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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

All bridges (402)

IRR/FAS 3540

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT N51/N9 5N 4.5E, Cuming, NE

Built 2014 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 55

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

2E .5S OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 2010 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 25

IRR/TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: RATTLESNAKE CREEK

2W 2N OF BANCROFT, Cuming, NE

Built 2017 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 10

N9

Good

Over: STREAM

3N WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 2002 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 2,340

N9

Good

Over: STREAM

5N WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 2002 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 2,340

R ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE LOGAN CREEK TRIB

1S 1.5W BANCROFT, Cuming, NE

Built 2011 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 40

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

6.5N OF WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1991 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 75

D ROAD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK TRIB

3S 7E OF WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 2021 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 50

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

2E 3.5N OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 2011 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 20

N32

Good

Over: CUMING CREEK

6E WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 2004 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 2,835

US275

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK OVERFLOW

2NW WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 2023 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 5,670

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

4N OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 2001 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 85

FAS 3530

Good

Over: FELIX CREEK

JCT US275/L-20A .3N 4.5E, Cuming, NE

Built 2005 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 220

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

1E 2.2N OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 1986 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 35

IRR/N9

Good

Over: STAGE CREEK

3S PENDER, Cuming, NE

Built 2023 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 1,440

1ST ROAD

Good

Over: MAPLE CREEK EAST FORK

6S N32 STANTON CL, Cuming, NE

Built 2022 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 30

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

5S 1.5E OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 2009 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 40

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

6N OF WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 2009 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 50

FAS 3530

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK OVERFLOW

JCT US275/L-20A .3N 2.1E, Cuming, NE

Built 2001 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 220

FAS 3465

Good

Over: STREAM

9W 3.5S WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1993 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 420

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

1W 2.5N WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1994 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 10

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

5E N15 WAYNE CL, Cuming, NE

Built 1989 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 100

FAS 3530

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK OVERFLOW

JCT US275/L-20A .3N 1.9E, Cuming, NE

Built 2001 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 220

FAS 3185

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

JCT US275/N51 .7E 6.9S, Cuming, NE

Built 1986 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 425

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

13W US275 DODGE CL, Cuming, NE

Built 2004 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 45

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

5W 5.5N OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 2007 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 35

US275

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

2NW WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 2023 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 5,640

US275

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

2NW WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 2023 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 5,640

IRR/N16

Good

Over: STREAM

3SE PENDER, Cuming, NE

Built 2002 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 880

N32

Good

Over: ELKHORN RIVER

0W WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1997 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 1,760

US275

Good

Over: WORTMANS CREEK

2S WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 2023 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 7,920

IRR/TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: LOGAN CREEK

1.2NW OF BANCROFT, Cuming, NE

Built 2004 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 80

COLL 7777

Good

Over: STREAM

5.2S 2W OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 2023 Load: 44.0 t ADT: 50

N32

Good

Over: PEBBLE CREEK

12W WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1974 Load: 44.0 t ADT: 1,220

US275

Good

Over: STREAM

NCL WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 2023 Load: 44.0 t ADT: 8,570

L20A N51 TO US275

Good

Over: STREAM

5N BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 1994 Load: 44.0 t ADT: 640

4.5 RD

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT US275/N51 .9W 3.3N, Cuming, NE

Built 2020 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 180

MILL ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB TO ELKHORN RIVER

.1N WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 2007 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 50

FAS 3530

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

JCT US275/L-20A .3N 2.5E, Cuming, NE

Built 1977 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 220

CNTY HIGH FAS 3530

Good

Over: TRIB. TO PLUM CREEK

JCT.US275/L-20A .3N 3.5E, Cuming, NE

Built 2006 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 220

15TH ST

Good

Over: FISHER CREEK

JCT US275/N32 1.2S 2W, Cuming, NE

Built 2019 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 540

N51

Good

Over: DRY DITCH

2E WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1962 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 1,285

21 RD

Good

Over: LOGAN CREEK OLD CHNL

3W 3.2N OF BANCROFT, Cuming, NE

Built 2020 Load: 52.0 t ADT: 10

N32

Good

Over: WILLOW CREEK

3E WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 2004 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 2,835

10 ROAD

Poor

Over: PLUM CREEK

3E 2.2N OF WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 30

O ROAD

Poor

Over: PLUM CREEK

2.2E 1N OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 40

14 ROAD

Poor

Over: PLUM CREEK

2E 1.2N OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 1912 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 50

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: STREAM

5W 6S OF WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 5

O ROAD

Poor

Over: CUMING CREEK

4S 4.2W OF BANCROFT, Cuming, NE

Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 15

IRR/N16

Poor

Over: JEPPSON CREEK

6SE PENDER, Cuming, NE

Built 1945 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 830

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