Rt U E over Bear CR

Scotland County, Missouri · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• Rt U E over Bear CR in Scotland County, Missouri, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1961 and reconstructed in 2014, making it 64 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 312 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 73 of the 198 inventoried bridges in Scotland County rated good (36.9%); 8 (4.0%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (good), but component ratings moved: superstructure 9 to 7, substructure 8 to 7.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated October 2024, on a 12-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 3): scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour.
• A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

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

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