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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.

Total bridges

271

Public highway bridges in Hall County

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

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).

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Hall County and the 5 Nebraska counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Cass County 274 13.9%
Hall County (this page) 271 3.7%
Richardson County 258 13.6%
Nuckolls County 255 9%
Colfax County 252 2%
Wayne County 251 9.6%

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 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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1980 here).

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

All 271 Good 166 Fair 95 Poor 10

All bridges (271)

N11

Good

Over: STREAM

4S CAIRO, Hall, NE

Built 1955 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,715

N11

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

0N CAIRO, Hall, NE

Built 2002 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 2,965

US30

Good

Over: STREAM

1W ALDA, Hall, NE

Built 1930 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 5,090

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: I80

2E ALDA INTRCHG, Hall, NE

Built 1962 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30

LOCUST ST/FAS 2235

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT I80/LOCUST ST .1N, Hall, NE

Built 2002 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,575

US281

Good

Over: STREAM

4N GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE

Built 1936 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 5,990

S40D PROSSER SPUR

Good

Over: STREAM

4S WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 730

S LOCUST ST

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT US34/S LOCUST .8S, Hall, NE

Built 1999 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 5,095

STUHR RD/FAU 5425

Good

Over: OUTFALL SEWER

GRAND ISLAND STUHR @ US30, Hall, NE

Built 1988 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 4,735

SHDY BEND/FAS 5427

Good

Over: STREAM

NJCT US34/US281 4E 2.5N, Hall, NE

Built 1969 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 3,310

MUSEUM DR

Good

Over: G.I. SEWER OUTFALL

SWIFT RD @ MUSEUM DR, Hall, NE

Built 1995 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50

OLD 281/FAU 5440

Good

Over: STREAM

NCL GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE

Built 1943 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 3,070

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: I80

2W GRAND ISLAND INTRCHG, Hall, NE

Built 1965 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 55

ONE-R RD/FAS 2170

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

JCT N2/N11 .2N 3.3E, Hall, NE

Built 1974 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 185

60TH RD

Good

Over: N CH PLATTE RIVER

1.8S .5E ALDA, Hall, NE

Built 1985 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 40

MCGUIRE ROAD

Good

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

4.6N 3W OF WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE

Built 2012 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 35

70TH RD

Good

Over: SILVER CREEK

2.1S 6.7E CAIRO, Hall, NE

Built 2022 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 435

SCHIMMER DRIVE

Good

Over: N CH PLATTE RIVER

1S 1.1W GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE

Built 1976 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 150

ABBOTT RD

Good

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

1.5S 5.2E CAIRO, Hall, NE

Built 1978 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 35

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: I80

1W WOOD RIVER INTRCHG, Hall, NE

Built 1963 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 45

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: I80

1W ALDA INTRCHG, Hall, NE

Built 1962 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 5

US34/N2

Good

Over: WOOD RIVER

1W GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE

Built 1960 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 8,430

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: I80

2E SHELTON INTRCHG, Hall, NE

Built 1963 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 25

BLAINE ST

Good

Over: WOOD RIVER

GRAND ISLAND BLAIN @ US34, Hall, NE

Built 2015 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 3,115

BLUFF CENTER RD

Good

Over: N CH PLATTE RIVER

4W 4.2S OF WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE

Built 1975 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 30

BURWICK RD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

2E .2N CAIRO, Hall, NE

Built 1980 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 20

90TH RD/FAS 2295

Good

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

JCT N2/N11 5.3E 1.7S, Hall, NE

Built 1984 Load: 28.0 t ADT: 450

SCHAUPPSVILLE RD

Good

Over: WOOD RIVER

3E 1N WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE

Built 1979 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 55

ENGLEMAN RD

Good

Over: SILVER CREEK

JCT US30/N2 1.7W 3N, Hall, NE

Built 2019 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 850

US34/US281

Good

Over: M CH PLATTE RIVER

0S GRAND ISLAND INTRCHG, Hall, NE

Built 1960 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 15,080

US30

Good

Over: US-281/N-2

JCT US30/281 GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE

Built 1986 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 8,855

N2

Good

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

JCT N2/N11 3.8E, Hall, NE

Built 1983 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 4,210

I80

Good

Over: S CH PLATTE RIVER

2E HASTINGS INTRCHG, Hall, NE

Built 1965 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 24,080

190TH ROAD

Good

Over: FLASH CREEK

6N 5W OF WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE

Built 2009 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 25

WHITE CLOUD ROAD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

.8S 5.1W CAIRO, Hall, NE

Built 2009 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

3.8S 5.5W CAIRO, Hall, NE

Built 2008 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

FAS 2225 ALDA RD

Good

Over: M CH PLATTE RIVER

JCT I80/L-40C .8S, Hall, NE

Built 1988 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 790

80TH ROAD

Good

Over: WOOD RIVER

1W 2S OF ALDA, Hall, NE

Built 1932 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

BARROWS ROAD

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

5W US281 ADAMS CL, Hall, NE

Built 2010 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

WISEMAN ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

4N US30 BUFFALO CL, Hall, NE

Built 2010 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: W FORK BIG BLUE RIV

3S 3.5E DONIPHAN, Hall, NE

Built 2008 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 60

N2

Good

Over: STREAM

4E HALL/BUFFALO CO LINE, Hall, NE

Built 1998 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 2,905

N11

Good

Over: STREAM

5S CAIRO, Hall, NE

Built 1986 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 1,715

US30

Good

Over: BLAINE ST

IN GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE

Built 1985 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 16,215

US30

Good

Over: STREAM

.3E GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE

Built 2004 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 6,345

US30

Good

Over: STREAM

1E GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE

Built 2004 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 6,345

US30

Good

Over: WARM SLOUGH

2E GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE

Built 2004 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 6,345

I80

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT N11/I80 2SE, Hall, NE

Built 1995 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 22,295

US281

Good

Over: STREAM

1.1N GRAND ISLAND, Hall, NE

Built 1992 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 5,990

S40D PROSSER SPUR

Good

Over: S. PLATTE RIVER TRIB

1E 7S OF WOOD RIVER, Hall, NE

Built 2003 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 730

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