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Gage County, NE

394 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 36.5% rated Good, 55.3% Fair, 8.1% Poor.

394
Public bridges
36.5%
Good condition
8.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Gage County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

54th
of 88 on Poor share
8.1%
Poor-condition share
394
public highway bridges
1971
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.

Gage County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Gage County ranks #54 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.1%). Gage County, Nebraska contains 394 public highway bridges. Roughly 36.5% are rated “Good,” 55.3% “Fair,” and 8.1% “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

394

Public highway bridges in Gage County

Good condition

36.5%

144 of 394 rated 7-9

Fair condition

55.3%

218 of 394 rated 5-6

Poor condition

8.1%

32 of 394 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#54 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 394 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
36.5% (144)
Fair
55.3% (218)
Poor
8.1% (32)

Gage County's Poor-condition bridges carry 8,870 vehicle crossings a day

That is 4.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 277 crossings a day against 846 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 394 of 394 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

50.5% of Gage County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

199 of the 394 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 36.5% 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 21.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

N4 over CUB CREEK, built 1953, carries 1,880 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 32-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 8,870 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Gage County's bridges were built

394 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 104 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1971, 6 years older than the Nebraska average of 1977.

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

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

The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Gage County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1971 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is 11 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Gage 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 402 2%
Gage County (this page) 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 Gage 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 Gage County, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NE (394 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1971 here).

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

All 394 Good 144 Fair 218 Poor 32

All bridges (394)

US77

Good

Over: BIG INDIAN CREEK

1S WYMORE, Gage, NE

Built 1939 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 1,595

SB-US77

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

1S CORTLAND, Gage, NE

Built 1993 Load: 51.0 t ADT: 8,570

NB-US77

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

1S CORTLAND, Gage, NE

Built 1993 Load: 51.0 t ADT: 8,570

3OWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

4.5E OF WYMORE, Gage, NE

Built 1986 Load: 52.0 t ADT: 25

N41

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK TRIBUTARY

9W ADAMS, Gage, NE

Built 2018 Load: 54.0 t ADT: 2,075

N41

Good

Over: MID BR BIG NEMAHA TRIB

NCL ADAMS, Gage, NE

Built 2019 Load: 55.0 t ADT: 2,275

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: SICILY CREEK

5W 2.2N OF WYMORE, Gage, NE

Built 2003 Load: 81.0 t ADT: 20

E WILLOW RD

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK TRIB

2S 4E OF ODELL, Gage, NE

Built 2021 Load: 90.0 t ADT: 35

E HACKBERRY RD

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK TRIBUTARY

JCT US77/S-34D 3S 6.6E, Gage, NE

Built 2023 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 20

E MAPLE RD

Good

Over: MUD CREEK TRIBUTARY

.5S 3.1E OF HOLMESVILLE, Gage, NE

Built 2023 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 40

S 25 RD

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK TRIBUTARY

2E 1.5N OF PICKRELL, Gage, NE

Built 2022 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 150

S34C PICKRELL SPUR

Good

Over: POSSUM CREEK

WCL PICKRELL, Gage, NE

Built 2019 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,080

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: HOOKER CREEK

3S OF ADAMS, Gage, NE

Built 1911 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 10

SOUTH 94TH ROAD

Poor

Over: STREAM

.7S 1W OF BARNESTON, Gage, NE

Built 1910 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 20

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: BILLS CREEK

2W .2N OF BLUE SPRINGS, Gage, NE

Built 1964 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 20

SW 58TH ROAD

Poor

Over: STREAM

5W 1N OF CORTLAND, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 30

S. 120TH ROAD

Poor

Over: SHAW CREEK

2W OF ADAMS, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 35

SCOTT STREET

Poor

Over: STREAM

BLUE SPRINGS A @ BROAD, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 300

SOUTH 51ST ROAD

Poor

Over: BEAR CREEK

5E 5N OF BEATRICE, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 40

WEST BUCKEYE ROAD

Poor

Over: CLATONIA CREEK

2S 1W OF CLATONIA, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 10

SOUTH 108TH ROAD

Poor

Over: STREAM

2W 3.5N OF FILLEY, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 10

FAS 3305/SW 100 RD

Poor

Over: CLATONIA CREEK

JCT US77/N41 6W .6S, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 430

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: STREAM

2.5S .7W OF HOAG, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 50

W. DOGWOOD ROAD

Poor

Over: SOAP CREEK

3N .5W OF HOAG, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 20

SW 75TH ROAD

Poor

Over: BOTTLE CREEK

2W .5N OF BEATRICE, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 40

SW 75TH ROAD

Poor

Over: CUB CREEK

2S 1E OF HOAG, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 100

KS STATELINE

Poor

Over: SPRING CREEK

2.5N 0.5W OF OKETO KS, Gage, NE

Built 1900 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 10

SW 75TH ROAD

Poor

Over: SNAKE CREEK

1E 1.7N OF HOAG, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 20

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: STREAM

.2NW OF BEATRICE, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 20

SOUTH 120TH ROAD

Poor

Over: STREAM

1.5S 1W OF FILLEY, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 50

BROAD ST/FAS 3210

Poor

Over: BIG BLUE RIVER

BLUE SPRINGS BROAD @RIVER, Gage, NE

Built 1969 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 420

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: STREAM

7S 1.5W OF ELLIS, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 30

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: WILDCAT CREEK

3W 3.2N OF LIBERTY, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Poor

Over: BEAR CREEK

1.5N 2E OF BEATRICE CBD, Gage, NE

Built 1960 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 150

FAS 2920

Poor

Over: INDIAN CREEK

JCT US77/S-34D 1.2E, Gage, NE

Built 1990 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 600

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: INDIAN CREEK

4.5S .3W OF CORTLAND, Gage, NE

Built 1960 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 25

FAS 3265

Poor

Over: STREAM

JCT US77/US136 4E 1.8S, Gage, NE

Built 1977 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 525

N4

Poor

Over: CUB CREEK

4W BEATRICE, Gage, NE

Built 1953 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 1,880

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: SNAKE CREEK

1E 3N OF HOAG, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 10

N4

Poor

Over: BIG BLUE TRIB

1W BEATRICE, Gage, NE

Built 1954 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 1,880

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: STREAM

1.5S 2.5W OF HOAG, Gage, NE

Built 1959 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 35

N4

Poor

Over: BOTTLE CREEK

2W BEATRICE, Gage, NE

Built 1954 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,880

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: STREAM

2N BEATRICE, Gage, NE

Built 1979 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 85

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: STREAM

1.2N 1W OF BEATRICE, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 110

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.