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Lancaster County, NE

661 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 56.3% rated Good, 38.9% Fair, 4.8% Poor.

661
Public bridges
56.3%
Good condition
4.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Lancaster County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 42%
lowest Poor share in state
4.8%
Poor-condition share
661
public highway bridges
1985
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.

Lancaster County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lancaster County ranks #37 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.8%). Lancaster County, Nebraska contains 661 public highway bridges. Roughly 56.3% are rated “Good,” 38.9% “Fair,” and 4.8% “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

661

Public highway bridges in Lancaster County

Good condition

56.3%

372 of 661 rated 7-9

Fair condition

38.9%

257 of 661 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.8%

32 of 661 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#37 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 661 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
56.3% (372)
Fair
38.9% (257)
Poor
4.8% (32)

Lancaster County's Poor-condition bridges carry 160,220 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 5,007 crossings a day against 9,043 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 659 of 661 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

31% of Lancaster County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

205 of the 661 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 56.3% 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 20.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SB-I180/US34 over I80, built 1960, carries 32,795 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 160,220 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Lancaster County's bridges were built

661 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 113 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1985, 8 years newer than the Nebraska average of 1977.

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

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

The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Lancaster County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.8% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Lancaster County and the 5 Nebraska counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Lancaster County (this page) 661 4.8%
Douglas County 509 2.9%
Saunders County 506 8.3%
Buffalo County 459 1.7%
Platte County 433 4.8%
Cuming County 402 2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NE (661 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1985 here).

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

All 661 Good 372 Fair 257 Poor 32

All bridges (661)

COLL 7834

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK (A 20)

3.2N 1.3E WAVERLY, Lancaster, NE

Built 1988 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 141

SW 14TH ST

Good

Over: SALT CREEK (T 172)

.2S OF SPRAGUE, Lancaster, NE

Built 1989 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 230

N 141ST /FAS 3365

Good

Over: SALT CREEK (H 62)

JCT I80/US6 2E 3.4N, Lancaster, NE

Built 1998 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 496

S 176TH ST

Good

Over: LITTLE NEMAHA RI (R 17)

1E OF BENNET, Lancaster, NE

Built 1986 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 121

S 14TH ST/FAS 3317

Good

Over: STREAM (O 61)

SJCT US77/N2 3.4S, Lancaster, NE

Built 1997 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 3,548

N2

Good

Over: OPPD RAILROAD

LINCOLN SOUTH BELTWAY, Lancaster, NE

Built 2022 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 1,610

N43

Good

Over: N2

.5N BENNET, Lancaster, NE

Built 1996 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 7,235

US34

Good

Over: WEST OAK CREEK

8NW LINCOLN, Lancaster, NE

Built 2005 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 6,290

NB-US77

Good

Over: BNSF RR/FOLSOM ST

LINCOLN WEST BYPASS, Lancaster, NE

Built 1986 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 30,605

I80

Good

Over: OAK CREEK

1W LINCOLN AIRPORT INTRCH, Lancaster, NE

Built 1961 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 47,920

N 27TH ST

Good

Over: I80

27 TH ST INTRCHG, Lancaster, NE

Built 1992 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 200

BALL PARK DRIVE

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

ENTRANCE TO SALTDOG STAD, Lancaster, NE

Built 2000 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 1,760

N 14TH ST/FAU 5227

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

N 14TH ST @ VIRGINIA ST, Lancaster, NE

Built 1991 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 21,755

ANTELOPE VALLEY RD

Good

Over: BSNF RR

BIG X NORTH LEG BRIDGE, Lancaster, NE

Built 2006 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 23,200

BLANCHARD BLVD

Good

Over: BEAL SLOUGH

LOCATION, Lancaster, NE

Built 2020 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 1,000

FLETCHER AVE

Good

Over: SALT CREEK TRIB

FLETCHER AVE E OF 56TH ST, Lancaster, NE

Built 2019 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 3,200

90TH ST

Good

Over: STEVENS CREEK TRIB

_, Lancaster, NE

Built 2003 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 100

N 162ND ST

Good

Over: STREAM (A 172)

1E 3.6N OF WAVERLY, Lancaster, NE

Built 2001 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 275

PRINCETON RD

Good

Over: N FK BIG NEMAHA R(Y 181)

2S 1W OF PANAMA, Lancaster, NE

Built 2021 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 22

SW 56TH ST

Good

Over: HAINES BRANCH (O 119)

