Total bridges
118
Public highway bridges in Sherman County
County profile · official public datasets
Sherman County, NE
118 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 57.6% rated Good, 39% Fair, 3.4% Poor.
- 118
- Public bridges
- 57.6%
- Good condition
- 3.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Sherman County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 33%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 3.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 118
- public highway bridges
- 1972
- 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.
Sherman County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Sherman County ranks #29 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.4%). Sherman County, Nebraska contains 118 public highway bridges. Roughly 57.6% are rated “Good,” 39% “Fair,” and 3.4% “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
57.6%
68 of 118 rated 7-9
Fair condition
39%
46 of 118 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.4%
4 of 118 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#29 of 88
Among Nebraska counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 118 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 57.6% (68)
Fair 39% (46)
Poor 3.4% (4)
Sherman County's Poor-condition bridges carry 830 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 208 crossings a day against 556 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 118 of 118 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
60.2% of Sherman County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
71 of the 118 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 57.6% 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 79.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
N58 over STREAM, built 1969, carries 660 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 830 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Sherman County's bridges were built
118 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
16 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 5
1950–1959
5 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
38 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
17 bridges
- 1980s 8
1980–1989
8 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
16 bridges
- 2000s 7
2000–2009
7 bridges
- 2010s 5
2010–2019
5 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 38 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1972, 5 years older than the Nebraska average of 1977.
How Sherman County compares with Nebraska's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Sherman County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.4% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 87 Nebraska counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County | 134 | 66.4% | 27.6% | 6% | 1975 |
| Sherman County (this page) | 118 | 57.6% | 39% | 3.4% | 1972 |
| Valley County | 115 | 80.9% | 19.1% | 0% | 1981 |
| Franklin County | 104 | 58.7% | 38.5% | 2.9% | 1977 |
| Frontier County | 96 | 59.4% | 20.8% | 19.8% | 1970 |
| Polk County | 94 | 57.4% | 30.9% | 11.7% | 1975 |
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 Sherman 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 Sherman County, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NE (118 bridges here).
- Autauga County, AL · 118 bridges
- Perry County, AR · 118 bridges
- Montrose County, CO · 118 bridges
- Rabun County, GA · 118 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1972 here).
- Santa Clara County, CA · avg 1972 · 964 bridges
- Madison County, AL · avg 1972 · 710 bridges
- Kern County, CA · avg 1972 · 668 bridges
- York County, PA · avg 1972 · 569 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (118)
COUNTY RD 475TH AV
FairOver: WIGGLE CREEK
4.2S 1W OF LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 15
468TH AVE
FairOver: MUD CREEK
.5W .2S OF HAZARD, Sherman, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 50
MIN MAINT ROAD
FairOver: MUD CREEK
.5W 2N OF HAZARD, Sherman, NE
Built 1935 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY RD 472ND AV
FairOver: MOON CREEK
2W .9N OF LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1935 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 35
469TH AVE
FairOver: MUD CREEK
.5S OF HAZARD, Sherman, NE
Built 1925 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 30
MIN MAINT ROAD
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
.2S 10.3W OF LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1975 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 5
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: DRY CREEK
5.7E HAZARD, Sherman, NE
Built 1935 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
2.3E 2.2N OF AHSTON, Sherman, NE
Built 1991 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY 450
FairOver: STREAM
3N 2.5E ROCKVILLE, Sherman, NE
Built 1990 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 20
FAS 2085
FairOver: SHERMAN RESERVOIR CANAL
EJCT N58/N92 6.2N, Sherman, NE
Built 1963 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 255
SAINT FRANCIS AVE
FairOver: STREAM
ASHTON ST FRANCIS @BURTON, Sherman, NE
Built 1997 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 10
7TH STREET
FairOver: DEAD HORSE CREEK
LOUP CITY 7TH @ R, Sherman, NE
Built 1940 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 500
COLL 7465
FairOver: STREAM
1.5S OF LITCHFIELD, Sherman, NE
