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Texas County, MO

162 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 26.5% rated Good, 66% Fair, 7.4% Poor.

162
Public bridges
26.5%
Good condition
7.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Texas County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 38%
lowest Poor share in state
7.4%
Poor-condition share
162
public highway bridges
1963
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.

Texas County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Texas County ranks #44 of 115 Missouri counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.4%). Texas County, Missouri contains 162 public highway bridges. Roughly 26.5% are rated “Good,” 66% “Fair,” and 7.4% “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.

Total bridges

162

Public highway bridges in Texas County

Good condition

26.5%

43 of 162 rated 7-9

Fair condition

66%

107 of 162 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.4%

12 of 162 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#44 of 115

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

Condition distribution

Share of 162 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
26.5% (43)
Fair
66% (107)
Poor
7.4% (12)

Texas County's Poor-condition bridges carry 22,260 vehicle crossings a day

That is 8.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,855 crossings a day against 564 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 162 of 162 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

68.5% of Texas County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

111 of the 162 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 26.5% 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 26.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 60 W over BEELER CR, built 1926, carries 5,969 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 12-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 22,260 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Texas County's bridges were built

162 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 30 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1963, 16 years older than the Missouri average of 1979.

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

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

The 5 Missouri counties nearest Texas County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.4% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1963 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 14 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Texas County and the 5 Missouri counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
St. Francois County 165 10.3%
Montgomery County 163 6.1%
Randolph County 163 3.1%
Andrew County 162 14.8%
Texas County (this page) 162 7.4%
Dade County 161 5%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MO (162 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MO (1963 here).

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

All 162 Good 43 Fair 107 Poor 12

All bridges (162)

