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Taney County, MO

151 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 31.1% rated Good, 58.9% Fair, 9.9% Poor.

151
Public bridges: 31.1%
Good condition: 9.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Taney 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.

67th
of 115 on Poor share: 9.9%
Poor-condition share: 151
public highway bridges: 1985
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.

Taney County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Taney County ranks #67 of 115 Missouri counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.9%). Taney County, Missouri contains 151 public highway bridges. Roughly 31.1% are rated “Good,” 58.9% “Fair,” and 9.9% “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

151

Public highway bridges in Taney County

Good condition

31.1%

47 of 151 rated 7-9

Fair condition

58.9%

89 of 151 rated 5-6

Poor condition

9.9%

15 of 151 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#67 of 115

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

Condition distribution

Share of 151 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

31.1% (47)

Fair

58.9% (89)

Poor

9.9% (15)

Taney County's Poor-condition bridges carry 57,898 vehicle crossings a day

That is 8.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 3,860 crossings a day against 3,261 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 151 of 151 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

31.1% of Taney County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

47 of the 151 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 31.1% 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 31.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 65 S over N EMORY CR, built 1963, carries 17,983 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 15-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 57,898 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

2
1930s

9
1940s

5
1950s

16
1960s

7
1970s

9
1980s

12
1990s

45
2000s

26
2010s

14
2020s

6

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 45 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1985, 6 years newer than the Missouri average of 1979.

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

The 5 Missouri counties nearest Taney County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.9% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 9 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Taney County and the 5 Missouri counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Washington County	157	33.8%	56.1%	10.2%	1966
Phelps County	156	28.2%	63.5%	8.3%	1968
Clinton County	152	34.9%	55.3%	9.9%	1983
Warren County	151	31.8%	64.2%	4%	1986
Taney County (this page)	151	31.1%	58.9%	9.9%	1985
McDonald County	145	25.5%	63.4%	11%	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 Taney 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 Taney County, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MO (151 bridges here).

Randolph County, AR · 151 bridges
Pasco County, FL · 151 bridges
St. Lucie County, FL · 151 bridges
Hall County, GA · 151 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MO (1985 here).

Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
Nueces County, TX · avg 1985 · 528 bridges
Grayson County, TX · avg 1985 · 513 bridges

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

All 151 Good 47 Fair 89 Poor 15

Fair-condition bridges (89)

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Taney County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Taney County's Poor-condition bridges carry 57,898 vehicle crossings a day

31.1% of Taney County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 31.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Taney 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

Fair-condition bridges (89)

TULLEYS RUN

COUNTY RD M-50

HODGE HOLLOW RD

COUNTY RD M-50A

CELTIC DR

CANE CREEK RD

STEHLE RD

CANEY CREEK RD

MO 125 S

COUNTY RD 160-290

CASEY RD

MO 76 E

RT AA S

MO 125 S

MO 125 S

CANEY CREEK RD

RD 160-125

ACACIA CLUB RD

MAPLE ST

MO 76 E

US 160 E

OLD HISTORIC 165

CANE CREEK RD

FALL CREEK RD

BRIAR CLIFF RD

RT FF E

US 65 S

MO 165 S

MO 76 E

GOODNIGHT HOLLOW

THUNDER RD

TREATMENT PLT ENT

VETERANS BLVD

MO 76 E

RT M S

MO 376 E

RT FF E

RT M S

RT M S

MO 248 E

US 65 N

US 65 S

RT H S

MO 76 E

VICTOR CHURCH RD E

BU 65 S

S EMORY CREEK RD

US 65 S

US 160 E

US 160 E

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