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Stanton County, NE

223 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 48.4% rated Good, 42.2% Fair, 9.4% Poor.

223
Public bridges: 48.4%
Good condition: 9.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Stanton County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

61st
of 88 on Poor share: 9.4%
Poor-condition share: 223
public highway bridges: 1983
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.

Stanton County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Stanton County ranks #61 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.4%). Stanton County, Nebraska contains 223 public highway bridges. Roughly 48.4% are rated “Good,” 42.2% “Fair,” and 9.4% “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.

Total bridges

223

Public highway bridges in Stanton County

Good condition

48.4%

108 of 223 rated 7-9

Fair condition

42.2%

94 of 223 rated 5-6

Poor condition

9.4%

21 of 223 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#61 of 88

Among Nebraska counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 223 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

48.4% (108)

Fair

42.2% (94)

Poor

9.4% (21)

Stanton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 655 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 31 crossings a day against 524 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 223 of 223 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

29.6% of Stanton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

66 of the 223 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 48.4% 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 23.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

FAS 3195 over S BR HUMBUG CREEK, built 1978, carries 155 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 21-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 655 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

1
1920s

1
1930s

36
1940s

9
1950s

7
1960s

10
1970s

19
1980s

24
1990s

28
2000s

44
2010s

40
2020s

4

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 44 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1983, 6 years newer than the Nebraska average of 1977.

How Stanton County compares with Nebraska's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Stanton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.4% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 7 years newer.

Showing the 5 closest of 87 Nebraska counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Stanton County and the 5 Nebraska counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Boone County	237	66.7%	29.5%	3.8%	1974
Stanton County (this page)	223	48.4%	42.2%	9.4%	1983
Thayer County	220	55%	40%	5%	1968
Fillmore County	218	69.7%	21.6%	8.7%	1978
Adams County	211	60.2%	33.6%	6.2%	1978
Butler County	211	20.4%	76.8%	2.8%	1983

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 Stanton 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 Stanton County, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NE (223 bridges here).

Woodford County, IL · 223 bridges
Ford County, KS · 223 bridges
Hardin County, KY · 223 bridges
Macon County, NC · 223 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1983 here).

Dallas County, TX · avg 1983 · 3,230 bridges
Bexar County, TX · avg 1983 · 2,342 bridges
Sedgwick County, KS · avg 1983 · 1,333 bridges
Will County, IL · avg 1983 · 649 bridges

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

All 223 Good 108 Fair 94 Poor 21

Fair-condition bridges (94)

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Stanton County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Stanton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 655 vehicle crossings a day

29.6% of Stanton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 23.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Stanton County compares with Nebraska's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Fair-condition bridges (94)

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N24

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FAS 2810

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