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Fillmore County, NE

218 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 69.7% rated Good, 21.6% Fair, 8.7% Poor.

218
Public bridges
69.7%
Good condition
8.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Fillmore County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

58th
of 88 on Poor share
8.7%
Poor-condition share
218
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.

Fillmore County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fillmore County ranks #58 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.7%). Fillmore County, Nebraska contains 218 public highway bridges. Roughly 69.7% are rated “Good,” 21.6% “Fair,” and 8.7% “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

218

Public highway bridges in Fillmore County

Good condition

69.7%

152 of 218 rated 7-9

Fair condition

21.6%

47 of 218 rated 5-6

Poor condition

8.7%

19 of 218 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#58 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 218 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
69.7% (152)
Fair
21.6% (47)
Poor
8.7% (19)

Fillmore County's Poor-condition bridges carry 625 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 33 crossings a day against 517 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 218 of 218 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

38.1% of Fillmore County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

83 of the 218 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 69.7% 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 14.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

COLL 7600 over STREAM, built 1926, carries 90 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 19-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 625 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Fillmore County's bridges were built

218 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 37 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17% 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).

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

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

The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Fillmore County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.7% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Fillmore County and the 5 Nebraska counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Stanton County 223 9.4%
Thayer County 220 5%
Fillmore County (this page) 218 8.7%
Adams County 211 6.2%
Butler County 211 2.8%
York County 205 2.9%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NE (218 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1978 here).

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

All 218 Good 152 Fair 47 Poor 19

Good-condition bridges (152)

ROAD C

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK TRIB

LOCATION, Fillmore, NE

Built 2020 Load: 3.2 t ADT: 30

ROAD 10

Good

Over: DRY SANDY CREEK TRIB

3.5E 3.5S OF SHICKLEY, Fillmore, NE

Built 2021 Load: 5.8 t ADT: 35

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

.6S 5W GENEVA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1966 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 30

FARM DRIVE

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

3E 1.5N FAIRMONT, Fillmore, NE

Built 1979 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

2S FAIRMONT, Fillmore, NE

Built 1935 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SCHOOL CREEK

1.4N 3.9W GRAFTON, Fillmore, NE

Built 1969 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SCHOOL CREEK

1W 4.7N GRAFTON, Fillmore, NE

Built 1987 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 35

COLL 7598

Good

Over: S FK TURKEY CREEK

1S 2.5W MILLIGAN, Fillmore, NE

Built 1964 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 70

FAS 2755

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT N41/S-30H 3.3N, Fillmore, NE

Built 1974 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 215

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

4W 4.8N SCHICKLEY, Fillmore, NE

Built 2003 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 35

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

4.7W 5.7S GRAFTON, Fillmore, NE

Built 2004 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 35

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

2W 5.1N SHICKLEY, Fillmore, NE

Built 2003 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

8W 1N GENEVA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1980 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 15

FAS 2725

Good

Over: STREAM

WJCT US81/N74 7W 3.5S, Fillmore, NE

Built 1965 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 285

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

0.5W 3.75S OF GRAFTON, Fillmore, NE

Built 2003 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 45

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

1.5N .75W GRAFTON, Fillmore, NE

Built 1982 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 35

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

.6E 3S SHICKLEY, Fillmore, NE

Built 1993 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

FAS 2725

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT US6/US81 6W 1.5N, Fillmore, NE

Built 2000 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 70

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

1.4S 1E FAIRMONT, Fillmore, NE

Built 1979 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 45

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

3W 2.3S GRAFTON, Fillmore, NE

Built 1990 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: DRY SANDY CREEK

3.5E .8S SHICKLEY, Fillmore, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 35

COLL 7600

Good

Over: STREAM

3N 1.5E OF GENEVA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1989 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 90

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: DRY SANDY CREEK

2.3W .5S STRANG, Fillmore, NE

Built 1999 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

1W 3S GENEVA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1978 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

4.8E 2N OF GENEVA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1989 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: DRY SANDY CREEK

1.3W .6S STRANG, Fillmore, NE

Built 1977 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

2S 1W OF GENEVA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1989 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 15

ROAD 12

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK TRIB

.1N GENEVA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1981 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

.8E GENEVA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1950 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 60

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TRIB TO TURKEY CREEK

1.4N 3.9W MILLIGAN, Fillmore, NE

Built 1998 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

.4E 1.7N STRANG, Fillmore, NE

Built 2001 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

.6E GENEVA, Fillmore, NE

Built 2006 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

1.5S 10.4W GENEVA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1988 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 35

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

6.2W 1.5S GENEVA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1989 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: S FK TURKEY CREEK

2.5W MILLIGAN, Fillmore, NE

Built 2008 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

2E 2.7M FAIRMONT, Fillmore, NE

Built 2005 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30

COLL 7671

Good

Over: STREAM

EJCT US81/N74 3E 4.2S, Fillmore, NE

Built 1984 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 100

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: S FK TURKEY CREEK

3.4E 1.9N STRANG, Fillmore, NE

Built 1983 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30

COLL 7673

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

3E 1N FAIRMONT, Fillmore, NE

Built 1978 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 70

COLL 7673

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

3E 2N FAIRMONT, Fillmore, NE

Built 1978 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 70

COLL 7673

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

2.8E 3.8N FAIRMONT, Fillmore, NE

Built 2006 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 60

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

2S 7.3W MILLIGAN, Fillmore, NE

Built 1978 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

2.5W 1.5S OHIOWA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1980 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

2.3W 3N EXETER, Fillmore, NE

Built 1980 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

.5E 4S MILLIGAN, Fillmore, NE

Built 1982 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: S FK TURKEY CREEK

1.4W 2W OHIOWA, Fillmore, NE

Built 2007 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 35

DRIVEWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

7E .5N OF GENEVA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 5

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TRIB S FRK TURKEY CREEK

1.5N .8E STRANG, Fillmore, NE

Built 1997 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

1.5N 1.2E STRANG, Fillmore, NE

Built 1995 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10

FAS 2745

Good

Over: STREAM

2.5S .32 OHIOWA, Fillmore, NE

Built 1994 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 80

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