Total bridges
119
Public highway bridges in Laclede County
County profile · official public datasets
Laclede County, MO
119 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 31.1% rated Good, 58.8% Fair, 10.1% Poor.
- 119
- Public bridges
- 31.1%
- Good condition
- 10.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Laclede County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 70th
- of 115 on Poor share
- 10.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 119
- public highway bridges
- 1971
- 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.
Laclede County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Laclede County ranks #70 of 115 Missouri counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 10.1%). Laclede County, Missouri contains 119 public highway bridges. Roughly 31.1% are rated “Good,” 58.8% “Fair,” and 10.1% “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
31.1%
37 of 119 rated 7-9
Fair condition
58.8%
70 of 119 rated 5-6
Poor condition
10.1%
12 of 119 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#70 of 115
Among Missouri counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 119 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 31.1% (37)
Fair 58.8% (70)
Poor 10.1% (12)
Laclede County's Poor-condition bridges carry 29,236 vehicle crossings a day
That is 8.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 10.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,436 crossings a day against 2,331 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 119 of 119 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
56.3% of Laclede County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
67 of the 119 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 31.1% 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 51.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
IS 44 W over GASCONADE RVR OVRF, built 1956, carries 15,050 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 12-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 29,236 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Laclede County's bridges were built
119 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 4
1900–1909
4 bridges
- 1920s 3
1920–1929
3 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
11 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
12 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
20 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
10 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
12 bridges
- 1980s 7
1980–1989
7 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
12 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
10 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
15 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 20 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1971, 8 years older than the Missouri average of 1979.
How Laclede County compares with Missouri's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Missouri counties nearest Laclede County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 10.1% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1971 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 114 Missouri counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian County | 121 | 41.3% | 51.2% | 7.4% | 1978 |
| Perry County | 120 | 27.5% | 55% | 17.5% | 1965 |
| Schuyler County | 120 | 65.8% | 30.8% | 3.3% | 1989 |
| Laclede County (this page) | 119 | 31.1% | 58.8% | 10.1% | 1971 |
| Crawford County | 118 | 28.8% | 63.6% | 7.6% | 1970 |
| Madison County | 118 | 33.1% | 47.5% | 19.5% | 1965 |
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 Laclede 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 Laclede County, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MO (119 bridges here).
- Carroll County, AR · 119 bridges
- Grant County, AR · 119 bridges
- Stafford County, KS · 119 bridges
- Grayson County, KY · 119 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MO (1971 here).
- Wayne County, MI · avg 1971 · 1,026 bridges
- Baltimore County, MD · avg 1971 · 783 bridges
- Washington County, PA · avg 1971 · 655 bridges
- Linn County, OR · avg 1971 · 566 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (119)
OR 44 E
GoodOver: GASCONADE RVR
S 15 T 35 N R 14 W, Laclede, MO
Built 2018 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 378
MO 5 S
GoodOver: OSAGE FK OVRFL GAS
S 28 T 33 N R 15 W, Laclede, MO
Built 2013 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 2,434
SKYLARK DR
GoodOver: STEINS CR
S 36 T 33 N R 15 W, Laclede, MO
Built 2018 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 40
FINCH RD
GoodOver: GOODWIN HOLLOW
S 9 T 34 N R 16 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1997 Load: 46.8 t ADT: 500
MO 32 E
GoodOver: MILL CR
S 14 T 33 N R 13 W, Laclede, MO
Built 2012 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 1,018
INDEPENDENCE RD
GoodOver: GOODWIN HOLLOW
S 21 T 35 N R 16 W, Laclede, MO
Built 2020 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 130
GRINDSTONE RD
GoodOver: BR OF BEAR CR
S 5 T 34 N R 15 W, Laclede, MO
Built 2004 Load: 61.2 t ADT: 150
ELK RD
PoorOver: NELSON CR
S 25 T 34 N R 13 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1978 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 40
RT O E
PoorOver: GASCONADE RVR
S 7 T 32 N R 13 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1958 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 372
ATLANTA RD
PoorOver: OSAGE FK
S 31 T 33 N R 15 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1900 Load: 9.9 t ADT: 50
ARBOR RD
PoorOver: PANTHER CR
S 16 T 32 N R 17 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1948 Load: 12.6 t ADT: 15
RT B S
PoorOver: OSAGE FK
S 7 T 33 N R 14 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1964 Load: 12.6 t ADT: 1,112
RT T S
PoorOver: BEAR CR
S 5 T 35 N R 14 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1938 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 946
OR 44 E
PoorOver: BEAR CR
S 28 T 35 N R 15 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1923 Load: 21.6 t ADT: 416
IS 44 W
PoorOver: GASCONADE RVR OVRF
S 15 T 35 N R 14 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1956 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 15,050
RT FF E
PoorOver: BEAR CR
S 35 T 36 N R 14 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1955 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 183
RT J E
PoorOver: IS 44
S 7 T 32 N R 17 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1967 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 3,382
MO 64 E
PoorOver: GOODWIN CR
S 4 T 34 N R 16 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1931 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 7,094
RT BB S
PoorOver: AUGLAIZE CR
S 19 T 36 N R 15 W, Laclede, MO
Built 1954 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 576
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