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Greeley County, NE

84 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 28.6% rated Good, 54.8% Fair, 16.7% Poor.

84
Public bridges
28.6%
Good condition
16.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Greeley 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.

80th
of 88 on Poor share
16.7%
Poor-condition share
84
public highway bridges
1969
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.

Greeley County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Greeley County ranks #80 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 16.7%). Greeley County, Nebraska contains 84 public highway bridges. Roughly 28.6% are rated “Good,” 54.8% “Fair,” and 16.7% “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

84

Public highway bridges in Greeley County

Good condition

28.6%

24 of 84 rated 7-9

Fair condition

54.8%

46 of 84 rated 5-6

Poor condition

16.7%

14 of 84 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#80 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 84 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
28.6% (24)
Fair
54.8% (46)
Poor
16.7% (14)

Greeley County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,210 vehicle crossings a day

That is 4.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 16.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 86 crossings a day against 564 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 84 of 84 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

58.3% of Greeley County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

49 of the 84 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 28.6% 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 38.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

FAS 2315 over CEDAR RIVER, built 1979, carries 470 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 1,210 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Greeley County's bridges were built

84 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 18 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1969, 8 years older than the Nebraska average of 1977.

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

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

The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Greeley County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 16.7% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Greeley County and the 5 Nebraska counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Dawes County 91 11%
Keith County 91 0%
Kimball County 88 1.1%
Greeley County (this page) 84 16.7%
Phelps County 80 7.5%
Red Willow County 80 5%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NE (84 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1969 here).

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

All 84 Good 24 Fair 46 Poor 14

All bridges (84)

N91

Good

Over: STREAM

2W SPALDING, Greeley, NE

Built 1961 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 835

N91

Good

Over: STREAM

1E SPALDING, Greeley, NE

Built 1942 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,265

N91

Good

Over: STREAM

3E SPALDING, Greeley, NE

Built 1942 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,265

US281/N22

Good

Over: WEST BRANCH SPRING CR

9S GREELEY, Greeley, NE

Built 1950 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,440

US281/N22

Good

Over: STREAM

5S GREELEY, Greeley, NE

Built 1950 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,440

COUNTY RD 492 AVE.

Good

Over: FISH CREEK

3E 1.7S OF SCOTIA, Greeley, NE

Built 2012 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 40

OLD HWY 101

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

5E 4S OF GREELEY, Greeley, NE

Built 2018 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 40

FAS 2250

Good

Over: STREAM

SJCT US281/N91 9.1E 1.3N, Greeley, NE

Built 2002 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 200

EAST SPRING ST AVE

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK EAST BR

3.5E .5N OF GREELEY, Greeley, NE

Built 2016 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30

ROAD 509 AV

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

1.7N 3E SPALDING, Greeley, NE

Built 2018 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 125

N22

Good

Over: STREAM

1W SCOTIA, Greeley, NE

Built 1987 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 1,255

N56

Good

Over: STREAM

10E GREELEY, Greeley, NE

Built 1970 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 220

799TH RD

Good

Over: FISH CREEK

SJCT US281/N22 5W 4S, Greeley, NE

Built 1986 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 125

501ST AVE

Good

Over: CEDAR RIVER

2N 5W OF SPALDING, Greeley, NE

Built 2016 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 30

N11

Good

Over: DAVIS CREEK

4N COTESFIELD, Greeley, NE

Built 1985 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,190

COUNTY ROAD 800TH

Good

Over: FISH CREEK

3.2E 3S OF SCOTIA, Greeley, NE

Built 2017 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 40

BLUFF ST/COLL 7582

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

WOLBACH BLUFF @ DRUMMOND, Greeley, NE

Built 2009 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 45

N22

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

1W WOLBACH, Greeley, NE

Built 2002 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 760

WALLACE CRK AVE.

Good

Over: WALLACE CREEK

7W 1N OF GREELEY, Greeley, NE

Built 2023 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TRB E BRANCH SPRING CR

3S 4E OF GREELEY, Greeley, NE

Built 2023 Load: 65.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Poor

Over: CEDAR RIVER

3N 7W OF SPALDING, Greeley, NE

Built 1930 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 20

805TH RD

Poor

Over: SPRING CREEK E BR

3.5S 5E OF GREELEY, Greeley, NE

Built 1967 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY ROAD 798

Poor

Over: FISH CREEK

2E N11 HOWARD CL, Greeley, NE

Built 1966 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 45

FAS 2315

Poor

Over: CEDAR RIVER

JCT US281/N56 9E 9.8N, Greeley, NE

Built 1979 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 470

FAS 2325

Poor

Over: WALLACE CREEK

JCT N11/N22 1.3E .8S, Greeley, NE

Built 1930 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 125

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Poor

Over: WALLACE CREEK

.5NE OF SCOTIA, Greeley, NE

Built 1975 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 95

COLL 7574

Poor

Over: STREAM

1.5S OF GREELEY, Greeley, NE

Built 1920 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 100

COLL 7574

Poor

Over: STREAM

2.5S 2.5E OF GREELEY, Greeley, NE

Built 1930 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 50

SALEM ROAD

Poor

Over: DRY CREEK

4.5E 3S OF SCOTIA, Greeley, NE

Built 1973 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY ROAD 286

Poor

Over: E BR SPRING CREEK

2.5S 4E OF GREELEY, Greeley, NE

Built 1960 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 50

COLL 7575

Poor

Over: FISH CREEK

3E 2S OF SCOTIA, Greeley, NE

Built 1983 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 40

SALEM ROAD

Poor

Over: DRY CREEK

4E 3.2S OF SCOTIA, Greeley, NE

Built 1935 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Poor

Over: WALLACE CREEK

1E 2.5N OF SCOTIA, Greeley, NE

Built 1977 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 45

COUNTY ROAD 806 AV

Poor

Over: STREAM

2E 2S OF GREELEY, Greeley, NE

Built 2012 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 85

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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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.