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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.

Total bridges

359

Public highway bridges in Otoe County

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

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).

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Otoe County and the 5 Nebraska counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Cuming County 402 2%
Gage County 394 8.1%
Otoe County (this page) 359 22.3%
Dodge County 334 3.6%
Knox County 329 3%
Cedar County 313 6.4%

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 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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1973 here).

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

All 359 Good 156 Fair 123 Poor 80

All bridges (359)

N2

Good

Over: STREAM

1E PALMYRA, Otoe, NE

Built 1997 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 11,335

N2

Good

Over: STREAM

3W .6N DUNBAR, Otoe, NE

Built 1993 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 10,130

N2

Good

Over: CARR CREEK

3.1E .6N DUNBAR, Otoe, NE

Built 1993 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 9,425

N2

Good

Over: STREAM

WJCT US75/N2 .5NW, Otoe, NE

Built 1993 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 9,425

N-2

Good

Over: US-75

R14E T 8N SE OF NE CITY, Otoe, NE

Built 2016 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 9,850

N50

Good

Over: STREAM

7S SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE

Built 1997 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 2,990

US75

Good

Over: S TABLE CREEK

WJCT US75/N2 .6N, Otoe, NE

Built 1988 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 3,375

N128

Good

Over: STREAM

1W LORTON, Otoe, NE

Built 1986 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 785

S66A DOUGLAS SPUR

Good

Over: S FK LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER

1N DOUGLAS, Otoe, NE

Built 1994 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 930

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER

3W .5N UNADILLA, Otoe, NE

Built 2007 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 25

RD 24

Good

Over: LITTLE MUDDY CREEK

3.2E 1.8N BURR, Otoe, NE

Built 2023 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

6.5E LORTON, Otoe, NE

Built 2017 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 60

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: MUDDY CREEK

5S 2W SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE

Built 1998 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 20

N128

Good

Over: LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER

7W LORTON, Otoe, NE

Built 1999 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 785

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: S FK LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER

.2W OF DOUGLAS, Otoe, NE

Built 1999 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 75

4TH CORSO

Good

Over: UPRR/S TBL CR 432-930-B

NE CTY 4TH CORSO/3RRDST, Otoe, NE

Built 2019 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 4,130

B RD

Good

Over: HOOPER CREEK TRIB

JCT US34/N43 3.1 S, Otoe, NE

Built 1987 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 100

COLL 7908

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK TRIB

.5E 3N OF UNADILLA, Otoe, NE

Built 2023 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 140

COLL 7906

Good

Over: STREAM

W EDGE SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE

Built 2008 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 300

N43

Good

Over: HOOPER CREEK

4S EAGLE, Otoe, NE

Built 1987 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 1,030

32ND RD

Good

Over: RR LINE FARMERS COOP

.09S OF RD K ON 32ND RD, Otoe, NE

Built 2017 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 5

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

2E .7N TALMAGE, Otoe, NE

Built 1997 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 25

60TH RD

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

.6W 1N NEBRASKA CITY, Otoe, NE

Built 2019 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 100

60TH RD

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

.6W 1.1N NEBRASKA CITY, Otoe, NE

Built 2019 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 100

N67

Good

Over: LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER N FK

0E LORTON, Otoe, NE

Built 2017 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 960

FAS 3270

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT N2/S-66A 7S .3W, Otoe, NE

Built 2023 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 65

FAS 3270

Good

Over: STREAM

JCT N2/S-66A 8S .3E, Otoe, NE

Built 2017 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 105

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SOUTH TABLE CREEK

.7W NEBRASKA CITY, Otoe, NE

Built 2003 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 80

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: N FK LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER

.5W 7.2N SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE

Built 2022 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: SILVER CREEK

.8S .5E PALMYRA, Otoe, NE

Built 1995 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: FOURMILE CREEK

2S .6E NEBRASKA CITY, Otoe, NE

Built 2002 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 150

NB-US75

Good

Over: UPRR

NEBRASKA CITY BYPASS, Otoe, NE

Built 1987 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 9,365

SB-US75

Good

Over: BNSF/S TABLE CRK TRIB

NEBRASKA CITY INTRCHG, Otoe, NE

Built 1993 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 9,365

US75

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

5N NEBRASKA CITY, Otoe, NE

Built 1985 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 4,360

COLL 7906

Good

Over: LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER

1W SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE

Built 1992 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 300

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

2E US73 NEMAHA CL, Otoe, NE

Built 2006 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 40

N50

Good

Over: LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER

1S SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE

Built 1997 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 3,530

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: JORDAN CREEK

5.8N .8E DUNBAR, Otoe, NE

Built 2005 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER

1.7E .3S PALMYRA, Otoe, NE

Built 2012 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 10

N67

Good

Over: N FK LITTLE NEMAHA TRIB

WJCT N67/N128 .5N, Otoe, NE

Built 2017 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 275

SB-US75 RMP N-S

Good

Over: N2

NEBRASKA CITY INTRCHG, Otoe, NE

Built 1994 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 3,375

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER

1.5E .8S UNADILLA, Otoe, NE

Built 2012 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: BROWNELL CREEK

1S 1.5E SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE

Built 2017 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 75

I RD

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

1S 3E OF UNADILLA, Otoe, NE

Built 2017 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 635

WB-N2

Good

Over: BROWNELL CREEK TRIBUTARY

2E SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE

Built 1997 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 10,130

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: WYOMING CREEK

3.6N .5W NEBRASKA CITY, Otoe, NE

Built 2003 Load: 44.0 t ADT: 40

N50

Good

Over: MUDDY CREEK

6S SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE

Built 1997 Load: 44.0 t ADT: 2,990

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: MUDDY CREEK

1E 6.2S SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE

Built 2004 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 25

36TH RD

Good

Over: LITTLE NEMAHA R TRIB

12.5S OTOE, Otoe, NE

Built 2023 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 25

WB-N2

Good

Over: WILSON CREEK

7.1W NEB CITY, Otoe, NE

Built 1993 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 9,425

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