Butler County, NE
211 public highway bridges
Butler County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Butler County, Nebraska contains 211 public highway bridges. Roughly 20.4% are rated “Good,” 76.8% “Fair,” and 2.8% “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.
Condition Distribution
All Bridges (211)
COUNTY ROAD 41
GoodOver: SKULL CREEK
.5E ABIE, Butler, NE
COUNTY ROAD 39
GoodOver: BONE CREEK
2.5S 1.4W OCTAVIA, Butler, NE
COUNTY ROAD U
GoodOver: STREAM
1S 1.8W ABIE, Butler, NE
COUNTY ROAD 23 1/2
GoodOver: OAK CREEK TRIBUTARY
1.5 E OF DWIGHT, Butler, NE
COUNTY ROAD 27
GoodOver: PLUM CREEK
3.3N .2W DWIGHT, Butler, NE
TOWNSHIP ROAD
PoorOver: S CH PLATTE RIVER
2.8N 4.8W BELLWOOD, Butler, NE
COUNTY ROAD E
PoorOver: BIG BLUE RIVER
.5E .3S SURPRISE, Butler, NE
COUNTY ROAD 42
PoorOver: STREAM
1N .5W ABIE, Butler, NE
COUNTY ROAD 33
PoorOver: STREAM
1.9W 1.7S DAVID CITY, Butler, NE
COUNTY ROAD 39
PoorOver: STREAM
2.5S 2.4W OCTAVIA, Butler, NE
COUNTY ROAD VW
PoorOver: MIDDLE OAK CREEK
1.8E .4SE BRAINARD, Butler, NE
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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