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Mo 72 E over Byrds CR

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

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

Mo 72 E over Byrds CR in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2009, making it 16 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,127 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 221 of the 371 inventoried bridges in Cape Girardeau County rated fair (59.6%); 13 (3.5%) 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	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 140 ft
Location	S 248 T 31 N R 12 E
NBI structure number	32586
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Is 55 S over Randol CR	1961	35,327	Fair
Rt K E over Is 55	1961	33,286	Good
US 61 S over Walker CR	1990	28,994	Fair
Is 55 N over Diversion Channel	2002	22,967	Good
Is 55 N over Mo 74 Cst Sprigg St	1961	22,967	Fair
Is 55 N over BNSF RR	1961	22,967	Fair