Total bridges
271
Public highway bridges in Hall County
County profile · official public datasets
Hall County, NE
271 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 61.3% rated Good, 35.1% Fair, 3.7% Poor.
- 271
- Public bridges
- 61.3%
- Good condition
- 3.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Hall County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 36%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 3.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 271
- public highway bridges
- 1980
- 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.
Hall County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hall County ranks #32 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.7%). Hall County, Nebraska contains 271 public highway bridges. Roughly 61.3% are rated “Good,” 35.1% “Fair,” and 3.7% “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.
Good condition
61.3%
166 of 271 rated 7-9
Fair condition
35.1%
95 of 271 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.7%
10 of 271 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#32 of 88
Among Nebraska counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 271 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 61.3% (166)
Fair 35.1% (95)
Poor 3.7% (10)
Hall County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,375 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 238 crossings a day against 2,581 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 271 of 271 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
35.1% of Hall County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
95 of the 271 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 61.3% 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 72.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
N11 over WOOD RIVER, built 1938, carries 1,715 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 10-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,375 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Hall County's bridges were built
271 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 7
1920–1929
7 bridges
- 1930s 16
1930–1939
16 bridges
- 1940s 9
1940–1949
9 bridges
- 1950s 11
1950–1959
11 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
43 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
33 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
42 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
48 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
44 bridges
- 2010s 14
2010–2019
14 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 48 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1980) matches the Nebraska average (1977).
How Hall County compares with Nebraska's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Hall County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.7% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 87 Nebraska counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County | 274 | 43.1% | 43.1% | 13.9% | 1980 |
| Hall County (this page) | 271 | 61.3% | 35.1% | 3.7% | 1980 |
| Richardson County | 258 | 41.9% | 44.6% | 13.6% | 1966 |
| Nuckolls County | 255 | 33.3% | 57.6% | 9% | 1979 |
| Colfax County | 252 | 62.7% | 35.3% | 2% | 1990 |
| Wayne County | 251 | 55% | 35.5% | 9.6% | 1978 |
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 Hall 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 Hall County, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NE (271 bridges here).
- Morgan County, AL · 271 bridges
- Yolo County, CA · 271 bridges
- Yazoo County, MS · 271 bridges
- Ottawa County, OK · 271 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1980 here).
- Tulsa County, OK · avg 1980 · 1,135 bridges
- Miami-Dade County, FL · avg 1980 · 1,057 bridges
- Pulaski County, AR · avg 1980 · 721 bridges
- McLennan County, TX · avg 1980 · 714 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (95)
FAS 2225 ALDA RD
FairOver: S CH PLATTE RIVER
JCT I80/L-40C 2S, Hall, NE
Built 1986 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 775
ST PAUL RD
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
3.5N OF GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE
Built 1940 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 65
150TH ROAD
FairOver: WOOD RIVER
1W WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE
Built 2014 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 50
EB-US34/NB-US281
FairOver: WOOD RIVER OVERFLOW
1S GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE
Built 1976 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 12,340
BLUFF CENTER ROAD
FairOver: PRAIRIE CREEK
WJCT US30/N11 4.1N 4W, Hall, NE
Built 1988 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 115
140TH RD
FairOver: N CH PLATTE RIVER
3.4S OF WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE
Built 1929 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 55
QUANDT ROAD
FairOver: PRAIRIE CREEK
6NE GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE
Built 1983 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 40
I80
FairOver: S CH PLATTE RIVER
2E HASTINGS INTRCHG, Hall, NE
Built 1965 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 24,080
I80
FairOver: S CH PLATTE RIVER
4W GRAND ISLAND INTRCHG, Hall, NE
Built 1965 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 23,595
I80
FairOver: S CH PLATTE RIVER
4W GRAND ISLAND INTRCHG, Hall, NE
Built 1965 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 23,595
