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High St over Wears Creek Missouri Bl

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

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

High St over Wears Creek Missouri Bl in Cole 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 1949, making it 76 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,685 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 21 of the 227 inventoried bridges in Cole County rated poor (9.3%); 21 (9.3%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 50 E over Branch of Wears CR	1964	46,480	Fair
US 50 E over Branch of Wears CR	1964	46,480	Fair
US 54 E over Hamann Br	1941	39,389	Fair
US 50 E over Wears CR	1959	39,162	Fair
US 50 E over Branch of Wears CR	1959	35,399	Fair
US 54 E over Cst W Mccarty St UP RR	1964	35,166	Fair