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Livingston County, MO

185 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 34.1% rated Good, 50.3% Fair, 15.7% Poor.

185
Public bridges
34.1%
Good condition
15.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

100th
of 115 on Poor share
15.7%
Poor-condition share
185
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.

Livingston County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Livingston County ranks #100 of 115 Missouri counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 15.7%). Livingston County, Missouri contains 185 public highway bridges. Roughly 34.1% are rated “Good,” 50.3% “Fair,” and 15.7% “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

185

Public highway bridges in Livingston County

Good condition

34.1%

63 of 185 rated 7-9

Fair condition

50.3%

93 of 185 rated 5-6

Poor condition

15.7%

29 of 185 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#100 of 115

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

Condition distribution

Share of 185 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
34.1% (63)
Fair
50.3% (93)
Poor
15.7% (29)

Livingston County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,659 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 15.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 92 crossings a day against 280 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 185 of 185 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

46.5% of Livingston County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

86 of the 185 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 34.1% 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 23.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

RT D S over SHOAL CR DRAIN DTC, built 1954, carries 614 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 29-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,659 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Livingston County's bridges were built

185 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 31 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 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Missouri average (1979).

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

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

The 5 Missouri counties nearest Livingston County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 15.7% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Livingston County and the 5 Missouri counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Grundy County 187 11.2%
Marion County 186 9.1%
Polk County 185 20.5%
Ray County 185 12.4%
Livingston County (this page) 185 15.7%
Scott County 182 6.6%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MO (185 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MO (1978 here).

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

All 185 Good 63 Fair 93 Poor 29

Good-condition bridges (63)

COUNTY RD 424

Good

Over: MOUND CR

S 17 T 56 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1981 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY RD 437

Good

Over: BRANCH OF BRUSH CR

S 34 T 57 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1986 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 15

COUNTY RD 222

Good

Over: CROOKED CR

S 8 T 58 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1970 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 25

COUNTY RD 514

Good

Over: OWL CR

S 29 T 59 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2018 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 5

COUNTY RD 385

Good

Over: BR OF TOWSTRING CR

S 35 T 56 N R 22 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2010 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 40

COUNTY RD 385`

Good

Over: TOWSTRING CR

S 25 T 56 N R 22 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2010 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 40

COUNTY RD 387

Good

Over: TOWSTRING CR

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

Built 1984 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 30

COUNTY RD 210

Good

Over: GRASSY CR

S 19 T 59 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1998 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 25

COUNTY RD 443

Good

Over: MOUND CREEK

S 30 T 56 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1940 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 10

COUNTY RD 243

Good

Over: BLACKWELL BRANCH

S 7 T 57 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2011 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 420

Good

Over: BRUSH CR

S 3 T 56 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2014 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 20

COUNTRY RD 269

Good

Over: TRIB OF MUDDY CR

S 19 T 59 N R 22 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2017 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 15

COUNTY RD 210

Good

Over: BR OF CROOKED CR

S 20 T 59 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2004 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY RD 256

Good

Over: COON CR

S 3 T 57 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2017 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 100

COUNTY RD 235

Good

Over: COON CR

S 3 T 57 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2018 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 25

COUNTY RD 430

Good

Over: BR OF SHOAL CR

S 35 T 56 N R 25 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1999 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 515

Good

Over: BR OF BACHELOR CR

S 14 T 58 N R 25 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1998 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 50

COUNTY RD 389

Good

Over: TOWSTRING CR

S 31 T 56 N R 21 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2011 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 5

COUNTY RD 506

Good

Over: BRANCH OF CLEAR CR

S 7 T 59 N R 25 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 30

COUNTY RD 216

Good

Over: MUDDY CR

S 5 T 58 N R 22 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 30

COUNTY RD 216

Good

Over: BR OF MEDICINE CR

S 34 T 59 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2013 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 220

Good

Over: MUDDY CR

S 6 T 58 N R 22 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2013 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 15

COUNTY RD 247

Good

Over: N FK CROOKED CR

S 17 T 59 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2014 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 25

WOODCREST DR

Good

Over: TRIB OF COON CR

S 26 T 58 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2003 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 60

N FAIR ST

Good

Over: TRIB OF COON CR

S 26 T 58 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100

COUNTY RD 443

Good

Over: BR OF MOUND CR

S 24 T 56 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2024 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 15

COUNTY RD 232

Good

Over: BLACKWELL BR

S 31 T 58 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2002 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 5

COUNTY RD 242

Good

Over: LEEPER BR

S 8 T 57 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2008 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 35

POLK ST

Good

Over: COON CR

S 34 T 58 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1999 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 400

COUNTY RD 226

Good

Over: MUDDY CR

S 18 T 58 N R 22 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2002 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 40

COUNTY RD 525

Good

Over: POLE CAT CR

S 19 T 58 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2015 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 55

COUNTY RD 447

Good

Over: MOUND CR

S 17 T 56 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2000 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 208

Good

Over: N. FORK CROOKED CR

S 14 T 59 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2008 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 5

COUNTY RD 204

Good

Over: LIT MUDDY CR

S 4 T 59 N R 22 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1999 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY RD 214

Good

Over: CROOKED CR

S 30 T 59 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2003 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY RD 418

Good

Over: RATTLESNAKE CR

S 33 T 57 N R 25 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1999 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 30

RT W S

Good

Over: GEES CR

S 6 T 59 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2001 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 189

COUNTY ROAD 204

Good

Over: MUDDY CR

S 8 T 59 N R 22 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2002 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 20

COUNTY RD 516

Good

Over: OWL CR

S 33 T 59 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2003 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 10

COUNTY RD 320

Good

Over: BRIDGE CR

S 24 T 56 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1998 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 15

US 65 S

Good

Over: MOUND CR

S 6 T 56 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2003 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 2,227

COUNTY RD 403

Good

Over: SHOAL CR

S 19 T 56 N R 25 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1994 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 30

COUNTY RD 420

Good

Over: RATTLESNAKE CR

S 2 T 56 N R 25 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2004 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 5

COUNTY RD 206

Good

Over: LIT MUDDY CR

S 9 T 59 N R 22 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2007 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 40

COUNTY ROAD 236

Good

Over: LITTLE PARSONS CR

S 4 T 57 N R 22 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2022 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 20

RT C S

Good

Over: SHOAL CR

S 18 T 56 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2022 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 372

RT C S

Good

Over: SHOAL CRK DD

S 7 T 56 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2022 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 536

COUNTY RD 245

Good

Over: CROOKED CR

S 30 T 59 N R 23 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1999 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 35

RT V S

Good

Over: CANADIAN PACIFIC R

S 36 T 58 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 2013 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 740

COUNTY RD 431

Good

Over: CLEAR CR

S 29 T 56 N R 24 W, Livingston, MO

Built 1999 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 5

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