Total bridges
115
Public highway bridges in Valley County
County profile · official public datasets
Valley County, NE
115 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 80.9% rated Good, 19.1% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 115
- Public bridges
- 80.9%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Valley County posts a top-1% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 1%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 115
- 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.
Valley County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Valley County ranks #1 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Valley County, Nebraska contains 115 public highway bridges. Roughly 80.9% are rated “Good,” 19.1% “Fair,” and 0% “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
80.9%
93 of 115 rated 7-9
Fair condition
19.1%
22 of 115 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 115 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#1 of 88
Among Nebraska counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 115 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 80.9% (93)
Fair 19.1% (22)
Poor 0% (0)
33.9% of Valley County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
39 of the 115 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 80.9% 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.
When Valley County's bridges were built
115 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 11
1930–1939
11 bridges
- 1950s 12
1950–1959
12 bridges
- 1960s 8
1960–1969
8 bridges
- 1970s 8
1970–1979
8 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
37 bridges
- 1990s 12
1990–1999
12 bridges
- 2000s 9
2000–2009
9 bridges
- 2010s 8
2010–2019
8 bridges
- 2020s 8
2020–2029
8 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 37 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 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Nebraska average (1977).
How Valley County compares with Nebraska's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Valley County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 7 years newer.
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 | 118 | 57.6% | 39% | 3.4% | 1972 |
| Valley County (this page) | 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 Valley 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 Valley County, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NE (115 bridges here).
- Alachua County, FL · 115 bridges
- Walton County, GA · 115 bridges
- Latah County, ID · 115 bridges
- Whitley County, IN · 115 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.
Good-condition bridges (93)
Private Rd
GoodOver: Geranium Canal
10.6 miles W of Ord NE, Valley, NE
Built 1970 ADT: 5
COUNTY ROAD 804TH
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
3.5N 1.7W ARCADIA, Valley, NE
Built 2014 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY RD 468TH AV
GoodOver: HAWTHORNE CREEK
1.5E 2.7N ARCADIA, Valley, NE
Built 1986 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 155
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: DAVIS CREEK
5.5W 5S NORTH LOUP, Valley, NE
Built 1960 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: GERANIUM CANAL
8W 2.8N ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1986 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: GERANIUM CANAL
11.2W 2N ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1986 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 10
FAS 1780
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
3S 4.5W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 310
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
4S 5W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
5S 4.5W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 80
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
9S 2W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 40
FAS 1680
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
5.5W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1986 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 435
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
1S 6W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
7S 2W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 80
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
5S 4W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1984 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 80
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
8S 2W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 80
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: GERANIUM CANAL
10.5W 1N ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1986 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: STREAM
1E OF ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1930 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: STREAM
.2N 1.2E ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1950 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 35
FAS 1680
GoodOver: TURTLE CREEK
WJCT N11/N70 .6N 8.8W, Valley, NE
Built 1986 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 435
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
9S 1W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50
FAS 1780
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
JCT N22/N70 5N 8.8W, Valley, NE
Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 65
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
9.5S ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50
FAS 2085
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
9.5S 1E ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 180
COLL 7486
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
2.5N 2W ARCADIA, Valley, NE
Built 1980 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 80
FAS 1780
GoodOver: DANE CREEK
WJCT N11/N70 2.4S 2.2E, Valley, NE
Built 1978 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 310
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: N BR TURTLE CREEK
7.5W 5N ORD, Valley, NE
Built 2004 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
6S 4W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1984 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 70
N11
GoodOver: STREAM
2N NORTH LOUP, Valley, NE
Built 1939 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,950
N11
GoodOver: STREAM
IN ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1934 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 4,030
N22
GoodOver: STREAM
JCT N11/N22 1.5W, Valley, NE
Built 1970 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 500
N70
GoodOver: STREAM
1SW OF ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1935 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,350
N70
GoodOver: STREAM
3NE ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1966 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 590
N70
GoodOver: STREAM
8NE ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1939 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 500
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: GERANIUM CANAL
10.3W 6S OF ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1986 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
5.2W 1N ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1986 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
3.4S 2.5W NORTH LOUP, Valley, NE
Built 1986 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 100
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
2S 5W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
3.2S 4.5W NORTH LOUP, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 20
COLL 7486
GoodOver: SHERMAN RESERVOIR CANAL
2.5N 1.1W ARCADIA, Valley, NE
Built 1950 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 80
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: SHERMAN RESERVOIR CANAL
1.5N ARCADIA, Valley, NE
Built 1950 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: SHERMAN RESERVOIR CANAL
.5E .5N ARCADIA, Valley, NE
Built 1950 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 20
COLL 7488
GoodOver: MIRDAN CANAL
.5N 2.7W ELYRIA, Valley, NE
Built 1985 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 45
COLL 7477
GoodOver: SHERMAN RESERVOIR CANAL
1.4N ARCADIA, Valley, NE
Built 1950 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 155
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: TAYLOR-ORD/MIRDAN CANAL
7.7N 8W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1983 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 5
N70
GoodOver: MIDDLE LOUP RIVER TRIB
2E ARCADIA, Valley, NE
Built 1958 Load: 28.0 t ADT: 985
N70
GoodOver: NORTH LOUP RIVER
1NE ORD, Valley, NE
Built 2018 Load: 28.0 t ADT: 1,345
FAS 1680
GoodOver: GERANIUM CANAL
11W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1986 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 395
R88B FORT HARTSUFF
GoodOver: NORTH LOUP RIVER
WJCT N11/N70 6.2N 3.3W, Valley, NE
Built 1980 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 235
805TH RD
GoodOver: MIRA CREEK
.6E NORTH LOUP, Valley, NE
Built 1984 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 40
24TH STREET
GoodOver: DANE CREEK
ORD 24TH @ G, Valley, NE
Built 1988 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 110
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