Total bridges
120
Public highway bridges in Schuyler County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
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.
When Schuyler County's bridges were built
120 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 6
1920–1929
6 bridges
- 1930s 5
1930–1939
5 bridges
- 1940s 6
1940–1949
6 bridges
- 1950s 11
1950–1959
11 bridges
- 1960s 4
1960–1969
4 bridges
- 1980s 3
1980–1989
3 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
18 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
41 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
20 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
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.
| 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.
Poor-condition bridges (4)
FOX PEN RD
PoorOver: TRIB OF CHARITON R
S 35 T 65 N R 16 W, Schuyler, MO
Built 1987 Load: 13.5 t ADT: 30
US 63 S
PoorOver: S FK MID FABIUS RV
S 3 T 65 N R 15 W, Schuyler, MO
Built 1947 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 4,380
RT N S
PoorOver: LEWIS CR
S 20 T 66 N R 13 W, Schuyler, MO
Built 1948 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 516
US 136 E
PoorOver: ELM CR
S 31 T 66 N R 15 W, Schuyler, MO
Built 1958 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 1,138
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