Total bridges
197
Public highway bridges in Lincoln County
County profile · official public datasets
Lincoln County, NE
197 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 65% rated Good, 28.4% Fair, 6.6% Poor.
- 197
- Public bridges
- 65%
- Good condition
- 6.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lincoln County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 47th
- of 88 on Poor share
- 6.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 197
- public highway bridges
- 1976
- 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.
Lincoln County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lincoln County ranks #47 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.6%). Lincoln County, Nebraska contains 197 public highway bridges. Roughly 65% are rated “Good,” 28.4% “Fair,” and 6.6% “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
65%
128 of 197 rated 7-9
Fair condition
28.4%
56 of 197 rated 5-6
Poor condition
6.6%
13 of 197 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#47 of 88
Among Nebraska counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 197 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 65% (128)
Fair 28.4% (56)
Poor 6.6% (13)
Lincoln County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,330 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 256 crossings a day against 2,306 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 197 of 197 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
46.7% of Lincoln County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
92 of the 197 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 65% 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 30% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
TECH COLLEGE ROAD over NPPD POWER CANAL, built 1964, carries 1,000 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 13-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 3,330 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Lincoln County's bridges were built
197 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
41 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 5
1950–1959
5 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
39 bridges
- 1970s 8
1970–1979
8 bridges
- 1980s 14
1980–1989
14 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
30 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
40 bridges
- 2010s 14
2010–2019
14 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 41 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Nebraska average (1977).
How Lincoln County compares with Nebraska's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Lincoln County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.6% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 87 Nebraska counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 211 | 60.2% | 33.6% | 6.2% | 1978 |
| York County | 205 | 57.6% | 39.5% | 2.9% | 1974 |
| Lincoln County (this page) | 197 | 65% | 28.4% | 6.6% | 1976 |
| Sarpy County | 192 | 38.5% | 52.1% | 9.4% | 1980 |
| Pawnee County | 191 | 37.7% | 27.7% | 34.6% | 1967 |
| Webster County | 191 | 63.9% | 26.7% | 9.4% | 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NE (197 bridges here).
- Crawford County, IL · 197 bridges
- Fountain County, IN · 197 bridges
- Warrick County, IN · 197 bridges
- Allamakee County, IA · 197 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1976 here).
- Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
- Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
- Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
- Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (197)
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL MP 30.6
3.3E 6S OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 4.0 t ADT: 40
WAHLGREN RD
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL
2.5E 5.1S OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: GOTHENBURG CANAL
2.5E 2.7S BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 10
MCNICKLE RD
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL MP34.1
5.5E 8S BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 135
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: JEFFREY RETURN MP26.9-.8
1.4E 3S OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 20
FLEECE ROAD
FairOver: BIRDWOOD CREEK
8.5N 1.5E OF SUTHERLAND, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 5
FAS 1545
FairOver: S CH PLATTE RIVER
JCT I80/L-56D .8S, Lincoln, NE
Built 1927 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 645
COLL 7301
FairOver: SUTHERLAND CANAL
4.75 2.6W OF NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE
Built 1977 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 200
BUFFALO BILL AVE
FairOver: FRNT ST/UPRR 816-151-W
N PLATTE BUFFALO BILL AVE, Lincoln, NE
Built 1989 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 8,000
FAS 1585
FairOver: STREAM
JCT US83/N23 4.7S 2.7E, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50
COLL 7298
FairOver: NPPD POWER CANAL
6S .5W NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE
Built 1969 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 100
FAS 1480
FairOver: THIRTY MILE CANAL
8S 6E OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 125
N25
FairOver: RED WILLOW CREEK
2NE WALLACE, Lincoln, NE
Built 1941 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 625
US83
FairOver: FRONT STREET
IN NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE
Built 1936 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 9,835
FAU 5823
FairOver: BURLINGTON DITCH @ BICEN
BURLINGTON BLVD @ BICENT, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 425
FAS 1480
FairOver: NPPD TAILRACE CANAL
JCT I80/US83 1.5S .3E, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 2,450
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: NPPD PENSTOCK PIPE
4S NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE
Built 1952 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 50
COLL 7297
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL MP 12.5
8W .5S OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 75
LINE RD
FairOver: THIRTYMILE CANAL
2.5E 4S OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1992 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 20
FAS 1480
FairOver: THIRTY MILE CANAL
5S 3.7E OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 125
FAS 1480
FairOver: THIRTY MILE CANAL
5.2E 7S OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 125
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL MP 17.6
3S 4.9W OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 40
FAS 1480
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL
JCT I80/S-56A .7N 5.3E, Lincoln, NE
Built 2015 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 255
S56A
FairOver: I80
MAXWELL INTERCHG, Lincoln, NE
Built 1965 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 850
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: DRAINAGE DIST #1
4E .25N OF HERSHEY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1993 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 100
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: FREMONT SLOUGH
.5S NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE
Built 1958 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 250
S56A MAXWELL SPUR
FairOver: PLATTE RIVER MID CHAN
2S MAXWELL, Lincoln, NE
Built 1931 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 850
I80
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL
3E NORTH PLATTE E INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE
Built 1964 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 17,730
I80
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL
3E NORTH PLATTE E INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE
Built 1964 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 17,730
US83
FairOver: SOUTH PLATTE RIVER
IN NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE
Built 1965 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 8,340
US83
FairOver: FREMONT SLOUGH
1S NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE
Built 1965 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 6,410
FAS 1480
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL
5S 2.5E OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1996 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 125
US83
FairOver: FREMONT SLOUGH
1S NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE
Built 1974 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 6,410
US83
FairOver: SOUTH PLATTE RIVER
IN NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE
Built 1974 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 9,585
COLL 7295
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL MP 33.8
5.4E 8S OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1992 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 75
N25
FairOver: SOUTH PLATTE RIVER
1S SUTHERLAND, Lincoln, NE
Built 1967 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 1,910
N25
FairOver: SOUTH PLATTE RIVER
1S SUTHERLAND, Lincoln, NE
Built 1967 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 1,910
WAHLGREN RD
FairOver: THIRTYMILE CANAL
2.5E 4.2S OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 25
I80
FairOver: GOTHENBURG CANAL
5E BRADY INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE
Built 2001 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 17,345
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL
3E .5S NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE
Built 2004 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 50
FAS 1480
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL
JCT I80/L-56D 2.4S, Lincoln, NE
Built 1977 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 420
I80
FairOver: N CH PLATTE RIVER
2E BRADY INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE
Built 1964 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 17,345
I80
FairOver: N CH PLATTE RIVER
2E BRADY INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE
Built 1964 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 17,345
L56C HERSHEY CNLK
FairOver: SOUTH PLATTE RIVER
1S HERSHEY, Lincoln, NE
Built 1974 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 2,940
L56D
FairOver: 030
1NW BRADY, Lincoln, NE
Built 2005 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 1,325
US83/N70
FairOver: NORTH PLATTE RIVER
0N NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE
Built 1969 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 6,840
FAS 1480
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL
JCT I80/S-56A 1.7N 7W, Lincoln, NE
Built 2005 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 255
FAS 1480
FairOver: TRI-COUNTY CANAL
JCT I80/S-56A .8N 6W, Lincoln, NE
Built 2015 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 345
I80
FairOver: NPPD POWER CANAL
1E NORTH PLATTE S INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE
Built 1966 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 17,515
I80
FairOver: NPPD POWER CANAL
1E NORTH PLATTE S INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE
Built 1966 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 17,515
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