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Service Road over Council Bluff Lake

Iron County, Missouri · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Service Road over Council Bluff Lake in Iron County, Missouri, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1978, making it 47 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5 vehicles a day.
It is one of 13 of the 126 inventoried bridges in Iron County rated poor (10.3%); 13 (10.3%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 266 ft
Location	Council Bluff Lake Intake
NBI structure number	090505000003034
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Missouri department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Mo 21 S over Knob CR	1967	6,248	Fair
Old Rte 21 over Stouts CR	1926	4,000	Fair
Mo 21 S over Stouts CR	1967	3,870	Fair
Rt N N over UP RR	2007	3,718	Good
Rt N N over Indian CR	1932	3,718	Fair
Mo 21 S over Claybaugh CR	1985	3,513	Good