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Rt B S over Osage Rvr

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

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

Rt B S over Osage Rvr 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 superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964 and reconstructed in 2013, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,285 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state 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


Structure	Continuous steel girder and floorbeam
Length	about 1,120 ft
Location	S 1 T 42 N R 12 W
NBI structure number	5890
Condition class	Poor

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