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Adams County, NE

211 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 60.2% rated Good, 33.6% Fair, 6.2% Poor.

211
Public bridges
60.2%
Good condition
6.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Adams County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 50%
lowest Poor share in state
6.2%
Poor-condition share
211
public highway bridges
1978
avg year built

Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.

Adams County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Adams County ranks #44 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.2%). Adams County, Nebraska contains 211 public highway bridges. Roughly 60.2% are rated “Good,” 33.6% “Fair,” and 6.2% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.

Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

Total bridges

211

Public highway bridges in Adams County

Good condition

60.2%

127 of 211 rated 7-9

Fair condition

33.6%

71 of 211 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6.2%

13 of 211 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#44 of 88

Among Nebraska counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 211 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
60.2% (127)
Fair
33.6% (71)
Poor
6.2% (13)

Adams County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,385 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 337 crossings a day against 880 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 211 of 211 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

41.7% of Adams County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

88 of the 211 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 60.2% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.

Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

One structure carries 69% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US6/US34 over W BR THIRTY-TWO MILE CR, built 1931, carries 3,025 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 13-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 4,385 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Adams County's bridges were built

211 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 45 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Nebraska average (1977).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Adams County compares with Nebraska's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Adams County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.2% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 87 Nebraska counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Adams County and the 5 Nebraska counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Stanton County 223 9.4%
Thayer County 220 5%
Fillmore County 218 8.7%
Butler County 211 2.8%
Adams County (this page) 211 6.2%
York County 205 2.9%

Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Adams County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Two NBI-derived peer sets for Adams County, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NE (211 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1978 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 211 Good 127 Fair 71 Poor 13

Good-condition bridges (127)

POWERLINE ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE BLUE RIVER

12930 W. POWERLINE RD., Adams, NE

Built 1991 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 55

W. SADDLEHORN. RD.

Good

Over: SCOTT CREEK

8095 W. SADDLEHORN RD., Adams, NE

Built 2016 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 40

CONESTOGA AVENUE

Good

Over: WEST BRANCH SCOTT CREEK

7975 S. CONESTOGA AVE., Adams, NE

Built 2009 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 30

PROSSER AVE.

Good

Over: WEST BRANCH SCOTT CREEK

8480 S. PROSSER AVE., Adams, NE

Built 1988 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 75

SILVERLAKE ROAD

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

11480 W. SILVERLAKE RD, Adams, NE

Built 2010 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 15

PALOMINO AVENUE

Good

Over: ASH CREEK

13755 S. PALOMINO AVE, Adams, NE

Built 2022 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 20

PAULINE BLVD.

Good

Over: STREAM

155 E. PAULINE BLVD, Adams, NE

Built 2007 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 30

KRESS RD.

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

5610 E. KRESS RD, Adams, NE

Built 2006 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 15

OSAGE AVENUE

Good

Over: W BR THIRTY-TWO MILE CR

5180 S. OSAGE AVE., Adams, NE

Built 2023 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 20

N SHOWBOAT BLVD

Good

Over: STREAM

2630 N SHOWBOAT, Adams, NE

Built 2023 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 3,530

COUNTY GRAVEL

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

1170 N. SHILOH AVE., Adams, NE

Built 1997 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 30

IDLEWILDE ROAD

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

1905 W. IDLEWILDE RD, Adams, NE

Built 2014 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 25

E. 42ND ST

Good

Over: W FK BIG BLUE RIVER

730 E 42ND. ST., Adams, NE

Built 2013 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 5

IDLEWILDE RD.

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

19565 W. IDLEWILDE RD., Adams, NE

Built 1983 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 40

OREGON TRAIL RD.

Good

Over: STREAM

4120 E OREGON TRAIL RD., Adams, NE

Built 2017 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 25

MARIAN RD.

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

2870 S. MARIAN RD, Adams, NE

Built 2012 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 100

PAWNEE AVE.

