Pawnee County, NE

191 public highway bridges

Pawnee County Bridge Snapshot

Pawnee County, Nebraska contains 191 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 37.7% are rated “Good,” 27.7% “Fair,” 34.6% “Poor,” and 34.6% 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.

191
Total Bridges
37.7%
Good
34.6%
Poor
34.6%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
37.7% (72)
Fair
27.7% (53)
Poor
34.6% (66)
SD
34.6% (66)

All Bridges (191)

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: BALLS BRANCH

3S 2W OF STEINAUER, Pawnee, NE

Built 1991 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: PLUM CREEK

NJCT N8/N99 1.1N 3W, Pawnee, NE

Built 1982 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 90

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

2.5S 1W LEWISTON, Pawnee, NE

Built 1994 Load: 64.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: ARKEKETA CREEK

SJCT N8/N99 2.3N 3W, Pawnee, NE

Built 2008 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 60

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: W BR TURKEY CREEK

5.5S 2E OF BURCHARD, Pawnee, NE

Built 2003 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

4.4S 2E OF BURCHARD, Pawnee, NE

Built 2003 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK TRIBUTARY

2.7N 5.4W OF DUBOIS, Pawnee, NE

Built 2001 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TAYLOR BRANCH

SCL TABLE ROCK 7TH ST, Pawnee, NE

Built 1982 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

2N 4.7W OF BURCHARD, Pawnee, NE

Built 2005 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

.4N 1.5E OF PAWNEE CITY, Pawnee, NE

Built 2005 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

6W 1.6N OF PAWNEE CITY, Pawnee, NE

Built 2006 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

4E .5S OF BURCHARD, Pawnee, NE

Built 2006 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

5E 2S OF BURCHARD, Pawnee, NE

Built 1995 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 45

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: ADAMSON CREEK

4W 1.7N OF BURCHARD, Pawnee, NE

Built 2005 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 20

N4

Good

Over: STREAM

1W LEWISTON, Pawnee, NE

Built 1961 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 755

N50

Good

Over: LORES BRANCH

SCL DUBOIS, Pawnee, NE

Built 2023 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,135

N99

Good

Over: STREAM

1S BURCHARD, Pawnee, NE

Built 1927 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 495

N99

Good

Over: STREAM

1S BURCHARD, Pawnee, NE

Built 1927 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 495

N50

Good

Over: NEGRO BRANCH

2S DUBOIS, Pawnee, NE

Built 2023 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 1,135

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

1.7N 1E OF DUBOIS, Pawnee, NE

Built 2022 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

4S 2W OF LEWISTON, Pawnee, NE

Built 1992 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

3.5S 1.9E OF STEINAUER, Pawnee, NE

Built 1987 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 20

COLL 7893

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

2W 2.6N OF PAWNEE CITY, Pawnee, NE

Built 1993 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 45

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

3.4N 2W OF STEINAUER, Pawnee, NE

Built 1979 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 15

N4

Good

Over: TAYLOR BRANCH

IN TABLE ROCK, Pawnee, NE

Built 1973 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 1,120

ROAD 702

Good

Over: BIG NEMAHA RIVER TRIB

1E N50 KANSAS SL, Pawnee, NE

Built 1997 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

4.4N OF TABLE ROCK, Pawnee, NE

Built 2016 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 10

N8/N50

Good

Over: DRY BRANCH

4N DUBOIS, Pawnee, NE

Built 2023 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 1,075

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK TRIB.

2.5S OF LEWISTON, Pawnee, NE

Built 2014 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 40

FAS 3595 / 609 AVE

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

JCT N4/N99 4.5N 3W, Pawnee, NE

Built 2013 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 70

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TRIB OF JOHNSON CREEK

2.7E 7.6S BURCHARD, Pawnee, NE

Built 2009 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

2.2N 3W OF TABLE ROCK, Pawnee, NE

Built 2012 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 5

623 AVE

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK TRIB

_, Pawnee, NE

Built 2020 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 10

703 ROAD

Good

Over: WILDCAT CREEK

6.5S & 9.0W PAWNEE CITY, Pawnee, NE

Built 2018 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 15

720 RD

Good

Over: ELK CREEK

2W N50 JOHNSON CL, Pawnee, NE

Built 1935 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 65

610 AVE

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK TRIB

2W 3.2S OF BURCHARD, Pawnee, NE

Built 2021 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 15

714 RD

Good

Over: BALLS BRANCH

2S 2.7W OF STEINAUER, Pawnee, NE

Built 2019 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

6W .6N OF PAWNEE CITY, Pawnee, NE

Built 2006 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

3.2S 2W OF STEINAUER, Pawnee, NE

Built 2012 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY TO TURKEY CREE

3.5S 1E OF STEINAUER, Pawnee, NE

Built 2013 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: COOPERS BRANCH

1N 2.5W OF TABLE ROCK, Pawnee, NE

Built 1935 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 25

704 RD

Good

Over: NEGRO BRANCH

JCT N65/S-67C 1S 2.3E, Pawnee, NE

Built 2019 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 35

623 AVE

Good

Over: TODD CREEK

5.2N 2W OF TABLE ROCK, Pawnee, NE

Built 2020 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30

626 AVE

Good

Over: DRY BRANCH

4 MI W OF PAWNEE CITY, Pawnee, NE

Built 2019 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREAM

.5E 1.5S OF TABLE ROCK, Pawnee, NE

Built 2008 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 5

710 TR

Good

Over: STREAM

1.5E OF PAWNEE CITY, Pawnee, NE

Built 2017 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY TO CLEAR CREEK

2.5N 2.2W OF TABLE ROCK, Pawnee, NE

Built 2016 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 20

N8

Good

Over: STREAM

SJCT N8/N99 2.2W, Pawnee, NE

Built 2004 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 305

FAS 3635

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

EJCT N4/N50 2.5E .2S, Pawnee, NE

Built 1983 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 60

N65

Good

Over: CHATAWA CREEK

4N KANSAS/NEBRASKA SL, Pawnee, NE

Built 1982 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 205

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