Total bridges
312
Public highway bridges in Saline County
County profile · official public datasets
Saline County, NE
312 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 67.3% rated Good, 24.7% Fair, 8% Poor.
- 312
- Public bridges
- 67.3%
- Good condition
- 8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Saline County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 53rd
- of 88 on Poor share
- 8%
- Poor-condition share
- 312
- public highway bridges
- 1981
- 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.
Saline County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Saline County ranks #53 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8%). Saline County, Nebraska contains 312 public highway bridges. Roughly 67.3% are rated “Good,” 24.7% “Fair,” and 8% “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
67.3%
210 of 312 rated 7-9
Fair condition
24.7%
77 of 312 rated 5-6
Poor condition
8%
25 of 312 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#53 of 88
Among Nebraska counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 312 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 67.3% (210)
Fair 24.7% (77)
Poor 8% (25)
Saline County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,060 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 82 crossings a day against 331 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 312 of 312 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
39.7% of Saline County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
124 of the 312 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 67.3% 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 56.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
N15 over TURKEY CREEK TRIBUTARY, built 1967, carries 1,170 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 25-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,060 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Saline County's bridges were built
312 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 3
1910–1919
3 bridges
- 1920s 6
1920–1929
6 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
56 bridges
- 1940s 10
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s 11
1950–1959
11 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
32 bridges
- 1970s 9
1970–1979
9 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
25 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
36 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
50 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
42 bridges
- 2020s
2020–2029
32 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 56 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Nebraska average (1977).
How Saline County compares with Nebraska's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Saline County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 5 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 87 Nebraska counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knox County | 329 | 60.5% | 36.5% | 3% | 1981 |
| Cedar County | 313 | 47% | 46.6% | 6.4% | 1977 |
| Saline County (this page) | 312 | 67.3% | 24.7% | 8% | 1981 |
| Custer County | 303 | 58.4% | 33.7% | 7.9% | 1971 |
| Madison County | 302 | 36.4% | 55.3% | 8.3% | 1981 |
| Dawson County | 300 | 68% | 28.3% | 3.7% | 1972 |
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 Saline 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 Saline County, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NE (312 bridges here).
- St. Lawrence County, NY · 312 bridges
- Beckham County, OK · 312 bridges
- Natchitoches County, LA · 313 bridges
- Linn County, MO · 313 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1981 here).
- Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
- Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
- Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
- McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (77)
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
2.4W 6S OF FRIEND, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 4.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
1.5W 4S OF FRIEND, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
.2E 6S OF FRIEND, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
4S US6 FILLMORE CL, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
2W 2.5S OF FRIEND, Saline, NE
Built 1980 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: BRUSH CREEK
4W 2.7N OF WILBER, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: DRY BRANCH
1.4N 6.4W OF PLEASANTHILL, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.7W 2.7S OF FRIEND, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 55
COLL 7600
FairOver: STREAM
3.2W 5S OF FRIEND, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 45
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: DRY CREEK
4.2S 1.5W OF PLEASANTHILL, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
2.7W 2N OF WILBER, Saline, NE
Built 1950 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.2E 4N OF WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.2W 2.7S OF DEWITT, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
2.2S 1.5E OF PLEASANTHILL, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 10
COLL 7751
FairOver: STREAM
3E 3.8S OF FRIEND, Saline, NE
Built 1920 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
.7N 1.2W OF WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1981 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 15
COLL 7668
FairOver: STREAM
2.5W OF WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1960 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 115
FAS 3005
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
JCT N41/S-76D 7.1N, Saline, NE
Built 1940 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 115
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: N FK SWAN CREEK
.7N 2.1E OF WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1919 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: SQUAW CREEK
3.9W OF CRETE, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
.7W .4S OF CRETE, Saline, NE
Built 1950 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: BIG BLUE RIVER
2.4N .6W OF CRETE, Saline, NE
Built 1940 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 60
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
1.5W 2N WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: N FK SWAN CREEK
4N .2E OF WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1927 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 30
COLL 7743
FairOver: STREAM
2.5E 3.5N OF SWANTON, Saline, NE
Built 1940 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: JOHNSON CREEK
1W US6 SEWARD CL, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
1E 2.7S OF FRIEND, Saline, NE
Built 1927 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 100
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: S FK SWAN CREEK
2W OF SWANTON, Saline, NE
Built 1960 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 30
COLL 7668
FairOver: S FK SWAN CREEK
4.5W OF WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 110
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
1.7W 4.1S OF FRIEND, Saline, NE
Built 1950 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
2.7S OF DORCHESTER, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 135
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
2.4N .1W OF CRETE, Saline, NE
Built 1950 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 60
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: N FK SWAN CREEK
.5E 4N OF WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1925 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: N FK SWAN CREEK
.5W 5.7N OF WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1950 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.7S OF WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: BRUSH CREEK
2.9W 2N OF WILBER, Saline, NE
Built 1981 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 35
FAS 3025
FairOver: BRUSH CREEK
JCT N41/S-76D 3E 2.05N, Saline, NE
Built 1980 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 60
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
2.2E 4S OF TOBIAS, Saline, NE
Built 1940 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 20
FAS 3005
FairOver: SWAN CREEK
JCT N41/S-76D 7.1S, Saline, NE
Built 1970 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 155
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: N FK SWAN CREEK
6N 1W OF WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 35
COLL 7668
FairOver: WALNUT GROVE CREEK
4S 7.8W OF WILBER, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 67
COLL 7600
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
1.9W 5S OF FRIEND, Saline, NE
Built 1940 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 45
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
2W 1.4S OF WILBER, Saline, NE
Built 1925 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.5E 2N OF CRETE, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
3.3S OF DORCHESTER, Saline, NE
Built 1989 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 135
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: NORTH FORK SWAN CREEK TR
5.5E 3N OF TOBIAS, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
4W 4.7N OF WILBER, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 25
FAS 2920
FairOver: N FK SWAN CREEK
JCT N15/S-76C 3.6E, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 100
N15
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
10N WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1968 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,170
N33
FairOver: STREAM
3NE CRETE, Saline, NE
Built 1937 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 5,310
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