Built 1972 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 115
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
3S 1.5W OF LITCHFIELD, Sherman, NE
Built 1992 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: DEER CREEK
.5W 5.3S ASHTON, Sherman, NE
Built 2007 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: DEER CREEK
3.1E 2N OF ROCKVILLE, Sherman, NE
Built 1984 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 15
N92
FairOver: COB CREEK
7W LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1950 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,005
FAS 2075
FairOver: COLE CREEK
WJCT N58/N92 3.2N, Sherman, NE
Built 1978 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 70
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: FARWELL SOUTH CANAL
.9S OF ASHTON, Sherman, NE
Built 1963 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: FARWELL SOUTH CANAL
3E 4.1N OF ROCKVILLE, Sherman, NE
Built 1963 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 20
N92
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
11E ANSLEY, Sherman, NE
Built 1959 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 605
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: HAYS CREEK
7.2 NW OF LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1986 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 75
COLL 7470
FairOver: MUD CREEK
.5W OF HAZARD, Sherman, NE
Built 1967 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 95
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: WIGGLE CREEK
5.2S .1W OF LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1987 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 20
MIN MAINT ROAD
FairOver: SHERMAN RESERVOIR CANAL
3.1W 7.2N OF LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1963 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 10
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: FARWELL SOUTH CANAL
.5S .2W OF ASHTON, Sherman, NE
Built 1963 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 5
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: OAK CREEK
1E 1.9S OF ASHTON, Sherman, NE
Built 1981 Load: 28.0 t ADT: 40
N58/N92
FairOver: STREAM
0N LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1960 Load: 28.0 t ADT: 1,595
N92
FairOver: FARWELL SOUTH CANAL
2W ASHTON, Sherman, NE
Built 1962 Load: 28.0 t ADT: 775
COUNTY ROAD 789TH
FairOver: OAK CREEK
ASHTON, Sherman, NE
Built 2012 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 85
N92
FairOver: STREAM
11E ANSLEY, Sherman, NE
Built 1959 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 605
MIN MAINT ROAD
FairOver: SHERMAN RESERVOIR CANAL
5.5N OF LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1963 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 30
N92
FairOver: MIDDLE LOUP RIVER
2W LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1960 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 1,005
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
2E .7S OF LITCHFIELD, Sherman, NE
Built 1995 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 35
FAS 2065
FairOver: FARWELL SOUTH CANAL
EJCT N58/N92 .8S 6.3E, Sherman, NE
Built 1963 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 135
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: OAK CREEK
.5S .4E OF ASHTON, Sherman, NE
Built 2001 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 35
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: DEER CREEK
4.5S .2W OF ASHTON, Sherman, NE
Built 2002 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY 4
FairOver: STREAM
5.5NW OF LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1992 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 90
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: FARWELL SOUTH CANAL
4.2E 1N OF LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1963 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 45
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: WIGGLE CREEK
4.5S 1.2E OF LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1979 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: MUD CREEK
2E 1.5S OF LITCHFIELD, Sherman, NE
Built 1993 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 40
FAS 2065
FairOver: DEER CREEK
JCT N58/N68 .2E 5.1N, Sherman, NE
Built 1973 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 65
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: FARWELL MAIN CANAL
4.9E 1N OF LOUP CITY, Sherman, NE
Built 1963 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 40
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: FARWELL MAIN CANAL
1.5W 3N OF ASHTON, Sherman, NE
Built 1963 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: ROCK CREEK
.4W .9N OF ROCKVILLE, Sherman, NE
Built 1989 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: BLOODY RUN CREEK
3.1E 1.2S OF HAZARD, Sherman, NE
Built 2003 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 40
777TH RD
GoodOver: BLOODY RUN CREEK
3E OF HAZARD, Sherman, NE
Built 2019 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: CLEAR CREEK
1E 1.1N OF LITCHFIELD, Sherman, NE
Built 1975 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 75
FAS 2075
GoodOver: STREAM
WJCT N58/N92 7N 7.6W, Sherman, NE
Built 1979 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 70
FAS 2075
GoodOver: MOON CREEK
WJCT N58/N92 2W .8N, Sherman, NE
Built 1993 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 165
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