Total bridges
396
Public highway bridges in Nodaway County
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Nodaway County, MO
396 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 48% rated Good, 37.6% Fair, 14.4% Poor.
- 396
- Public bridges
- 48%
- Good condition
- 14.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Nodaway County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- 90th
- of 115 on Poor share
- 14.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 396
- public highway bridges
- 1992
- 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.
Nodaway County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Nodaway County ranks #90 of 115 Missouri counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 14.4%). Nodaway County, Missouri contains 396 public highway bridges. Roughly 48% are rated “Good,” 37.6% “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
48%
190 of 396 rated 7-9
Fair condition
37.6%
149 of 396 rated 5-6
Poor condition
14.4%
57 of 396 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#90 of 115
Among Missouri counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 396 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 48% (190)
Fair 37.6% (149)
Poor 14.4% (57)
Nodaway County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,743 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 14.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 48 crossings a day against 148 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 396 of 396 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
19.2% of Nodaway County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
76 of the 396 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 48% 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 14.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
RT C E over MOSS BR, built 1932, carries 402 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 57-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,743 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Nodaway County's bridges were built
396 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 9
1930–1939
9 bridges
- 1940s 8
1940–1949
8 bridges
- 1950s 30
1950–1959
30 bridges
- 1960s 18
1960–1969
18 bridges
- 1970s 12
1970–1979
12 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
49 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
87 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
80 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
69 bridges
- 2020s 30
2020–2029
30 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 87 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1992, 13 years newer than the Missouri average of 1979.
How Nodaway County compares with Missouri's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Missouri counties nearest Nodaway County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 14.4% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1992 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is 7 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 114 Missouri counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles County | 417 | 32.4% | 64.3% | 3.4% | 1994 |
| Jefferson County | 411 | 33.6% | 63% | 3.4% | 1981 |
| Vernon County | 401 | 35.4% | 60.3% | 4.2% | 1988 |
| Nodaway County (this page) | 396 | 48% | 37.6% | 14.4% | 1992 |
| Cass County | 377 | 36.3% | 54.9% | 8.8% | 1983 |
| Cape Girardeau County | 374 | 35.8% | 59.1% | 5.1% | 1978 |
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 Nodaway 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 Nodaway County, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MO (396 bridges here).
- Humboldt County, CA · 396 bridges
- Somerset County, NJ · 397 bridges
- Essex County, MA · 395 bridges
- Creek County, OK · 395 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MO (1992 here).
- Johnson County, KS · avg 1992 · 781 bridges
- Wake County, NC · avg 1992 · 760 bridges
- Benton County, AR · avg 1992 · 410 bridges
- Cameron County, TX · avg 1992 · 355 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (149)
RT H S
FairOver: E FK JENKINS CR
S 9 T 62 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1959 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 88
RT V E
FairOver: ELKHORN CR
S 5 T 63 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1959 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 286
RT KK S
FairOver: ADKINS CR
S 1 T 65 N R 38 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1955 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 134
CATALINA RD
FairOver: TRIB TO NODAWAY RV
S 31 T 64 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1996 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 20
RT VV E
FairOver: LONG BR
S 19 T 63 N R 34 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1956 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 146
RT AB S
FairOver: FLORIDA CR
S 18 T 64 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1958 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 208
RT JJ E
FairOver: CLEAR CR
S 3 T 66 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1955 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 172
350 ST
FairOver: BR OF WILDCAT CR
S 34 T 63 N R 33 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1995 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 20
MO 246 E
FairOver: BEARD BR
S 6 T 66 N R 34 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1952 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 266
MO 113 S
FairOver: CAYHOGA CR
S 15 T 65 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2011 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 295
RT A E
FairOver: ELKHORN CR
S 11 T 62 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1953 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 1,729
JAYHAWK RD
FairOver: TRIB 102 RVR
S 15 T 62 N R 35 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1930 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 35
290TH ST
FairOver: BR OF WILDCAT CR
S 33 T 64 N R 33 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1989 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 35
132ND RD
FairOver: CLEAR CR
S 13 T 66 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 10
180TH ST
FairOver: NORVEY CR
S 2 T 65 N R 35 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 40
192ND ST
FairOver: S FRK
S 17 T 65 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 40
205TH ST
FairOver: 102 RVR
S 22 T 65 N R 35 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1986 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100
240TH ST
FairOver: FLORIDA CR
S 5 T 64 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2006 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 15
MO 113 N
FairOver: NODAWAY RVR OVRFL
S 9 T 63 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2011 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 476
RT V E
FairOver: BIG ELKHORN CR
S 6 T 63 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1959 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 286
RT KK S
FairOver: JERRY CR
S 17 T 66 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 156
210TH ST
FairOver: S FK OF CLEAR CR
S 21 T 65 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2005 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 35
NOBLE RD
FairOver: TRIB OF HONEY CR
S 11 T 65 N R 34 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1991 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 40
240TH ST
FairOver: NODAWAY RIVER
S 9 T 64 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2003 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 100
MO 246 E
FairOver: NORVEY CR
S 3 T 66 N R 34 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2010 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 136
MO 246 E
FairOver: HONEY CR
S 18 T 66 N R 33 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2011 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 381
MO 113 N
FairOver: SAND CR
S 21 T 64 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2012 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 265
NATURE TRAIL
FairOver: LONG BR
S 5 T 63 N R 34 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2001 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 15
300TH ST
FairOver: WILDCAT CR
S 6 T 63 N R 33 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2018 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 35
FAIRWAY RD
FairOver: WOLF CR
S 7 T 66 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1999 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 35
290TH ST
FairOver: LONG BR
S 32 T 64 N R 34 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2007 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 35
LIBERTY RD
FairOver: LONG BR
S 19 T 62 N R 34 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2012 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 35
RT DD E
FairOver: NODAWAY RVR
S 8 T 63 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1984 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 40
310 ST
FairOver: TRIB OF WILDCAT CR
S 9 T 63 N R 33 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1946 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 35
240TH ST
FairOver: FLORIDA CR
S 6 T 64 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2007 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 35
190TH ST
FairOver: LONG BR
S 9 T 65 N R 34 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2012 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 35
RT V E
FairOver: BIG ELKHORN CR
S 4 T 63 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1959 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 286
180TH ST
FairOver: MILL CR
S 6 T 65 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1995 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 35
140TH ST
FairOver: MOSS CR
S 16 T 66 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2000 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 100
140TH ST
FairOver: CLEAR CR
S 14 T 66 N R 36 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2009 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 35
MO 113 S
FairOver: NODAWAY RVR
S 9 T 63 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2011 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 476
MO 148 W
FairOver: 102 RVR
S 35 T 66 N R 35 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2001 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 2,844
160TH ST
FairOver: MILL CR
S 29 T 66 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1930 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 35
KATY RD
FairOver: BEARD BR
S 13 T 66 N R 35 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1986 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 35
PANTHER RD
FairOver: TRIB OF WILDCAT CR
S 32 T 63 N R 33 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1992 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 35
350 ST
FairOver: LONG BR
S 31 T 63 N R 34 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1987 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 100
FAIRWAY RD
FairOver: MUDDY CR
S 13 T 65 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2016 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 30
MO 148 W
FairOver: E FK 102 RVR
S 1 T 66 N R 35 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 1997 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 1,674
310TH ST
FairOver: LONG BR
S 8 T 63 N R 34 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2006 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 35
DYNASTY RD
FairOver: MUDDY CR
S 3 T 65 N R 37 W, Nodaway, MO
Built 2007 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 15
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