County profile · official public datasets

Stoddard County, MO

434 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.1% rated Good, 53.2% Fair, 3.7% Poor.

434
Public bridges
43.1%
Good condition
3.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Stoddard County posts a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 8%
lowest Poor share in state
3.7%
Poor-condition share
434
public highway bridges
1976
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.

Stoddard County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Stoddard County ranks #9 of 115 Missouri counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.7%). Stoddard County, Missouri contains 434 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.1% are rated “Good,” 53.2% “Fair,” and 3.7% “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

434

Public highway bridges in Stoddard County

Good condition

43.1%

187 of 434 rated 7-9

Fair condition

53.2%

231 of 434 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.7%

16 of 434 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#9 of 115

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

Condition distribution

Share of 434 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
43.1% (187)
Fair
53.2% (231)
Poor
3.7% (16)

Stoddard County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,482 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 593 crossings a day against 1,065 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 434 of 434 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

49.1% of Stoddard County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

213 of the 434 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 43.1% 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 27.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

MO 114 E over DEXTER CR, built 1934, carries 2,605 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 16-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 9,482 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Stoddard County's bridges were built

434 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 67 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Missouri average (1979).

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

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

The 5 Missouri counties nearest Stoddard County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.7% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1984 is 8 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Stoddard County and the 5 Missouri counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Jasper County 471 11%
Clay County 436 6.9%
Stoddard County (this page) 434 3.7%
St. Charles County 417 3.4%
Jefferson County 411 3.4%
Vernon County 401 4.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MO (434 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MO (1976 here).

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

All 434 Good 187 Fair 231 Poor 16

Good-condition bridges (187)

COUNTY RD 784

Good

Over: LIT RVR DRAIN DTCH

S 9 T 23 N R 12 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2001 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY RD 413

Good

Over: DELAWARE CR

S 4 T 25 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2016 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 100

COUNTY RD 552

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 25 T 26 N R 12 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1989 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 15

COUNTY RD 783

Good

Over: LIT RVR DRAIN DTCH

S 5 T 23 N R 12 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2001 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 50

COUNTY RD 684

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 11 T 23 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1968 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 413

Good

Over: DELAWARE CR

S 28 T 26 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1930 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 100

COUNTY RD 702

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 16 T 25 N R 11 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2003 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 100

COUNTY RD 712

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 15 T 25 N R 11 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1963 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 675

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 29 T 24 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2001 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 150

COUNTY RD 742

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 2 T 24 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1999 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 15

US 60 E

Good

Over: OLD LICK CR

S 22 T 25 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1956 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 19,534

RT D E

Good

Over: BESS SLU

S 8 T 24 N R 11 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1940 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 345

COUNTY RD 206

Good

Over: LIT RVR DRAIN DTCH

S 3 T 28 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1997 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 25

COUNTY RD 306

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 4 T 28 N R 11 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1973 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 354

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 4 T 27 N R 12 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 372

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 9 T 27 N R 12 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 750

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 1 T 24 N R 11 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1999 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 40

COUNTY RD 624

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 29 T 25 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 657

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 24 T 25 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 476

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 7 T 25 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 488

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 17 T 25 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 271

Good

Over: OLD DUCK CR

S 4 T 27 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1900 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 40

COUNTY RD 267

Good

Over: OLD DUCK CR

S 3 T 27 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 223

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK DTCH

S 3 T 27 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50

COUNTY RD 306

Good

Over: LIT RVR DRAIN DTCH

S 5 T 28 N R 11 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2002 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50

COUNTY RD 388

Good

Over: WHITEWATER DTCH

S 30 T 28 N R 12 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2002 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 354

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 5 T 27 N R 12 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2001 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 405

Good

Over: CREEK

S 10 T 25 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2005 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100

ONE MILE RD S

Good

Over: US 60

S 15 T 25 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 10,704

HEATON RD

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 15 T 25 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2017 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 742

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 1 T 24 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2013 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 467

Good

Over: DITCH NO 12

S 15 T 26 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2018 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 75

COUNTY RD 780

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 2 T 23 N R 11 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2020 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35

TOUR ROUTE

Good

Over: DITCH 1

SEC 7 T27N R9E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

COUNTY RD 554

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 32 T 26 N R 12 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1968 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 675

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 20 T 24 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2001 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 100

COUNTY RD 668

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 29 T 24 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2003 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 35

COUNTY RD 672

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 29 T 24 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2003 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 15

COUNTY RD 772

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH NO 8

S 35 T 24 N R 11 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2006 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 100

COUNTY RD 760

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 18 T 24 N R 11 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2005 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 30

COUNTY RD 499

Good

Over: MINGO SPLWY DTCH

S 17 T 26 N R 8 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2010 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 100

RT BB S

Good

Over: CASTOR RVR

S 21 T 27 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2011 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 310

POOL 6 ROAD

Good

Over: DITCH 3

SEC 13 T27N R9E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1988 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 5

COUNTY RD 766

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 22 T 24 N R 11 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1995 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 50

COUNTY RD 624

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH

S 27 T 25 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1996 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 50

COUNTY RD 223

Good

Over: OLD CASTOR RVR

S 26 T 27 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 1998 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 50

COUNTY RD 250

Good

Over: DRAIN DTCH 107

S 9 T 27 N R 9 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2007 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 50

COUNTY RD 780

Good

Over: HORRELL CR

S 10 T 32 N R 12 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2006 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 100

RT K E

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

S 5 T 27 N R 10 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2010 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 272

RT T S

Good

Over: TURKEY CR

S 7 T 26 N R 8 E, Stoddard, MO

Built 2019 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 1,187

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Related

Browse all → | Rankings →
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.