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Bridge conditions in Ozark County, Missouri

82 inventoried bridges · 3 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Ozark County tracks close to typical: 3 of its 82 inventoried bridges (3.7%) are rated poor, against a national rate of about 7%.

3 of the 82 bridges in Ozark County, Missouri, are rated in poor condition (3.7%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
16 bridges (19.5%) are rated good and 63 (76.8%) fair.
The median Ozark County bridge was built in 1966.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is US 160 E over Bull Shoals Lk (built 1951), carrying about 1,479 vehicles a day.

Good 19.5% · Fair 76.8% · Poor 3.7% of 82 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 160 E over Bull Shoals Lk	1951	1,479	Poor
Mo 95 S over Brixey CR	1957	228	Poor
Rt N E over Fork Pine CR	1900	142	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 160 E over Lick CR	1975	3,826	Fair
Mo 101 S over Dry Run	1930	2,879	Fair
Mo 5 S over Ludecker CR	1967	1,697	Good
Mo 5 S over Hogard CR	1966	1,697	Fair
Mo 5 S over S Fork Hollow	1967	1,641	Fair
US 160 E over Norfork Lk Norfork Lk	1987	1,571	Fair
US 160 E over N Fk Spring Rvr	1985	1,526	Fair
US 160 E over Bull Shoals Lk	1951	1,479	Poor
Rt J S over Lick CR	2020	1,339	Good
Rt Cc E over N Fk White Rvr	2017	759	Good

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

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