Total bridges
300
Public highway bridges in Newton County
County profile · official public datasets
Newton County, MO
300 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 39% rated Good, 54.3% Fair, 6.7% Poor.
- 300
- Public bridges
- 39%
- Good condition
- 6.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Newton County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 33%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 6.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 300
- 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.
Newton County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Newton County ranks #38 of 115 Missouri counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.7%). Newton County, Missouri contains 300 public highway bridges. Roughly 39% are rated “Good,” 54.3% “Fair,” and 6.7% “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.
Good condition
39%
117 of 300 rated 7-9
Fair condition
54.3%
163 of 300 rated 5-6
Poor condition
6.7%
20 of 300 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#38 of 115
Among Missouri counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 300 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 39% (117)
Fair 54.3% (163)
Poor 6.7% (20)
Newton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 91,348 vehicle crossings a day
That is 9.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 4,567 crossings a day against 2,734 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 300 of 300 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
36.7% of Newton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
110 of the 300 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 39% 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 25.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
IS 44 W over MO 43 MO 86, built 1956, carries 23,370 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 20-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 91,348 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Newton County's bridges were built
300 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 2
1900–1909
2 bridges
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 7
1920–1929
7 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
48 bridges
- 1940s 16
1940–1949
16 bridges
- 1950s 18
1950–1959
18 bridges
- 1960s 15
1960–1969
15 bridges
- 1970s 8
1970–1979
8 bridges
- 1980s 19
1980–1989
19 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
77 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
54 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
32 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 77 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.7% 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 Newton County compares with Missouri's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Missouri counties nearest Newton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.7% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 114 Missouri counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linn County | 313 | 39% | 43.5% | 17.6% | 1980 |
| Callaway County | 303 | 39.3% | 54.5% | 6.3% | 1978 |
| Adair County | 301 | 60.8% | 32.6% | 6.6% | 1992 |
| Newton County (this page) | 300 | 39% | 54.3% | 6.7% | 1978 |
| Macon County | 291 | 42.6% | 49.8% | 7.6% | 1986 |
| Chariton County | 288 | 53.5% | 35.1% | 11.5% | 1976 |
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 Newton 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 Newton County, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MO (300 bridges here).
- DeKalb County, AL · 300 bridges
- Christian County, KY · 300 bridges
- Washington County, MD · 300 bridges
- Dawson County, NE · 300 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.
Fair-condition bridges (163)
RT O S
FairOver: EDMONDSON HOLLOW
S 29 T 24 N R 30 W, Newton, MO
Built 1967 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 613
RT DD E
FairOver: MASON SPR BR
S 27 T 24 N R 34 W, Newton, MO
Built 2011 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 289
MO 59 S
FairOver: DRY BR
S 15 T 26 N R 31 W, Newton, MO
Built 1930 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 10,392
MO 59 S
FairOver: SHOAL CR
S 33 T 26 N R 31 W, Newton, MO
Built 1984 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 6,720
IS 44 E
FairOver: CST GLENDALE RD CST C
S 27 T 27 N R 33 W, Newton, MO
Built 1956 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 18,204
IS 44 W
FairOver: CST CASTLE DR CST GLEND
S 27 T 27 N R 33 W, Newton, MO
Built 1956 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 18,599
IS 44 E
FairOver: MO 86 MO 43
S 26 T 27 N R 33 W, Newton, MO
Built 1956 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 18,204
CARVER RD
FairOver: BAYNHAM BR
S 17 T 26 N R 31 W, Newton, MO
Built 2000 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 100
OTTAWA ST
FairOver: LIT LOST CR
S 35 T 25 N R 34 W, Newton, MO
Built 2008 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 350
LIME KILN RD
FairOver: SHOAL CR
S 7 T 25 N R 31 W, Newton, MO
Built 1980 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 1,000
CARVER RD
FairOver: TRIB OF GROVE CR
S 30 T 27 N R 31 W, Newton, MO
Built 1998 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 100
44TH ST
