Total bridges
359
Public highway bridges in Otoe County
County profile · official public datasets
Otoe County, NE
359 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.5% rated Good, 34.3% Fair, 22.3% Poor.
- 359
- Public bridges
- 43.5%
- Good condition
- 22.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Otoe County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 84th
- of 88 on Poor share
- 22.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 359
- public highway bridges
- 1973
- 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.
Otoe County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Otoe County ranks #84 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 22.3%). Otoe County, Nebraska contains 359 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.5% are rated “Good,” 34.3% “Fair,” and 22.3% “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
43.5%
156 of 359 rated 7-9
Fair condition
34.3%
123 of 359 rated 5-6
Poor condition
22.3%
80 of 359 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#84 of 88
Among Nebraska counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 359 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 43.5% (156)
Fair 34.3% (123)
Poor 22.3% (80)
Otoe County's Poor-condition bridges carry 5,910 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 22.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 74 crossings a day against 1,786 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 359 of 359 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
45.7% of Otoe County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
164 of the 359 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 43.5% 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 29.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
11TH CORSO/FAU6204 over SOUTH TABLE CREEK, built 1978, carries 1,735 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 80-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 5,910 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Otoe County's bridges were built
359 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 3
1900–1909
3 bridges
- 1910s 7
1910–1919
7 bridges
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
116 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 14
1950–1959
14 bridges
- 1960s 14
1960–1969
14 bridges
- 1970s 18
1970–1979
18 bridges
- 1980s 37
1980–1989
37 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
58 bridges
- 2000s 24
2000–2009
24 bridges
- 2010s 46
2010–2019
46 bridges
- 2020s 19
2020–2029
19 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 116 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1973) matches the Nebraska average (1977).
How Otoe County compares with Nebraska's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Otoe County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 22.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 6 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 87 Nebraska counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuming County | 402 | 25.1% | 72.9% | 2% | 1986 |
| Gage County | 394 | 36.5% | 55.3% | 8.1% | 1971 |
| Otoe County (this page) | 359 | 43.5% | 34.3% | 22.3% | 1973 |
| Dodge County | 334 | 71% | 25.4% | 3.6% | 1981 |
| Knox County | 329 | 60.5% | 36.5% | 3% | 1981 |
| Cedar County | 313 | 47% | 46.6% | 6.4% | 1977 |
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 Otoe 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 Otoe County, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NE (359 bridges here).
- Nemaha County, KS · 359 bridges
- Chippewa County, WI · 359 bridges
- Polk County, FL · 360 bridges
- St. Tammany County, LA · 360 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1973 here).
- Jefferson County, AL · avg 1973 · 1,068 bridges
- Erie County, NY · avg 1973 · 906 bridges
- Davidson County, TN · avg 1973 · 832 bridges
- Lancaster County, PA · avg 1973 · 801 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (123)
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER
.3S 3.5E PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 10
40TH RD
FairOver: N FK LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER
1.8E 1S OTOE, Otoe, NE
Built 1910 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
3.8N 3.3E DUNBAR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 45
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
3W OF DOUGLAS, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: BIG SLOUGH
6.8N 3.6E DUNBAR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
.5W 2.3S DOUGLAS, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
4.3N PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.3W .5S BURR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: MUDDY CREEK
1.3W 6.2N BURR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 30
COLL 7816
FairOver: STREAM
4N 2.6W DOUGLAS, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 60
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.5W 1N BURR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
4.2N PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 4.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
7N 5.5E SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 4.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
4.2N 2.7E PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: HOOPER CREEK
4N PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: MUDDY CREEK
2W 4.5S UNADILLA, Otoe, NE
Built 1983 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: RUSSELL CREEK
2W 1S UNADILLA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
2.3S 1.3W PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 5
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: GOOSE CREEK
4.8N 1.9E DUNBAR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: OWL CREEK
4N 4.8W SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
.7S .3W UNADILLA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: S FK LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER
7S 4.3E SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE
Built 1915 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: HOOPER CREEK
.7E 3.4N PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 5
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
5S 4.2W SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 10
COLL 7908
FairOver: WOLF CREEK
2.5N OF UNADILLA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 140
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: OWL CREEK
7N 5.4W SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 30
D RD
FairOver: HOOPER CREEK TRIB
2.2N 2.4E PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
2.2E 1.8N BURR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10
COLL 7816
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
.5W 3S PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 60
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.2E 2.7S DOUGLAS, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
2.2E 4.3N BURR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: S BR WEEPING WATER CREEK
10E N50 CASS CL, Otoe, NE
Built 1974 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: RUSSELL CREEK
1.7E 3.8N DOUGLAS, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 25
FAS 3680
FairOver: S FK LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER
JCT N50/S-66E 4.1E, Otoe, NE
Built 1963 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 160
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
3N 6.4E SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
5S 1.8W SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: OWL CREEK
.5E 2.5N UNADILLA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.8W OTOE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: FLOOD CREEK
6.8N DUNBAR, Otoe, NE
Built 1960 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
3N 5.7W SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: WILSON CREEK
2.8N 1E DUNBAR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
3.5E TALMAGE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: FLOOD CREEK
7N 6.3E SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.5W 1.8N SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: SANDY CREEK
1.7E .5S OF TALMAGE, Otoe, NE
Built 1960 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 25
COLL 7816
FairOver: STREAM
.5W 2.7S OF PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 60
10TH ST/FAU 6207
FairOver: NORTH TABLE CREEK
NEBR CITY 10TH ST @ 5TH, Otoe, NE
Built 1982 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 1,435
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
3N 3.9E SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.3N 1.7W NEBRASKA CITY, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: FOX CREEK
.8E .9S DUNBAR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 50
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