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.

Total bridges

197

Public highway bridges in Lincoln County

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

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).

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Lincoln County and the 5 Nebraska counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Adams County 211 6.2%
York County 205 2.9%
Lincoln County (this page) 197 6.6%
Sarpy County 192 9.4%
Pawnee County 191 34.6%
Webster County 191 9.4%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1976 here).

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

All 197 Good 128 Fair 56 Poor 13

Good-condition bridges (128)

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: RED WILLOW CREEK

.9N OF WALLACE, Lincoln, NE

Built 1995 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 25

FAS 1465

Good

Over: FREMONT SLOUGH

JCT I80/L-56C .4S, Lincoln, NE

Built 1958 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,500

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: NORTH PLATTE CANAL

1N .4E OF SUTHERLAND, Lincoln, NE

Built 1986 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 100

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: NORTH PLATTE CANAL

1N .75E SUTHERLAND, Lincoln, NE

Built 1991 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 100

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

1.5S .2E OF HERSHEY, Lincoln, NE

Built 1966 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 70

FAS 1210

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT I80/N25 .3S 1W, Lincoln, NE

Built 1983 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 200

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SUTHERLAND CANAL

6.9W 5S OF SUTHERLAND, Lincoln, NE

Built 1984 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 20

COLL 7303

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT I80/US83 2.5S 2.6E, Lincoln, NE

Built 2004 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 85

FAS 1585

Good

Over: HAY CANYON

JCT US83/N23 4.2S 4.5E, Lincoln, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50

FAS 1545

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT I80/L-56D 10S 2.3W, Lincoln, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 100

FAS 1545

Good

Over: WEST DEER CREEK CANYON

JCT I80/L-56D 17.7S .3W, Lincoln, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 100

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SUTHERLAND CANAL

3.3S 3E OF SUTHERLAND, Lincoln, NE

Built 1997 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30

FAS 1410

Good

Over: NORTH PLATTE CANAL

JCT US30/L-56C 1.3N, Lincoln, NE

Built 2002 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 465

COLL 7302

Good

Over: STREAM

2S 4.5W NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE

Built 1962 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 345

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: FREMONT SLOUGH

2S 5E NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE

Built 1966 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10

COLL 7302

Good

Over: FREMONT SLOUGH

2S 2.5W OF NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 735

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

1.7E 2.2S OF NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE

Built 1966 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10

PALMER RD

Good

Over: THIRTYMILE CANAL

4.5E 6S OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30

PRAIRIE TRACE RD

Good

Over: PAXTON HERSHEY CANAL

1.5N SUTHERLAND, Lincoln, NE

Built 1991 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 685

FAS 1480

Good

Over: THIRTY MILE CANAL

7.2S 6E OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 125

PECKHAM RD

Good

Over: THIRTYMILE CANAL

6.5E 8.4S OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE

Built 1996 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10

N23

Good

Over: STREAM

1W WALLACE, Lincoln, NE

Built 1960 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,135

N23

Good

Over: MEDICINE CREEK

7E DICKENS, Lincoln, NE

Built 1968 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 450

N23

Good

Over: STREAM

1W FARNAM, Lincoln, NE

Built 1964 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 720

N25

Good

Over: STREAM

3SE WALLACE, Lincoln, NE

Built 1966 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 585

US30

Good

Over: NORTH PLATTE CANAL

JCT US30/US83 5.1W, Lincoln, NE

Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 3,820

US30

Good

Over: FARMERS&MERCHANTS CANAL

2W NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE

Built 1930 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 3,820

US30

Good

Over: WHITE HORSE CREEK

5E NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE

Built 1930 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 2,335

US30

Good

Over: PAWNEE CREEK

1W BRADY, Lincoln, NE

Built 1931 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,450

I80

Good

Over: STREAM

1E NORTH PLATTE E INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE

Built 1966 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 17,730

I80

Good

Over: STREAM

1W BRADY INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE

Built 1965 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 17,440

US83/N23

Good

Over: MEDICINE CREEK

1S WELLFLEET, Lincoln, NE

Built 2004 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 2,135

US83

Good

Over: STREAM

2S NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE

Built 1952 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 4,995

FAS 5829

Good

Over: FREMONT SLOUGH

JCT I80/US83 .8S 2.1E, Lincoln, NE

Built 1981 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 4,715

FAU 5805

Good

Over: SCOUT CREEK @ SCOUT REST

JCT I80/US83 1.7W 3.5N, Lincoln, NE

Built 1991 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 275

FAU 5805

Good

Over: SCOUT CRK @ BUFFALO BILL

JCT I80/US83 1.5W 3.4N, Lincoln, NE

Built 1991 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 275

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: I80

3W SUTHERLAND INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE

Built 1967 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 55

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: I80

5W MAXWELL INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE

Built 1966 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: BIRDWOOD CREEK

12N 2.2E OF SUTHERLAND, Lincoln, NE

Built 2006 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SUTHERLAND CANAL

1.5E 4.7S OF HERSHEY, Lincoln, NE

Built 1935 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SUTHERLAND CANAL

4.9S 3E OF HERSHEY, Lincoln, NE

Built 1995 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: I80

3W HERSHEY INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE

Built 1967 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 5

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: I80

5E HERSHEY INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE

Built 1966 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 55

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: I80

2E MAXWELL INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE

Built 1965 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 35

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SUTHERLAND CANAL

3.5E 5.6S OF HERSHEY, Lincoln, NE

Built 1935 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: JEFFERY CANYON

1W 9.8S OF BRADY, Lincoln, NE

Built 1998 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 20

US30

Good

Over: NORTH PLATTE RIVER

2E NORTH PLATTE, Lincoln, NE

Built 1959 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 3,210

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: I80

4W NORTH PLATTE S INTRCHG, Lincoln, NE

Built 1966 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 55

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: MEDICINE CREEK

4.5W 2.7N OF WELLFLEET, Lincoln, NE

Built 1996 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: MEDICINE CREEK

.25 S WELLFLEET, Lincoln, NE

Built 2001 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 35

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

Related

Browse all → | Rankings →
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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.