FairOver: SILVER CR
S 24 T 27 N R 33 W, Newton, MO
Built 2006 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 3,513
RT D E
FairOver: INDIAN CR
S 23 T 24 N R 31 W, Newton, MO
Built 1985 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 785
US 60 E
FairOver: SHOAL CR
S 5 T 25 N R 29 W, Newton, MO
Built 1992 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 3,442
COYOTE DR
FairOver: FIVE MILE CR
S 20 T 26 N R 33 W, Newton, MO
Built 2000 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 400
RT E S
FairOver: GUM SPRING CR
S 31 T 26 N R 30 W, Newton, MO
Built 1974 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 1,529
LIME KILN DR
FairOver: CARVER BR
S 14 T 26 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 2001 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 250
LIME KILN DR
FairOver: BAYNHAM BR
S 24 T 26 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 2002 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 250
RACCOON RD
FairOver: TRIB OF JONES CR
S 4 T 26 N R 30 W, Newton, MO
Built 2009 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 25
SPRUCE DR
FairOver: BULLSKIN CR
S 35 T 24 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 1999 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 40
MO 86 E
FairOver: SPRING BR
S 19 T 25 N R 31 W, Newton, MO
Built 2010 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 3,154
VIXEN RD
FairOver: DOUTHIT BR
S 17 T 26 N R 29 W, Newton, MO
Built 2001 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 25
RT E S
FairOver: JONES CR
S 32 T 27 N R 30 W, Newton, MO
Built 1982 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 294
MCCUTCHEON LN
FairOver: THURMAN CR
S 20 T 27 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 2001 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 50
MO 43 S
FairOver: BOILING SPRINGS BR
S 16 T 24 N R 34 W, Newton, MO
Built 2011 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 2,010
BU 60 E
FairOver: DTCH
S 25 T 25 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 1957 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 13,249
US 60 E
FairOver: DRY BR
S 2 T 25 N R 31 W, Newton, MO
Built 1987 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 5,828
MO 59 S
FairOver: BAYNHAM BR
S 15 T 26 N R 31 W, Newton, MO
Built 1988 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 10,392
US 60 E
FairOver: MACDOUGAL CR
S 12 T 24 N R 34 W, Newton, MO
Built 1964 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 6,597
MO 37 S
FairOver: BR CENTER CR
S 28 T 27 N R 29 W, Newton, MO
Built 1965 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 2,178
RT E S
FairOver: CULPEPPER CR
S 31 T 26 N R 30 W, Newton, MO
Built 1974 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 1,529
MO 43 S
FairOver: IS 44
S 4 T 26 N R 33 W, Newton, MO
Built 1996 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 9,924
LP 49 S
FairOver: SMITH BR
S 7 T 26 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 1939 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 4,820
ASPEN RD
FairOver: TRIB OF CENTER CR
S 21 T 27 N R 29 W, Newton, MO
Built 1930 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 40
IS 44 E
FairOver: LP 49
S 19 T 27 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 2013 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 41,008
IRIS RD
FairOver: WILLOW BR
S 35 T 26 N R 33 W, Newton, MO
Built 1999 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 600
IS 49 N
FairOver: BUFFALO DRY BR
S 7 T 24 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 1998 Load: 46.8 t ADT: 8,125
RT CC S
FairOver: LIT LOST CR
S 27 T 25 N R 33 W, Newton, MO
Built 1983 Load: 46.8 t ADT: 1,219
MO 43 S
FairOver: MASON SPR CR
S 20 T 24 N R 34 W, Newton, MO
Built 1989 Load: 46.8 t ADT: 2,010
IS 49 S
FairOver: CRD MULBERRY RD
S 21 T 25 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 1996 Load: 46.8 t ADT: 9,776
IS 49 N
FairOver: US 60
S 34 T 25 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 1999 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 8,125
DEPOT RD
FairOver: HICKORY CR
S 26 T 25 N R 31 W, Newton, MO
Built 2009 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 75
MAGADAM RD CONNECT
FairOver: W HIGH SCHOOL BR
S 24 T 25 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 1992 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 950
DOUGLAS FIR RD
FairOver: BR OF FIVE MILE CR
S 7 T 26 N R 33 W, Newton, MO
Built 2004 Load: 50.4 t ADT: 500
IS 49 S
FairOver: CRD IRIS RD
S 4 T 25 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 1996 Load: 51.3 t ADT: 12,253
ROSEBAY DR
FairOver: TRIB BUFFALO CR
S 28 T 24 N R 33 W, Newton, MO
Built 2008 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 100
IS 49 S
FairOver: SHOAL CR DRAIN ARE
S 9 T 26 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 1993 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 24,986
BU 60 E
FairOver: SLOAN CR
S 8 T 25 N R 31 W, Newton, MO
Built 1930 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 4,750
IS 49 N
FairOver: CRD HOLLY RD
S 28 T 26 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 1995 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 13,867
REDDINGS RD
FairOver: THURMAN CR
S 31 T 27 N R 32 W, Newton, MO
Built 2000 Load: 54.9 t ADT: 400
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