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

11305 S. PAWNEE AVE., Adams, NE

Built 1985 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30

IDLEWILDE ROAD

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

355 W. IDLEWILDE RD, Adams, NE

Built 2012 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 40

W. PONY EXPRESS RD

Good

Over: STREAM

13070 W. PONY EXPRESS RD., Adams, NE

Built 2001 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: W BR DOVE CREEK

2.1W 4S AYR, Adams, NE

Built 2008 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 200

W BLUE HILL RD

Good

Over: STREAM

1/2 E OF OSAGE AVE, Adams, NE

Built 2017 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 150

SILVERLAKE RD

Good

Over: STREAM

5S 5.3W AYR, Adams, NE

Built 2010 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 20

SADDLEHORN ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

4255 E. SADDLEHORN RD, Adams, NE

Built 2012 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY GRAVEL

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

3.4N 1.5E OF HASTINGS, Adams, NE

Built 1997 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

CIMARRON ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

3260 W. CIMARRON RD, Adams, NE

Built 2008 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30

E SILVER LAKE ROAD

Good

Over: OAK CREEK

6635 E. SILVERLAKE RD, Adams, NE

Built 2013 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 35

SOUTHERN HILLS DRV

Good

Over: THIRTY-TWO MILE CREEK

3045 S. SOUTHERN HILLS DR, Adams, NE

Built 2013 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 200

BLAINE AVE.

Good

Over: W FK BIG BLUE RIVER

1645 N. BLAINE, Adams, NE

Built 1993 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

US34/US281

Good

Over: BIG BLUE R W FK TRIB

IN HASTINGS, Adams, NE

Built 1981 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 18,320

N74

Good

Over: STREAM

1W ROSELAND, Adams, NE

Built 1977 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 595

US281

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

1S HASTINGS, Adams, NE

Built 1995 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 3,155

26TH STREET

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

1.5N 1.3E JUNIATA, Adams, NE

Built 2011 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 60

WEST 8TH AVENUE

Good

Over: THIRTY-TWO MILE CREEK

9800 W. 8 TH. AVE., Adams, NE

Built 2009 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 100

D.L.D. ROAD

Good

Over: THIRTY-TWO MILE CREEK

4255 W. D.L.D. ROAD, Adams, NE

Built 2009 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 100

JUNIATA AVENUE

Good

Over: W BR THIRTY-TWO MILE CR

5265 S. JUNIATA AVE., Adams, NE

Built 2011 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 75

PRAIRIE LAKE RD.

Good

Over: THIRTY-TWO MILE CREEK

3925 W. PRAIRIE LAKE RD, Adams, NE

Built 2001 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 100

W. OAKRIDGE RD.

Good

Over: W BR THIRTY-TWO MILE CR

9635 W. OAK RIDGE RD, Adams, NE

Built 2009 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 40

W. OAKRIDGE RD.

Good

Over: THIRTY-TWO MILE CREEK

3770 W. OAK RIDGE RD, Adams, NE

Built 2004 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 40

SUNDOWN RD

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

820 E SUNDOWN RD, Adams, NE

Built 2020 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 35

ASSUMPTION RD.

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

1335 E ASSUMPTION RD., Adams, NE

Built 1990 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 100

E. BLUE HILL ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

300 E. BLUEHILL ROAD, Adams, NE

Built 1992 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 130

RIVERVIEW AVE.

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

11970 S. RIVERVIEW AVE., Adams, NE

Built 2003 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 35

US281

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

1S HASTINGS, Adams, NE

Built 1995 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 3,155

PRAIRIE LAKE RD.

Good

Over: W BR THIRTY-TWO MILE CR

12105 W. PRAIRIE LAKE RD, Adams, NE

Built 2005 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 20

OREGON TRAIL ROAD

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

1395 E OREGON TRAIL RD, Adams, NE

Built 2021 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 35

PONY EXPRESS RD.

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

2365 E. PONY EXPRESS RD., Adams, NE

Built 2006 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 40

US281

Good

Over: LITTLE BLUE RIVER

3N AYR, Adams, NE

Built 1979 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 3,155

ROSELAND AVE.

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

7.2S .2E ROSELAND AVE., Adams, NE

Built 2009 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 35

OAK RIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: THIRTY-TWO MILE CR W BR

6690 W OAK RIDGE RD, Adams, NE

Built 2022 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 30

CIMARRON

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

4S 1.9E OF HOLSTEIN, Adams, NE

Built 1994 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 30

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