# Bridges — FHWA National Bridge Inventory: Condition, Posting & Clearance

- Registry name: `link.morningbrief/bridges` · version 1.0.0
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Other
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Not declared (tools carry no read/destructive hints)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=link.morningbrief%2Fbridges
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/link.morningbrief--bridges.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

FHWA bridge inventory: 624,193 bridges, condition, posting, clearance. 8 tools, free, no key.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://bridges.morningbrief.link/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `search\_bridges`: Search US bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Scope with state, county \(3-digit FIPS code\), and/or condition \(Good/Fair/Poor\); optional filters: posting\_status \(open/posted/closed/not\_yet\_open\), owner\_code, scour\_critical, year\_min/year\_max, min\_adt, route, and q \(text match on facility c
- `get\_bridge`: Get one bridge by its FHWA structure number \(Item 8\). Structure numbers are unique within a state; pass state to be exact. Returns the full decoded record.
- `list\_bridges\_in\_county`: List bridges in one county \(state + 3-digit FIPS county code\), paged.
- `get\_worst\_bridges`: The worst-rated bridges in a state \(condition = Poor\), ordered by lowest component rating then age. State is required. Use for 'worst bridges in X' questions.
- `list\_posted\_or\_closed\_bridges`: Bridges in a state that are load-posted or closed to traffic \(NBI Item 41 status P/R/K\), worst condition first. Relevant for routing and heavy-haul feasibility — but per FHWA, NBI data must not be used as the sole source for route clearance; inspections can be up to \~24 months old.
- `find\_low\_clearance\_bridges`: Bridges in a state whose vertical clearance is at or below max\_height\_m. Default clearance is over the roadway on the bridge \(NBI Item 10\); set under=true for the clearance under the bridge \(Item 54B\), which is what matters for routes passing beneath. Sentinel 'no restriction' values are excluded.
- `get\_state\_summary`: Bridge summary for one state: total bridges, counts by condition \(Good/Fair/Poor\), posted and closed counts, scour-critical count, average year built, total deck area. Without a state, returns per-state totals with condition counts for all states.
- `get\_county\_summaries`: Per-county bridge counts for a state, with Poor-condition and posted/closed counts per county.

Measured by MCP Station. Methods: https://mcpstation.net/methods.html · Terms: https://mcpstation.net/terms.html