID FK TEBO CR
S 7 T 43 N R 24 W, Henry, MO
Built 1995 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 40
SW 351
FairOver: DEEPWATER CR
S 5 T 40 N R 26 W, Henry, MO
Built 2001 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 50
MO 52 E
FairOver: DEER CR
S 30 T 42 N R 25 W, Henry, MO
Built 1925 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 3,623
NW1250
FairOver: BR OF HONEY CR
S 1 T 43 N R 27 W, Henry, MO
Built 1935 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 33
NE 400
FairOver: BR OF BARKERS CR
S 14 T 42 N R 24 W, Henry, MO
Built 2001 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 20
RT K S
FairOver: S GRAND RVR
S 10 T 42 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 1939 Load: 46.8 t ADT: 1,282
NE1071
FairOver: E FK TEBO CR
S 27 T 43 N R 24 W, Henry, MO
Built 1998 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 40
NW 1271
FairOver: BR OF BRUSHY CR
S 11 T 43 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 1995 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 50
MO 7 N
FairOver: BIG CR OVRFL 2
S 22 T 42 N R 27 W, Henry, MO
Built 1997 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 7,834
NW 1551
FairOver: BOGARD CR
S 5 T 43 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 1996 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 30
SW350
FairOver: WILLOW BR
S 29 T 41 N R 27 W, Henry, MO
Built 1997 Load: 50.4 t ADT: 60
SW751
FairOver: TRAP CR
S 27 T 40 N R 27 W, Henry, MO
Built 1995 Load: 50.4 t ADT: 20
SW 1601
FairOver: S DEEPWATER CR
S 5 T 40 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 1993 Load: 50.4 t ADT: 125
SW 550
FairOver: BEAR CR
S 2 T 40 N R 27 W, Henry, MO
Built 2005 Load: 51.3 t ADT: 10
SW 1601
FairOver: ELM BR
S 32 T 41 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 1980 Load: 51.3 t ADT: 40
NE 1000
FairOver: BR MIDDLE FORK CR
S 20 T 43 N R 24 W, Henry, MO
Built 2001 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 55
MO 7 S
FairOver: HALWELL CR
S 35 T 43 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 1997 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 16,195
NE 470
FairOver: TRIB BARKERS CR
S 15 T 42 N R 24 W, Henry, MO
Built 2015 Load: 54.9 t ADT: 20
DIVISION RD
FairOver: BR CAMP CR
S 11 T 41 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 1985 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 25
NW1571
FairOver: BOGARD CR
S 32 T 42 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 2001 Load: 63.0 t ADT: 50
MO 2 E
FairOver: E TEBO CR
S 2 T 43 N R 24 W, Henry, MO
Built 1934 Load: 66.6 t ADT: 1,367
NW 1301 RD S
FairOver: HOLWELL BR
S 34 T 43 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 1988 Load: 70.2 t ADT: 56
NE 900
FairOver: E FK TEBO CR
S 27 T 43 N R 24 W, Henry, MO
Built 1995 Load: 76.5 t ADT: 20
MO 7 S
FairOver: HOLWELL BR
S 35 T 43 N R 28 W, Henry, MO
Built 1988 Load: 77.4 t ADT: 16,195
NW1050
FairOver: BR OF BIG CR
S 16 T 43 N R 27 W, Henry, MO
Built 1992 Load: 83.7 t ADT: 20
SW501
FairOver: BR OF MARSHALL CR
S 30 T 40 N R 26 W, Henry, MO
Built 1991 Load: 86.4 t ADT: 35
NE1400
GoodOver: TEBO CR
S 32 T 44 N R 24 W, Henry, MO
Built 1935 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 40
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