Total bridges
146
Public highway bridges in Dixon County
County profile · official public datasets
Dixon County, NE
146 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 34.2% rated Good, 56.2% Fair, 9.6% Poor.
- 146
- Public bridges
- 34.2%
- Good condition
- 9.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Dixon County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 65th
- of 88 on Poor share
- 9.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 146
- public highway bridges
- 1978
- 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.
Dixon County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Dixon County ranks #65 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.6%). Dixon County, Nebraska contains 146 public highway bridges. Roughly 34.2% are rated “Good,” 56.2% “Fair,” and 9.6% “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.
Good condition
34.2%
50 of 146 rated 7-9
Fair condition
56.2%
82 of 146 rated 5-6
Poor condition
9.6%
14 of 146 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#65 of 88
Among Nebraska counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 146 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 34.2% (50)
Fair 56.2% (82)
Poor 9.6% (14)
Dixon County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,890 vehicle crossings a day
That is 3.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 135 crossings a day against 567 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 146 of 146 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
37% of Dixon County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
54 of the 146 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 34.2% 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 76.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
N12 over N. AOWA CREEK TRIB, built 1994, carries 1,450 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 14-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 1,890 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Dixon County's bridges were built
146 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
27 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 9
1950–1959
9 bridges
- 1960s 4
1960–1969
4 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
15 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
31 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
20 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
15 bridges
- 2010s 4
2010–2019
4 bridges
- 2020s
2020–2029
16 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 31 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Nebraska average (1977).
How Dixon County compares with Nebraska's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Dixon County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.6% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 87 Nebraska counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyenne County | 159 | 82.4% | 16.4% | 1.3% | 1973 |
| Thurston County | 152 | 48.7% | 30.9% | 20.4% | 1980 |
| Washington County | 149 | 76.5% | 20.8% | 2.7% | 1989 |
| Nance County | 148 | 54.1% | 40.5% | 5.4% | 1973 |
| Dixon County (this page) | 146 | 34.2% | 56.2% | 9.6% | 1978 |
| Clay County | 134 | 66.4% | 27.6% | 6% | 1975 |
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 Dixon 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 Dixon County, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NE (146 bridges here).
- Jackson County, FL · 146 bridges
- Frio County, TX · 146 bridges
- La Salle County, TX · 146 bridges
- Barren County, KY · 147 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (82)
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: ELK CREEK
4E 4S OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 15
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: SOUTH CREEK
2N 1W OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE
Built 1920 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 15
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: DAILY BRANCH
4W 2.2N OF MARTINSBURG, Dixon, NE
Built 1981 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 20
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: AOWA CREEK
1.5S 3E OF PONCA, Dixon, NE
Built 1971 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 8
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2S .5W OF CONCORD, Dixon, NE
Built 1974 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 50
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: SOUTH CREEK
2.5N .5W OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 30
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
6S OF CONCORD, Dixon, NE
Built 1981 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
.5N OF CONCORD, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 50
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
.7W 4.2N OF EMERSON, Dixon, NE
Built 1982 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 30
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1S 1.2E OF PONCA, Dixon, NE
Built 1979 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 80
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: LOGAN CREEK
.2NW OF WAKEFIELD, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 100
COLL 7794
FairOver: STREAM
1S OF NEWCASTLE, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 195
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: MIDDLE CREEK
1.5W 2.5N OF EMERSON, Dixon, NE
Built 1978 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 30
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1W 1S ALLEN, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 10
COLL 7885
FairOver: MIDDLE CREEK
5.2S 2E OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE
Built 1979 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 55
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: BADGER CREEK
2.2S OF PONCA, Dixon, NE
Built 1983 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 20
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: SOUTH CREEK
3.5E 1N OF MARTINSBURG, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 25
577 AVE
FairOver: LIME CREEK
1SW OF MASKELL, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 5
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: LIME CREEK
1.5N OF MASKELL, Dixon, NE
Built 1985 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 40
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
3E 3.5S OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE
Built 1985 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 5
N12
FairOver: AOWA CREEK
.1SE PONCA, Dixon, NE
Built 1946 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 1,840
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
3.5E 2S OF CONCORD, Dixon, NE
Built 1976 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 50
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1N 5W OF WAKEFIELD, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 25
N116
FairOver: STREAM
3N DIXON, Dixon, NE
Built 1957 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 440
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2S OF WATERBURY, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 35
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: DAILY BRANCH
1.5W MARTINSBURG, Dixon, NE
Built 1996 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 10
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: AOWA CREEK
1.2SE OF NEWCASTLE, Dixon, NE
Built 1981 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 15
879 RD
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
JCT N9/N12 2.4W 2N, Dixon, NE
Built 1971 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 200
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1.5W 6S OF WATERBURY, Dixon, NE
Built 1988 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 15
FAS 3140
FairOver: OTTER CREEK
EJCT US20/N9 .6S 3.8E, Dixon, NE
Built 1984 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 125
FAS 3140
FairOver: SOUTH CREEK
WJCT US20/N9 3S 1.9W, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 145
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1.5SW OF MARTINSBURG, Dixon, NE
Built 1989 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 10
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: OTTER CREEK
2N 2E OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE
Built 1970 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 30
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: MINNOW CREEK
.5N 3.5E OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE
Built 1987 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 20
FAS 3140
FairOver: STREAM
JCT US20/N116 3S 1.8E, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 125
IRR/TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
.5N 3E OF WAKEFIELD, Dixon, NE
Built 1992 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 160
8775 RD
FairOver: AOWA CREEK
1E 2S OF PONCA, Dixon, NE
Built 1975 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: MIDDLE CREEK
1.5W 2N OF EMERSON, Dixon, NE
Built 1990 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
6W .3N OF MARTINSBURG, Dixon, NE
Built 1981 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 25
FAS 3585
FairOver: STREAM
WJCT US20/N9 .5W 3.5N, Dixon, NE
Built 1972 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 110
N9/N35
FairOver: STREAM
2NW EMERSON, Dixon, NE
Built 1957 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 3,630
N9/N35
FairOver: STREAM
5NW EMERSON, Dixon, NE
Built 1957 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 3,630
N12
FairOver: STREAM
1E NEWCASTLE, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,450
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
3.5N 2.5W OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE
Built 1989 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 20
COLL 7716
FairOver: STREAM
1.5N 5.7W WAKEFIELD, Dixon, NE
Built 1986 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 80
IRR/TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: MIDDLE CREEK
W EDGE OF EMERSON, Dixon, NE
Built 1985 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 150
FAS 3575
FairOver: STREAM
JCT US20/S-26A 1.7N, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 135
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: WALNUT CREEK
2E 1.5N OF MASKELL, Dixon, NE
Built 1989 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 40
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
4E .5N OF MASKELL, Dixon, NE
Built 1982 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 50
S26B CONCORD SPUR
FairOver: STREAM
1E CONCORD, Dixon, NE
Built 1962 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 340
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