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Bales Rd over Meramec River

Crawford County, Missouri · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Bales Rd over Meramec River in Crawford County, Missouri, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1998, making it 27 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 80 of the 119 inventoried bridges in Crawford County rated fair (67.2%); 8 (6.7%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 41 ft
Location	S 35 T 36 N R 5 W
NBI structure number	15773
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Is 44 E over Boone CR	1951	36,867	Fair
Is 44 E over Br Lit Bourbeuse R	1951	35,298	Fair
Is 44 E over Pleasant Valley CR	1953	34,418	Fair
Is 44 E over Br Brush CR	1953	33,892	Fair
Is 44 E over Lit Bourbeuse Rvr	1966	21,512	Fair
Is 44 W over Lit Bourbeuse Rvr	1984	15,537	Fair