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Burt County, NE

169 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 36.7% rated Good, 60.4% Fair, 3% Poor.

169
Public bridges
36.7%
Good condition
3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Burt County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 30%
lowest Poor share in state
3%
Poor-condition share
169
public highway bridges
1983
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.

Burt County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Burt County ranks #26 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3%). Burt County, Nebraska contains 169 public highway bridges. Roughly 36.7% are rated “Good,” 60.4% “Fair,” and 3% “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

169

Public highway bridges in Burt County

Good condition

36.7%

62 of 169 rated 7-9

Fair condition

60.4%

102 of 169 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3%

5 of 169 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#26 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 169 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
36.7% (62)
Fair
60.4% (102)
Poor
3% (5)

Burt County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,910 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 582 crossings a day against 633 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 169 of 169 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

22.5% of Burt County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

38 of the 169 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 36.7% 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 94.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

N32 over TEKAMAH CREEK, built 1973, carries 2,740 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,910 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Burt County's bridges were built

169 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 45 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1983, 6 years newer than the Nebraska average of 1977.

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

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

The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Burt County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is 12 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Burt County and the 5 Nebraska counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Hamilton County 175 12%
Johnson County 173 25.4%
Merrick County 173 8.7%
Furnas County 169 9.5%
Burt County (this page) 169 3%
Antelope County 162 15.4%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NE (169 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1983 here).

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

All 169 Good 62 Fair 102 Poor 5

All bridges (169)

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

2S 4.8E LYONS, Burt, NE

Built 1996 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 50

FAS 3530

Fair

Over: STREAM

JCT US77/N51 1.6W 4.6S, Burt, NE

Built 1955 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 455

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

4S N32 CUMING CL, Burt, NE

Built 2021 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 75

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

2.5E 1.5S OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 1990 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 55

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

.5E 5.9S CRAIG, Burt, NE

Built 1983 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

2.8S TEKAMAH, Burt, NE

Built 1984 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 45

ROAD F

Good

Over: ROMBERG CREEK

5S 3.5W OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 1998 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

3.7S .4W CRAIG, Burt, NE

Built 1987 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

5.7S .6E CRAIG, Burt, NE

Built 1983 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

MAIN ST/FAS 3855

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

CRAIG MAIN @ CHERRY, Burt, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 605

N32

Good

Over: STREAM

1W OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 1957 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,755

US75

Good

Over: CAMERON DITCH TRIBUTARY

4N HERMAN, Burt, NE

Built 1934 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 4,110

US77

Good

Over: STREAM

2S LYONS, Burt, NE

Built 1929 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 3,650

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

6.75S 3W OF GRAIG, Burt, NE

Built 1979 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 10

COLL 7952

Good

Over: BELL CREEK

3.5N 3.6E OF OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 1977 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 90

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: PETERSON CREEK

2W 1.5S OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 1985 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 85

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: CARR CREEK

3.9S .8W TEKAMAH, Burt, NE

Built 1977 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 60

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

5.2S .4E TEKAMAH, Burt, NE

Built 1988 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 50

IRR/TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: WOOD CREEK

2W US73 THURSTON CL, Burt, NE

Built 1976 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 10

US75

Good

Over: HILL CREEK

1N HERMAN, Burt, NE

Built 1979 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 4,110

COLL 7955

Good

Over: LITTLE LOGAN CREEK

1.7W 1.2S OF LYONS, Burt, NE

Built 1983 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 85

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

1.3S OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 1989 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 60

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

2W 2S CRAIG, Burt, NE

Built 1990 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 50

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

.5E 6.4S CRAIG, Burt, NE

Built 1988 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY ROAD O

Good

Over: LOGAN CREEK

3.5S .7W OF LYONS, Burt, NE

Built 2010 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 65

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

1.5E 5.2S CRAIG, Burt, NE

Built 1987 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 50

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: ROMBERG CREEK

2W US77 DODGE CL, Burt, NE

Built 1988 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 70

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: BELL CREEK

3E 1S LYONS, Burt, NE

Built 1990 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 30

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

3W TEKAMAH, Burt, NE

Built 2007 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 15

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: BELL CREEK

1.7S .8W CRAIG, Burt, NE

Built 1986 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 60

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

3W 1.6S CRAIG, Burt, NE

Built 1988 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 80

N51

Good

Over: SOUTH BLACKBIRD CREEK

10W DECATUR, Burt, NE

Built 1988 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 1,250

COLL 7948

Good

Over: STREAM

.5N 1.2W OF OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 2015 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 310

COUNTY ROAD L

Good

Over: LOGAN CREEK

.9W OF OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 2014 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 310

COUNTY ROAD 39

Good

Over: BRUNKER DITCH

7N 1E TAKAMAH, Burt, NE

Built 2011 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

ROAD H

Good

Over: LOGAN CREEK

3S 2.8W OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 1962 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 85

COUNTY ROAD 42

Good

Over: BRUNKER DITCH

7N 2E TEKAMAH, Burt, NE

Built 2011 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

FAS 3900

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

JCT US73/N32 2.5S 2.6E, Burt, NE

Built 1994 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 140

N32

Good

Over: STREAM

1W OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 1994 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 1,755

N32

Good

Over: STREAM

1W OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 1994 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 1,755

ROAD 3

Good

Over: ROMBERG CREEK

3.5W 4.9S OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 1996 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 75

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: ELM CREEK

1.5W 2S DECATUR, Burt, NE

Built 2000 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 20

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: BELL CREEK

3.7S .4W CRAIG, Burt, NE

Built 1987 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 20

ROAD 43

Good

Over: SILVER CREEK

3.2E .2N OF TEKAMAH, Burt, NE

Built 1997 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 235

COUNTY ROAD 32

Good

Over: LONE TREE CREEK

2S DECATUR, Burt, NE

Built 1998 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 45

COLL 7955

Good

Over: STREAM

1.7W .7S OF LYONS, Burt, NE

Built 1988 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 85

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

4.5N TEKAMAH, Burt, NE

Built 1992 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 10

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: SOUTH BLACKBIRD CREEK

3.2N 2.2E LYONS, Burt, NE

Built 2002 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 60

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

.7S 3.7W CRAIG, Burt, NE

Built 1994 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 40

ROAD 3

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

3.5W 4.8S OAKLAND, Burt, NE

Built 1996 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 75

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

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.