Total bridges
53
Public highway bridges in Meagher County
County profile · official public datasets
Meagher County, MT
53 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 20.8% rated Good, 69.8% Fair, 9.4% Poor.
- 53
- Public bridges
- 20.8%
- Good condition
- 9.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Meagher County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 43rd
- of 56 on Poor share
- 9.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 53
- public highway bridges
- 1980
- 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.
Meagher County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Meagher County ranks #43 of 56 Montana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.4%). Meagher County, Montana contains 53 public highway bridges. Roughly 20.8% are rated “Good,” 69.8% “Fair,” and 9.4% “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.
Good condition
20.8%
11 of 53 rated 7-9
Fair condition
69.8%
37 of 53 rated 5-6
Poor condition
9.4%
5 of 53 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#43 of 56
Among Montana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 53 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 20.8% (11)
Fair 69.8% (37)
Poor 9.4% (5)
Meagher County's Poor-condition bridges carry 400 vehicle crossings a day
That is 4.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 80 crossings a day against 79 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 53 of 53 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
47.2% of Meagher County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
25 of the 53 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 20.8% 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 25% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CANYON RD over SMITH RIVER 002, built 1957, carries 100 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 400 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Meagher County's bridges were built
53 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
12 bridges
- 1960s 3
1960–1969
3 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
10 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
5 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
6 bridges
- 2000s 1
2000–2009
1 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
11 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 12 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1980) matches the Montana average (1977).
How Meagher County compares with Montana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Montana counties nearest Meagher County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.4% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 5 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 55 Montana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt County | 57 | 28.1% | 64.9% | 7% | 1984 |
| Meagher County (this page) | 53 | 20.8% | 69.8% | 9.4% | 1980 |
| Judith Basin County | 48 | 56.3% | 31.3% | 12.5% | 1979 |
| Hill County | 46 | 58.7% | 34.8% | 6.5% | 1983 |
| Prairie County | 46 | 13% | 80.4% | 6.5% | 1962 |
| McCone County | 44 | 11.4% | 79.5% | 9.1% | 1967 |
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 Meagher 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 Meagher County, both outside Montana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MT (53 bridges here).
- Cleburne County, AR · 53 bridges
- Citrus County, FL · 53 bridges
- Lumpkin County, GA · 53 bridges
- Stewart County, GA · 53 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MT (1980 here).
- Tulsa County, OK · avg 1980 · 1,135 bridges
- Miami-Dade County, FL · avg 1980 · 1,057 bridges
- Pulaski County, AR · avg 1980 · 721 bridges
- McLennan County, TX · avg 1980 · 714 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (37)
SIXTEENMILE RD
FairOver: SIXTEENMILE CREEK 044
18M SW RINGLING, Meagher, MT
Built 2022 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 100
FOREST LK. RD. 66
FairOver: W FK COTTONWOOD CREEK
4.5 MI SW CNTY-COTNWD JCT, Meagher, MT
Built 1969 Load: 14.3 t ADT: 50
FDR #204
FairOver: MOOSE CREEK
2.3 MI.NE OF JCT 119/204, Meagher, MT
Built 1956 Load: 14.3 t ADT: 50
FDR 204
FairOver: MOOSE CREEK
3.5 MI NE OF 119/204 JCT, Meagher, MT
Built 1956 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 50
FDR 204
FairOver: MOOSE CREEK
4 MI NE OF 119/204 RD JCT, Meagher, MT
Built 1956 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 50
FDR 204
FairOver: MOOSE CREEK
