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Cuming County, NE

402 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 25.1% rated Good, 72.9% Fair, 2% Poor.

402
Public bridges
25.1%
Good condition
2%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Cuming County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 22%
lowest Poor share in state
2%
Poor-condition share
402
public highway bridges
1986
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.

Cuming County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Cuming County ranks #19 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2%). Cuming County, Nebraska contains 402 public highway bridges. Roughly 25.1% are rated “Good,” 72.9% “Fair,” and 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

402

Public highway bridges in Cuming County

Good condition

25.1%

101 of 402 rated 7-9

Fair condition

72.9%

293 of 402 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2%

8 of 402 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#19 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 402 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
25.1% (101)
Fair
72.9% (293)
Poor
2% (8)

Cuming County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,825 vehicle crossings a day

That is 4.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 853 crossings a day against 1,025 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 402 of 402 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

21.1% of Cuming County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

85 of the 402 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 25.1% 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 73.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US275 over STREAM, built 1931, carries 5,025 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 6,825 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Cuming County's bridges were built

402 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 93 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1986, 9 years newer than the Nebraska average of 1977.

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

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

The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Cuming County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 7 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Cuming County and the 5 Nebraska counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Buffalo County 459 1.7%
Platte County 433 4.8%
Cuming County (this page) 402 2%
Gage County 394 8.1%
Otoe County 359 22.3%
Dodge County 334 3.6%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NE (402 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1986 here).

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

All 402 Good 101 Fair 293 Poor 8

Fair-condition bridges (293)

IRR/N16

Fair

Over: STREAM

7SE PENDER, Cuming, NE

Built 1948 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 830

N32

Fair

Over: STREAM

5W WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1962 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,760

N32

Fair

Over: STREAM

2W WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1962 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,760

US275

Fair

Over: ELKHORN RIVER TRIB

3SE WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1931 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 5,025

FAS 3185

Fair

Over: ELKHORN RIVER

JCT US275/N51 .7E 1S, Cuming, NE

Built 1961 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 1,320

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: ROCK CREEK

2W OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 1993 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 5

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: COFFEE CREEK

5S 1.2W OF WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1985 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 65

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: CUMING CREEK

6E .5S OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 1979 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 25

COLL 7698

Fair

Over: S BR PEBBLE CREEK

3S 2.7W OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 55

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: PEBBLE CREEK

4S 5.5W OF WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 60

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: PETESON CREEK

1S N32 BURT CL, Cuming, NE

Built 1987 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 85

IRR/FAS 3540

Fair

Over: RATTLESNAKE CREEK

JCT N51/N9 5N 1.2W, Cuming, NE

Built 1980 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 50

25TH RD

Fair

Over: BIG SLOUGH CREEK

6E N16 THURSTON CL, Cuming, NE

Built 1975 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 50

N51

Fair

Over: STREAM

4E WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1962 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 1,285

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: PEBBLE CREEK

4W OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 1991 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 60

COLL 7776

Fair

Over: SAND CREEK

5W 5N OF WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1979 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 40

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: ROCK CREEK

5.7S 2W OF WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1979 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 40

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: S BR PEBBLE CREEK

3S 2W OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 1979 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 30

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: NO. BR. PEBBLE CR.

1E 3.5N OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 1984 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 40

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: N BR PEBBLE CREEK

1E 2.5N OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 1974 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 40

16 ROAD

Fair

Over: STAGE CREEK

4N 8W OF BANCROFT, Cuming, NE

Built 2014 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 15

COLL 7772

Fair

Over: N BR PEBBLE CREEK

2W 3N OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 2001 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 125

I RD

Fair

Over: PEBBLE CREEK TRIB

2N 3W OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 1989 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 15

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.2W OF WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1988 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 60

COLL 7698

Fair

Over: PEBBLE CREEK

SJCT US275/N32 3S 5.9W, Cuming, NE

Built 1987 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 105

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE LOGAN CREEK

1W .5S OF BANCROFT, Cuming, NE

Built 1979 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 85

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

3E 1N OF WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1980 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 35

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

3.5E .5S OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 2004 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 70

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

.5S 4.2E OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 1986 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 60

ROAD D

Fair

Over: CUMING CREEK

3S 5E OF WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 2016 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 100

N32

Fair

Over: PEBBLE CREEK TRIB

12W WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1974 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 1,220

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE LOGAN CREEK TRIB

1.5S OF BANCROFT, Cuming, NE

Built 1999 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 40

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: PEBBLE CREEK

1.2S 3E OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 1982 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 50

22 RD

Fair

Over: CUMING CREEK TRIB

JCT US275/N9 3.5N 5E, Cuming, NE

Built 1992 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 40

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

4S N32 STANTON CL, Cuming, NE

Built 2002 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 30

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

3.7W 1.5N OF WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1994 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 20

U ROAD

Fair

Over: LOGAN CREEK OLD CHAN

1N 3W OF BANCROFT, Cuming, NE

Built 1983 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 60

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: PEBBLE CREEK

5E 5S OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 1982 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 15

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

2E 2.7N OF WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1980 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 20

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.5S 3.7E OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 1992 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 50

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: CUMING CREEK

7S 3W OF BANCROFT, Cuming, NE

Built 1935 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 40

H ROAD

Fair

Over: CUMING CREEK

5E OF WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1982 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 40

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: CUMING CREEK

8E .5S OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 1980 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 40

US275

Fair

Over: SAND CREEK TRIB

6NW WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1935 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 5,650

US275

Fair

Over: SAND CREEK

4NW WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1957 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 5,650

US275

Fair

Over: ELKHORN RIVER TRIB

2NW WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1935 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 5,650

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: LEISY CREEK

4W 2.5S OF WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1985 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 30

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.2W 6N OF WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1992 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 30

COLL 7777

Fair

Over: PEBBLE CREEK TRIB

6S 2W OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 1988 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 50

FAS 3465

Fair

Over: PEBBLE CREEK

SJCT US275/N32 1.1S 9.2W, Cuming, NE

Built 1969 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 420

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