Merrick County, NE

173 public highway bridges

Merrick County Bridge Snapshot

Merrick County, Nebraska contains 173 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 64.7% are rated “Good,” 26% “Fair,” 8.7% “Poor,” and 8.7% are classified as structurally deficient — the federal designation for spans whose deck, superstructure, or substructure has been rated 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. Structurally deficient does not mean unsafe to cross; it means the bridge is on the priority list for repair or replacement.

Inspections in NE are conducted by certified engineers from the state Department of Transportation on a 24-month cycle, and results are reported back to the FHWA each spring. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county, sorted by inventory load rating. Use the “Sort by” controls to surface the lowest-rated spans first, and click any row for full inspection history, traffic counts, and condition trends.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

173
Total Bridges
64.7%
Good
8.7%
Poor
8.7%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
64.7% (112)
Fair
26% (45)
Poor
8.7% (15)
SD
8.7% (15)

All Bridges (173)

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

8.3 N CENTRAL CITY, Merrick, NE

Built 1990 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

1N 1E ARCHER, Merrick, NE

Built 1992 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 40

N14

Good

Over: PLATTE RIVER

3S CENTRAL CITY, Merrick, NE

Built 1991 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 3,200

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SILVER CREEK

2.3E 3.9N CLARKS, Merrick, NE

Built 1987 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 45

P ROAD

Good

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

1S .8W ARCHER, Merrick, NE

Built 2018 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 25

8TH RD

Good

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

1W 1.2S ARCHER, Merrick, NE

Built 2018 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY ROAD 12

Good

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

3.5W 7N CENTRAL CITY, Merrick, NE

Built 1962 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 15

US30

Good

Over: SILVER CREEK

0W SILVER CREEK, Merrick, NE

Built 2020 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 3,685

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Poor

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

5.7N 5.4W CENTRAL CITY, Merrick, NE

Built 1935 ADT: 40

TOWNSHIP ROAD 32

Poor

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

1.5NW OF SILVER CREEK, Merrick, NE

Built 1935 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY ROAD 5

Poor

Over: WOOD RIVER

2W 3.6S CHAPMAN, Merrick, NE

Built 1952 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY ROAD 18

Poor

Over: SILVER CREEK

1.5S 6W OF CLARKS, Merrick, NE

Built 1971 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY ROAD DD

Poor

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

2.6E 2.3N SILVER CREEK, Merrick, NE

Built 1941 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY ROAD 30

Poor

Over: SILVER CREEK

3.3W 1.5S SILVER CREEK, Merrick, NE

Built 1954 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY ROAD 1

Poor

Over: ROCK CREEK

6S N22 HOWARD CL, Merrick, NE

Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY ROAD 26

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO SILVER CREEK

2.2N 1E OF CLARKS, Merrick, NE

Built 1968 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 45

COUNTY ROAD V

Poor

Over: SILVER CREEK

1N 2.2W CLARKS, Merrick, NE

Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 35

COUNTY ROAD T

Poor

Over: SILVER CREEK

5.7N 2.8E CENTRAL CITY, Merrick, NE

Built 1971 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Poor

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

2.5E 10.5N CENTRAL CITY, Merrick, NE

Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 15

FAS 2180

Poor

Over: STREAM

JCT US30/N14 11.8W 6.8S, Merrick, NE

Built 1949 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 325

COLL 7627

Poor

Over: SILVER CREEK

1.5N OF HAVENS, Merrick, NE

Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 30

FAS 2200

Poor

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

JCT US30/N14 .1S 10W, Merrick, NE

Built 1936 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 195

L RD

Structurally Deficient

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

4.3N 2.4W CHAPMAN, Merrick, NE

Built 1912 ADT: 40

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

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Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges Editorial