1.3 MI NE RD 119/204 JCT, Meagher, MT
Built 1956 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 50
FDR 1077
FairOver: SHEEP CREEK
JUMPING CREEK CAMPGROUND, Meagher, MT
Built 1958 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 50
FDR 6414
FairOver: SHEEP CREEK
0.1 MI N US89/FDR6413 JCT, Meagher, MT
Built 1958 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 50
FDR #204
FairOver: MOOSE CREEK
6 MI NE OF RD 119/204 JCT, Meagher, MT
Built 1956 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 50
S 294
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
5M SW MARTINSDALE, Meagher, MT
Built 1948 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 220
FDR 119
FairOver: SHEEP CREEK
3.8 MI WEST US89/119 JCT, Meagher, MT
Built 1956 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 50
US 89 FH 32
FairOver: SHEEP CREEK
17M SW NEIHART, Meagher, MT
Built 1939 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 369
ED LAVELL LN
FairOver: SIXTEENMILE CREEK 039
3M E RINGLING, Meagher, MT
Built 1959 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 100
FDR 211
FairOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
4.5 MI SE US12/FDR211 JCT, Meagher, MT
Built 1973 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 50
US 12
FairOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
6M NE WHITE SULPHUR SPR, Meagher, MT
Built 1937 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 477
US 89 FH 32
FairOver: NORTH FORK SMITH RIVER
2M NE WHITE SULPHUR SPR, Meagher, MT
Built 1955 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 596
MAIN ST
FairOver: NORTH FORK SMITH RIVER
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Meagher, MT
Built 1962 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 576
S 360 FH 65
FairOver: SMITH RIVER
2M E FORT LOGAN, Meagher, MT
Built 1975 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 128
FDR 211
FairOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
5.8 MI SE US12/FDR211 JCT, Meagher, MT
Built 1972 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 50
BIRCH CREEK RD
FairOver: SMITH RIVER 001
4M NW WHITE SULPHUR SPR, Meagher, MT
Built 1973 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 100
US 12
FairOver: N FORK MUSSELSHELL R
11M NW TWO DOT, Meagher, MT
Built 2014 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 499
MARTINSDALE RD
FairOver: S FK MUSSLESHELL OVF 040
MARTINSDALE, Meagher, MT
Built 2009 Load: 30.9 t ADT: 100
MARTINSDALE RESERV
FairOver: MARTINSDALE RESERVOIR CA
SE MARTINSDALE, Meagher, MT
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
LINSHIRE RD
FairOver: ROCK CREEK 005
35M NW WHITE SULPHUR SPR, Meagher, MT
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 79
CLEAR RANGE RD
FairOver: SMITH RIVER 014
CAMP BAKER, Meagher, MT
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
SMITH RIVER ROAD
FairOver: SHEEP CREEK 003
10M N FORT LOGAN, Meagher, MT
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 131
BIRKY RD
FairOver: S FORK SMITH RIVER 028
7M SW WHITE SULPHUR SPR, Meagher, MT
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 31
S 294
FairOver: SAWMILL CREEK
15M SW MARTINSDALE, Meagher, MT
Built 1940 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 171
S 294
FairOver: S FORK MUSSELSHELL RIVER
MARTINSDALE, Meagher, MT
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 276
NFSR 119
FairOver: MOOSE CREEK
4.4 MI WEST US89/119 JCT, Meagher, MT
Built 1971 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 50
US 12
FairOver: FLAGSTAFF CREEK
2M E CHECKERBOARD, Meagher, MT
Built 2012 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 341
FDR 836
FairOver: SHEEP CREEK
0.1 MI SE US89/RD.836 JCT, Meagher, MT
Built 1968 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 50
US 12
FairOver: SOUTH FORK SMITH RIVER
8M S WHITE SULPHUR SPR, Meagher, MT
Built 1997 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 905
US 12
FairOver: COOPER CREEK
5M SE CHECKERBOARD, Meagher, MT
Built 2012 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 341
COTTONWOOD CR RD
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK 025
9M S MARTINSDALE, Meagher, MT
Built 1970 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 100
S 294
FairOver: MARTINSDALE SUPPLY CANAL
MARTINSDALE, Meagher, MT
Built 2010 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 276
SLAUGHTER HSE LN
FairOver: S FORK SMITH RIVER 021
3M SW WHITE SULPHUR SPR, Meagher, MT
Built 1991 Load: 94.3 t ADT: 100
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