US 63 S

Fair

Over: INDIAN CR

S 19 T 30 N R 9 W, Texas, MO

Built 1996 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 6,113

US 63 S

Fair

Over: SPRING CR

S 1 T 32 N R 9 W, Texas, MO

Built 1961 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 4,698

MO 137 S

Fair

Over: HOBBS BR

S 20 T 30 N R 8 W, Texas, MO

Built 1982 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 648

UPTON RD

Fair

Over: W FK OF ROUBIDOUX

S 19 T 31 N R 11 W, Texas, MO

Built 1976 Load: 54.0 t ADT: 50

MO 137 S

Fair

Over: BENDER CR

S 5 T 31 N R 8 W, Texas, MO

Built 1982 Load: 63.0 t ADT: 918

US 60 E

Fair

Over: BEAVER CR BR

S 3 T 28 N R 12 W, Texas, MO

Built 1974 Load: 71.1 t ADT: 17,504

US 63 S

Fair

Over: BOONE CR

S 24 T 32 N R 9 W, Texas, MO

Built 1961 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 5,824

COLBURN RD

Good

Over: BR OF POTTERS CR

S 22 T 28 N R 10 W, Texas, MO

Built 1995 Load: 9.9 t ADT: 30

SHAFER RD

Good

Over: SHERRILL CR

S 24 T 33 N R 9 W, Texas, MO

Built 1922 Load: 12.6 t ADT: 150

CEDAR ST

Good

Over: PINEY RVR

S 12 T 28 N R 11 W, Texas, MO

Built 1972 Load: 14.4 t ADT: 200

PUMP STA RD

Good

Over: CREEK

S 4 T 33 N R 11 W, Texas, MO

Built 1939 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 30

JACKS FORK RD

Good

Over: N PRONG JACKS FK R

S 29 T 28 N R 7 W, Texas, MO

Built 1990 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 200

RED SPRING RD

Good

Over: BEAVER CR

S 34 T 29 N R 12 W, Texas, MO

Built 1925 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 200

ARMSTRONG RD

Good

Over: SPURLOCK HOLLOW

S 23 T 30 N R 11 W, Texas, MO

Built 1984 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 30

PADDY CHAPEL RD

Good

Over: BIG PADDY CR

S 7 T 32 N R 10 W, Texas, MO

Built 1982 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 15

ELK CR DR

Good

Over: ELK CR

S 13 T 29 N R 10 W, Texas, MO

Built 1932 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 75

BRUSHY CR RD

Good

Over: BRUSHY CR

S 8 T 30 N R 9 W, Texas, MO

Built 1960 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 150

CLEVELAND RD

Good

Over: INDIAN CR

S 24 T 30 N R 10 W, Texas, MO

Built 1974 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 30

MINERAL DR

Good

Over: BRUSHY CR

S 6 T 30 N R 9 W, Texas, MO

Built 2013 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 250

GREENWOOD RD

Good

Over: CREEK

S 21 T 29 N R 11 W, Texas, MO

Built 1995 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 25

JACKS FORK RD

Good

Over: S PRONG JACKS FK R

S 29 T 28 N R 7 W, Texas, MO

Built 1990 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 200

PRESCOTT RD

Good

Over: ARTHUR-BENDER CR

S 4 T 31 N R 9 W, Texas, MO

Built 1986 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 40

US 63 S

Good

Over: BENDER CR

S 14 T 31 N R 9 W, Texas, MO

Built 1961 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 5,731

MO 137 S

Good

Over: BR BIG CR

S 5 T 29 N R 8 W, Texas, MO

Built 1932 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 214

RT W S

Good

Over: GRASSY HOLLOW

S 9 T 28 N R 7 W, Texas, MO

Built 1949 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 108

GETTYS RD

Good

Over: INDIAN CR

S 19 T 30 N R 9 W, Texas, MO

Built 1930 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 30

SARGENT RD

Good

Over: POTTERS CR

S 22 T 28 N R 10 W, Texas, MO

Built 1994 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 150

GREENWOOD RD

Good

Over: CREEK

S 21 T 29 N R 11 W, Texas, MO

Built 1995 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 25

RT AK E

Good

Over: CEDAR GROVE BR

S 5 T 29 N R 11 W, Texas, MO

Built 1956 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 78

WALNUT ST

Good

Over: TRIB OF PINEY RVR

S 12 T 28 N R 11 W, Texas, MO

Built 2010 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 30

MO 137 S

Good

Over: N FK JACKS FK RVR

S 32 T 29 N R 8 W, Texas, MO

Built 2011 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 165

US 63 S

Good

Over: SHERRILL CR

S 6 T 33 N R 8 W, Texas, MO

Built 1961 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 4,335

BOILING SPRINGS RD

Good

Over: BIG PINEY RVR

S 24 T 32 N R 10 W, Texas, MO

Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 150

SAND SHOALS RD

Good

Over: BIG PINEY RVR

S 8 T 31 N R 9 W, Texas, MO

Built 2000 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100

FLAT ROCK RD

Good

Over: ROUBIDOUX

S 4 T 31 N R 11 W, Texas, MO

Built 2001 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 20

AIRPORT RD

Good

Over: BIG PINEY RVR

S 7 T 28 N R 10 W, Texas, MO

Built 2010 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 300

LUNDY RD

Good

Over: PINEY CR

S 20 T 30 N R 10 E, Texas, MO

Built 2019 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 40

MO 17 S

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

S 3 T 29 N R 8 W, Texas, MO

Built 2020 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 1,472

CAMP RD

Good

Over: BIG PINEY RVR

S 34 T 30 N R 10 W, Texas, MO

Built 2011 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 250

BEELER RD

Good

Over: POTTER CR

S 16 T 28 N R 10 W, Texas, MO

Built 2016 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 100

MO 17 S

Good

Over: SPRING VALLEY CR

S 25 T 29 N R 7 W, Texas, MO

Built 1997 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 4,110

AIRPORT RD

Good

Over: BEELER CR

S 7 T 28 N R 10 W, Texas, MO

Built 2018 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 330

MO 32 E

Good

Over: ROUBIDOUX CR

S 2 T 32 N R 12 W, Texas, MO

Built 2003 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 1,389

LONE PINE RD

Good

Over: BEAVER CR

S 34 T 29 N R 12 W, Texas, MO

Built 1975 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 100

MO 17 S

Good

Over: JACKS FK RVR

S 36 T 28 N R 7 W, Texas, MO

Built 2005 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 2,243

MO 32 E

Good

Over: DOOLITTLE CR

S 3 T 32 N R 12 W, Texas, MO

Built 2003 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 757

STULTZ RD

Good

Over: BR OF ELK CR

S 20 T 29 N R 9 W, Texas, MO

Built 2012 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 25

AIRPORT RD

Good

Over: POTTERS CR

S 8 T 28 N R 10 W, Texas, MO

Built 2020 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 300

EVANS RD

Good

Over: FORD CR

S 2 T 29 N R 8 W, Texas, MO

Built 2021 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 50

DOGWOOD RD

Good

Over: N FK OF WHITE RVR

S 30 T 28 N R 11 W, Texas, MO

Built 2010 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 30

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