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Nuckolls County, NE

255 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 33.3% rated Good, 57.6% Fair, 9% Poor.

255
Public bridges
33.3%
Good condition
9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Nuckolls County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

59th
of 88 on Poor share
9%
Poor-condition share
255
public highway bridges
1979
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.

Nuckolls County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Nuckolls County ranks #59 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9%). Nuckolls County, Nebraska contains 255 public highway bridges. Roughly 33.3% are rated “Good,” 57.6% “Fair,” and 9% “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

255

Public highway bridges in Nuckolls County

Good condition

33.3%

85 of 255 rated 7-9

Fair condition

57.6%

147 of 255 rated 5-6

Poor condition

9%

23 of 255 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#59 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 255 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
33.3% (85)
Fair
57.6% (147)
Poor
9% (23)

Nuckolls County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,720 vehicle crossings a day

That is 9.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 162 crossings a day against 180 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 255 of 255 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

32.2% of Nuckolls County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

82 of the 255 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 33.3% 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 43.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

N14 over OX BOW CREEK, built 1937, carries 1,625 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 23-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 3,720 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Nuckolls County's bridges were built

255 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 51 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Nebraska average (1977).

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

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

The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Nuckolls County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Nuckolls County and the 5 Nebraska counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Richardson County 258 13.6%
Nuckolls County (this page) 255 9%
Colfax County 252 2%
Wayne County 251 9.6%
Scotts Bluff County 250 5.2%
Seward County 244 7.8%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NE (255 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1979 here).

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

All 255 Good 85 Fair 147 Poor 23

Good-condition bridges (85)

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

2N 8.5W SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1978 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

1N 6E OF LAWRENCE, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2003 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 15

FAS 2365

Good

Over: REPUBLICAN RIVER

JCT N8/N14 .9S, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1984 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 900

N14

Good

Over: LOST CREEK

1W SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1951 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 1,120

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

6.5W 5.8N SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2003 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 35

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

3.5S .8E LAWRENCE, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1991 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: OAK CREEK

1S .1E OAK, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2006 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 20

COLL 7595

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

2.2N OF CADAMS, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1988 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 45

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: CROSBY CREEK TRIBUTARY

4.5E SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1999 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK TRIBUTARY

1W 1.1S RUSKIN, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1999 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 15

FAS 2385

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT N4/S-65A 1E 5.2S, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1980 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 170

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

1.7S RUSKIN, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1988 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

1W N14 CLAY CL, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1994 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 45

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

2.7N 5E LAWRENCE, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2007 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

5.5W 4.5N SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1992 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

1.5W 4.7N SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2002 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

2.7E SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1992 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 20

FAS 2355

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

SJCT N4/N14 10W .8N, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1991 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 135

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

1.7N 9.8E LAWRENCE, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2001 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

3.5E OF NELSON, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2004 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

1N 4.4E SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1998 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

1N N4 WEBSTER CL, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1994 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

FAS 2385

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT N4/S-65A 5S .5E, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1966 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 170

ROAD C

Good

Over: REPUBLICAN RIVER TRIB

JCT N8/N14 .8N 2.2W, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1998 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 245

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

2.4E SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1989 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

2700 RD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

.9E 2N LAWRENCE, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1986 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30

N4

Good

Over: STREAM

8E LAWRENCE, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2003 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 575

N8

Good

Over: REPUBLICAN RIVER TRIB

2E SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1941 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,035

N14

Good

Over: STREAM

.1S OF NELSON, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1974 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,260

US136

Good

Over: LOST CREEK

12E GUIDE ROCK, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1956 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 485

S65A OAK SPUR

Good

Over: STREAM

4N OAK, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1964 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 210

S65A OAK SPUR

Good

Over: STREAM

.29E OAK, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1964 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 210

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

1.7S 1.8W RUSKIN, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2001 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 20

ROAD E

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

2N 5.5W SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2015 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 10

2900 RD

Good

Over: LIBERTY CREEK

2.9E 2.4N LAWRENCE, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1935 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 5

ROAD F

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

4.5S .8E RUSKIN, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2018 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 15

N4

Good

Over: S FK BIG SANDY CREEK

3W DAVENPORT, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1964 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 530

FAS 1990

Good

Over: REPUBLICAN RIVER

JCT N8/N14 7W 1.8N, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1987 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 40

ROAD A

Good

Over: OAK CREEK

6W N14 KANSAS SL, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1988 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 35

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

S JCT HWY 14&4 6W 1.5N, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2006 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 25

US136

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

7E GUIDE ROCK, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1956 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 485

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

4S RUSKIN, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2005 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SUPERIOR CANAL

4.5W .7N SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2002 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 15

ROAD Z

Good

Over: DRY CREEK TRIB

_, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2020 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 10

CO RD T

Good

Over: STREAM

R7W T3N SECTION 3, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2016 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 15

RD PQ

Good

Over: ELK CREEK TRIB

_, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2019 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 135

ROAD J

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

5S 8.2W NELSON, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2020 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 40

ROAD 4600

Good

Over: S FK BIG SANDY CREEK

1.2E 4.6N OAK, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2012 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30

FAS 1990

Good

Over: GIMLET CREEK

SJCT US136/N14 8.6W 3.6S, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2012 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 25

RD 4700

Good

Over: THAWES CREEK TRIB

_, Nuckolls, NE

Built 2019 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 25

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