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Banner County, NE

36 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 77.8% rated Good, 22.2% Fair, 0% Poor.

36
Public bridges
77.8%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Banner County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 7%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
36
public highway bridges
1972
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.

Banner County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Banner County ranks #6 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Banner County, Nebraska contains 36 public highway bridges. Roughly 77.8% are rated “Good,” 22.2% “Fair,” and 0% “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

36

Public highway bridges in Banner County

Good condition

77.8%

28 of 36 rated 7-9

Fair condition

22.2%

8 of 36 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 36 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#6 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 36 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
77.8% (28)
Fair
22.2% (8)
Poor
0% (0)

63.9% of Banner County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

23 of the 36 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 77.8% 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.

When Banner County's bridges were built

36 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 16 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 44.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1972, 5 years older than the Nebraska average of 1977.

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

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

The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Banner County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Banner County and the 5 Nebraska counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Hayes County 41 14.6%
Sioux County 36 2.8%
Banner County (this page) 36 0%
Chase County 33 3%
Box Butte County 30 0%
Garden County 29 0%

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 Banner 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 Banner County, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NE (36 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1972 here).

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

All 36 Good 28 Fair 8 Poor 0

All bridges (36)

FAS 1020 CR 18

Fair

Over: STREAM

JCT N71/S-4A 1S 3.9W, Banner, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 120

N88

Fair

Over: BIG HORN GULCH

11W REDINGTON, Banner, NE

Built 1965 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 280

N88

Fair

Over: INDIAN SPRING CANYON

16W REDINGTON, Banner, NE

Built 1963 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 280

SB-N71

Fair

Over: PUMPKIN CREEK TRIBUTARY

15S GERING, Banner, NE

Built 1993 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 2,390

NB-N71

Fair

Over: PUMPKIN CREEK TRIBUTARY

15S GERING, Banner, NE

Built 1989 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 2,390

N88

Fair

Over: PUMPKIN CREEK

NJCT N71/N88 2.8W, Banner, NE

Built 1994 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 735

N88

Fair

Over: PUMPKIN CREEK

NJCT N71/N88 .1W, Banner, NE

Built 1994 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 735

S4A HARISBURG SPUR

Fair

Over: TRIB TO PUMPKIN CREEK

3E HARRISBURG, Banner, NE

Built 1989 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 215

N88

Good

Over: STREAM

18W REDINGTON, Banner, NE

Built 1963 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 280

RD 7

Good

Over: LONG CANYON

4S 13W OF HARRISBURG, Banner, NE

Built 1963 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

CANYON RD

Good

Over: WILLOW CREEK TRIB

SJCT N71/N88 1S 2.9W, Banner, NE

Built 1989 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50

RD 18

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT N71/S-4A 1S 4.9W, Banner, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 120

RD 15

Good

Over: PUMPKIN CREEK TRIB

1.5S 9W OF HARRISBURG, Banner, NE

Built 1963 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 55

RD 29

Good

Over: STREAM

8.5S 2.5W OF HARRISBURG, Banner, NE

Built 1963 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 35

RD 29

Good

Over: ROCKY HOLLOW

7.5S 2.5W OF HARRISBURG, Banner, NE

Built 1963 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 35

FAS 1010

Good

Over: STREAM

SJCT N71/N88 7S 6E, Banner, NE

Built 2007 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 55

FAS 1010

Good

Over: LAWRENCE FORK

SJCT N71/N88 7S 6.2E, Banner, NE

Built 2007 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 55

FAS 1025

Good

Over: PUMPKIN CREEK

JCT N71/N88 8E 3.3N, Banner, NE

Built 1963 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 175

N71

Good

Over: ROCKY HOLLOW DRAW

12N KIMBALL, Banner, NE

Built 1991 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 2,400

N71

Good

Over: STREAM

14N KIMBALL, Banner, NE

Built 1956 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 2,400

N71

Good

Over: STREAM

14N KIMBALL, Banner, NE

Built 1956 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 2,400

N71

Good

Over: STREAM

16N KIMBALL, Banner, NE

Built 1956 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 2,400

N71

Good

Over: STREAM

23N KIMBALL, Banner, NE

Built 1956 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 2,400

N71

Good

Over: STREAM

11S GERING, Banner, NE

Built 1939 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 2,920

N88

Good

Over: LONG CANYON

NJCT N71/N88 12.9W, Banner, NE

Built 1963 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 670

N88

Good

Over: CLAY SPRINGS DRAW

NJCT N71/N88 10.6W, Banner, NE

Built 1963 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 670

N88

Good

Over: CLAY SPRINGS DRAW

NJCT N71/N88 10.3W, Banner, NE

Built 1963 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 670

N88

Good

Over: CLAY SPRINGS DRAW

NJCT N71/N88 9.8W, Banner, NE

Built 1963 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 670

N88

Good

Over: HACKBERRY CREEK

8W REDINGTON, Banner, NE

Built 1965 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 280

N88

Good

Over: CHALK CREEK

5W REDINGTON, Banner, NE

Built 1965 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 280

S4A HARISBURG SPUR

Good

Over: STREAM

4E HARRISBURG, Banner, NE

Built 1963 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 215

COLL 7112

Good

Over: ROCKY HOLLOW

9S OF HARRISBURG, Banner, NE

Built 1965 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 90

CO RD 14

Good

Over: STREAM

0.09 W OF CR53, Banner, NE

Built 2014 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 120

N88

Good

Over: WILLOW CREEK

NJCT N71/N88 4.6W, Banner, NE

Built 1994 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 735

SB N71

Good

Over: PUMPKIN CREEK

13S GERING, Banner, NE

Built 1993 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 2,920

NB-N71

Good

Over: PUMPKIN CREEK

13S GERING, Banner, NE

Built 1989 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 2,920

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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