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Schuyler County, MO

120 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 65.8% rated Good, 30.8% Fair, 3.3% Poor.

120
Public bridges: 65.8%
Good condition: 3.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Schuyler County pairs a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 4%
lowest Poor share in state: 3.3%
Poor-condition share: 120
public highway bridges: 1989
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.

Schuyler County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Schuyler County ranks #5 of 115 Missouri counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.3%). Schuyler County, Missouri contains 120 public highway bridges. Roughly 65.8% are rated “Good,” 30.8% “Fair,” and 3.3% “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

120

Public highway bridges in Schuyler County

Good condition

65.8%

79 of 120 rated 7-9

Fair condition

30.8%

37 of 120 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.3%

4 of 120 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#5 of 115

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

Condition distribution

Share of 120 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

65.8% (79)

Fair

30.8% (37)

Poor

3.3% (4)

Schuyler County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,064 vehicle crossings a day

That is 13.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,516 crossings a day against 149 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 120 of 120 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

26.7% of Schuyler County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

32 of the 120 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 65.8% 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 72.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 63 S over S FK MID FABIUS RV, built 1947, carries 4,380 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 6,064 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

6
1930s

5
1940s

6
1950s

11
1960s

4
1980s

3
1990s

18
2000s

41
2010s

20
2020s

6

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 41 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 34.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1989, 10 years newer than the Missouri average of 1979.

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

The 5 Missouri counties nearest Schuyler County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.3% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 against a peer-group mean of 1970 is 19 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Schuyler County and the 5 Missouri counties closest to it in inventory size
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 (this page)	120	65.8%	30.8%	3.3%	1989
Laclede County	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 Schuyler 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 Schuyler County, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MO (120 bridges here).

Matanuska-Susitna County, AK · 120 bridges
Indian River County, FL · 120 bridges
Sanders County, MT · 120 bridges
Chaves County, NM · 120 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MO (1989 here).

Harris County, TX · avg 1989 · 4,029 bridges
Mecklenburg County, NC · avg 1989 · 746 bridges
Buffalo County, NE · avg 1989 · 459 bridges
Brazos County, TX · avg 1989 · 370 bridges

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

All 120 Good 79 Fair 37 Poor 4

Good-condition bridges (79)

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Schuyler County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Schuyler County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,064 vehicle crossings a day

26.7% of Schuyler County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 72.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (79)

ANDERSON RD

TURKEY STRUT RD

RT C E

VALLEY VIEW RD

VALLEY VIEW RD

RT H S

COUNTY RD 130

SWANSTON RD

GRANDVIEW AVE

HICKORY MOUND

SANCHEZ RD

RT V E

BUNKER HILL RD

FAIRVIEW RD

WALKING TRAIL

KERBY TIMBER RD

E BULL RUN RD

JOSHUA TREE LN

N TOWER RD

KELSO RD

ROBINSON RD

ROBINSON RD

COUNTY RD 100

BUCKTOWN RD

HAVENS RD

CART RD 160

E LONE PINE RD

RT A S

RANCH RD

US 63 S

FOUNTAIN RD

WALKING TRAIL

WEST GROVE RD

OUTEN RD

RT M S

HIGH HORN LN

RT A S

RANCH RD

RT J E

RT E E

HILLARD LN

RT C E

HARTFORD RD

RABBIT RUN RD

RT U S

S TOWER RD

RANCH RD

LIBERTY RD

LICK SKILLET RD

RANCH RD

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