CAPTITAL AVE
FairOver: PRAIRIE CREEK
3.5S 1E OF CAIRO, Hall, NE
Built 1972 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50
FAS 2225 ALDA RD
FairOver: M CH PLATTE RIVER
JCT I80/L-40C 1.3S, Hall, NE
Built 1988 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 790
90TH ROAD
FairOver: N CH PLATTE RIVER
4E OF WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE
Built 2010 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30
MONITOR RD
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
4W 2N OF GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE
Built 2004 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 95
190TH ROAD
FairOver: PRAIRIE CREEK
WJCT US30/N11 5.5W 5.5N, Hall, NE
Built 1980 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 35
AIRPORT RD
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
.5N 1.5W NW GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE
Built 1988 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 120
13TH ST
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
4.5S 3.8E OF CAIRO, Hall, NE
Built 1931 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 30
BURWICK ROAD
FairOver: WOOD RIVER
1E 1N WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE
Built 1985 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 50
N11
FairOver: I80
WOOD RIVER INTRCHG, Hall, NE
Built 1962 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 1,330
SHDY BEND/FAS 5427
FairOver: N CH PLATTE RIVER
NJCT US34/US281 4E 2.4N, Hall, NE
Built 1969 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 3,310
AIRPORT RD/FAS2150
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
NJCT US281/N2 4W .5N, Hall, NE
Built 2007 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 535
80TH RD
FairOver: N CH PLATTE RIVER
1W 2.8S ALDA, Hall, NE
Built 2007 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 40
WISEMAN ROAD
FairOver: WOOD RIVER
1N US30 BUFFALO CL, Hall, NE
Built 1968 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 45
WISEMAN ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1N US30 BUFFALO CL, Hall, NE
Built 1998 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 45
CAMERON ROAD
FairOver: WOOD RIVER
2W WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE
Built 1980 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 50
EB-US34/NB-US281
FairOver: M CH PLATTE RIVER
4S GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE
Built 1976 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 15,355
WHITE CLOUD RD
FairOver: PRAIRIE CREEK
2.5N N.W. GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE
Built 1997 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 45
WEBB RD
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
1.5N OF NW GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE
Built 1972 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 40
GUNBARREL RD
FairOver: FLESSNER CREEK
12S US34 HAMILTON CL, Hall, NE
Built 1996 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 25
EB-US34/NB-US281
FairOver: M CH PLATTE RIVER
5S GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE
Built 1976 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 15,355
I80
FairOver: M CH PLATTE RIVER
1W HASTINGS INTERCHG, Hall, NE
Built 1961 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 22,930
BLAINE STREET
FairOver: WOOD RIVER FLOODWAY
JCT US34/BLAINE ST .5S, Hall, NE
Built 2001 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 200
SHDY BEND/FAS 5427
FairOver: GI SEWER OUTFALL
NJCT US34/US281 4E 2.6N, Hall, NE
Built 1969 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 3,310
I80
FairOver: M CH PLATTE RIVER
1W HASTINGS INTRCHG, Hall, NE
Built 1961 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 22,930
I80
FairOver: ABANDONED UPRR
1E HASTINGS INTRCHG, Hall, NE
Built 1965 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 24,080
I80
FairOver: ABANDONED UPRR
1E HASTINGS INTRCHG, Hall, NE
Built 1965 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 24,080
190TH ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
.6S 5W OF WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE
Built 1999 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 65
130TH ROAD
FairOver: PRAIRIE CREEK
.7E 3.7S CAIRO, Hall, NE
Built 1999 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 50
WB-US34/SB-US281
FairOver: S CH PLATTE RIVER
1S GRAND ISLAND INTRCHG, Hall, NE
Built 1960 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 11,585
EB-US34/NB-US281
FairOver: S CH PLATTE RIVER
1S GRAND ISLAND INTRCHG, Hall, NE
Built 1976 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 11,585
I80
FairOver: M CH PLATTE RIVER
1W HASTINGS INTRCHG, Hall, NE
Built 1961 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 22,930
MCGUIRE RD
FairOver: WOOD RIVER
3W WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE
Built 2000 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 55
OLD POTASH HWY
FairOver: PRAIRIE CREEK
6.3N 1.4W OF WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE
Built 2017 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 65
WB-US34/SB-US281
FairOver: M CH PLATTE RIVER
4S GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE
Built 1960 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 15,355
UPRR/S FRONT ST
FairOver: EDDY ST
GRAND ISLAND S FRONT&EDDY, Hall, NE
Built 1950 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,000
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