2.5E OF CONESTOGA LAKE, Lancaster, NE

Built 1991 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 259

ADAMS STREET

Good

Over: STEVENS CREEK TRIB

_, Lancaster, NE

Built 2019 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 2,130

N2

Good

Over: BNSF RAILROAD

LINCOLN SOUTH BELTWAY, Lancaster, NE

Built 2022 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 1,610

N2

Good

Over: BNSF RAILROAD

LINCOLN SOUTH BELTWAY, Lancaster, NE

Built 2022 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 1,610

NB US77

Good

Over: EB/WB N2 AND RAMP F

LINCOLN SOUTH BELTWAY, Lancaster, NE

Built 2021 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 1,610

N 10TH ST

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

N 10TH ST @ MILITARY RD, Lancaster, NE

Built 2018 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 12,060

N 66TH ST/FAU 5245

Good

Over: DEAD MANS RUN

LINCOLN 66TH @ Q, Lancaster, NE

Built 1996 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 10,820

NW 140TH ST

Good

Over: STREAM (E 64)

4N US6 SEWARD CL, Lancaster, NE

Built 1985 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 74

NW 105TH ST

Good

Over: ELK CREEK (E 38)

SE EDGE OF MALCOLM, Lancaster, NE

Built 2024 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 154

BLUFF RD

Good

Over: WEST OAK CREEK (E 171)

1.7NE OF MALCOM, Lancaster, NE

Built 2023 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 88

W FLETCHER AVE

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK (E 61)

1NW OF PAWNEE LAKE, Lancaster, NE

Built 1985 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 50

W OLD CHENEY RD

Good

Over: HAINES BRANCH (N 221)

1N OF DENTON, Lancaster, NE

Built 1988 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 39

SW 112TH ST

Good

Over: S BR MIDDLE CR (M 161)

.5S 1W OF EMERALD, Lancaster, NE

Built 1989 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 118

SW 98TH /FAS 3305

Good

Over: HAINES BRANCH (N 96)

JCT US77/N33 8W 5.7N, Lancaster, NE

Built 1992 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 1,224

MILL RD

Good

Over: LITTLE SALT CREEK (F 96)

5N LINCOLN, Lancaster, NE

Built 1986 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 130

WAVERLY RD

Good

Over: CAMP CREEK (H 98)

2.2E 1N OF WAVERLY, Lancaster, NE

Built 1993 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 42

S 14TH ST/FAS 3317

Good

Over: SALT CREEK (O 62)

SJCT US77/N2 3.8S, Lancaster, NE

Built 1996 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 3,548

NW 70TH ST

Good

Over: WEST OAK CREEK (E 100)

2.5E OF MALCOLM, Lancaster, NE

Built 1991 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 27

MARTELL RD

Good

Over: SALT CREEK TRIB (R 210)

2.5S 3.1W OF BENNET, Lancaster, NE

Built 2021 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 36

S 120TH ST

Good

Over: N2

LSB EAST END INTERCHANGE, Lancaster, NE

Built 2022 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 7,220

N33

Good

Over: N BR SALT CREEK TRIB

9NE CRETE, Lancaster, NE

Built 1955 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 4,915

N33

Good

Over: WITTSTRUCK CREEK

13NE CRETE, Lancaster, NE

Built 1955 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 5,695

N79

Good

Over: WAGON TOUNGE CREEK

0N AGNEW, Lancaster, NE

Built 2018 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 2,750

L55X

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

NCL LINCOLN, Lancaster, NE

Built 1974 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 10,115

SOUTH 68TH STREET

Good

Over: STREAM(S-27)

STAGECOACH TO WAGON TRAIN, Lancaster, NE

Built 2011 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 5,089

SPRAGUE RD/FAS3280

Good

Over: SALT CREEK (T 108)

JCT US77/S-55G 1.5W, Lancaster, NE

Built 2012 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 715

N 162ND ST

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK (A 171)

1E 3.5N OF WAVERLY, Lancaster, NE

Built 2001 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 281

FIRTH RD/FAS 3250

Good

Over: M BR BIG NEMAHA R(X 205)

JCT US77/S-55G 6S 4.2E, Lancaster, NE

Built 2016 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 1,235

FIRTH RD/FAS 3250

Good

Over: BNRR (X-277)

JCT US 77/S55G 6S 5.0E, Lancaster, NE

Built 2003 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 2,593

OLIVE CREEK RD

Good

Over: STREAM (Y-158)

JCT US77/S-55G 3S 7.4E, Lancaster, NE

Built 2013 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 29

NW 56TH ST

Good

Over: NORTH OAK CREEK (C 65)

2.5N OF RAYMOND, Lancaster, NE

Built 1993 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 50

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