Total bridges
251
Public highway bridges in Wayne County
County profile · official public datasets
Wayne County, NE
251 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 55% rated Good, 35.5% Fair, 9.6% Poor.
- 251
- Public bridges
- 55%
- Good condition
- 9.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Wayne County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 64th
- of 88 on Poor share
- 9.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 251
- public highway bridges
- 1978
- 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.
Wayne County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wayne County ranks #64 of 88 Nebraska counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.6%). Wayne County, Nebraska contains 251 public highway bridges. Roughly 55% are rated “Good,” 35.5% “Fair,” and 9.6% “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
55%
138 of 251 rated 7-9
Fair condition
35.5%
89 of 251 rated 5-6
Poor condition
9.6%
24 of 251 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#64 of 88
Among Nebraska counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 251 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 55% (138)
Fair 35.5% (89)
Poor 9.6% (24)
Wayne County's Poor-condition bridges carry 605 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 25 crossings a day against 355 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 251 of 251 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
42.2% of Wayne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
106 of the 251 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 55% 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 14.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SUNRISE ROAD over DEER CREEK, built 1935, carries 90 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 24-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 605 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Wayne County's bridges were built
251 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 3
1910–1919
3 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
81 bridges
- 1950s 6
1950–1959
6 bridges
- 1960s 5
1960–1969
5 bridges
- 1970s 16
1970–1979
16 bridges
- 1980s 19
1980–1989
19 bridges
- 1990s 17
1990–1999
17 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
33 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
57 bridges
- 2020s 14
2020–2029
14 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 81 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Nebraska average (1977).
How Wayne County compares with Nebraska's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Nebraska counties nearest Wayne County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.6% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 87 Nebraska counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson County | 258 | 41.9% | 44.6% | 13.6% | 1966 |
| Nuckolls County | 255 | 33.3% | 57.6% | 9% | 1979 |
| Colfax County | 252 | 62.7% | 35.3% | 2% | 1990 |
| Wayne County (this page) | 251 | 55% | 35.5% | 9.6% | 1978 |
| Scotts Bluff County | 250 | 64% | 30.8% | 5.2% | 1972 |
| Seward County | 244 | 66.4% | 25.8% | 7.8% | 1980 |
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 Wayne 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 Wayne County, both outside Nebraska so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NE (251 bridges here).
- Greene County, AR · 251 bridges
- Lake County, IL · 251 bridges
- Hopkins County, KY · 251 bridges
- Fond du Lac County, WI · 251 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NE (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (89)
857TH ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
.5N 3.9E OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 20
848TH ROAD
FairOver: PLUM CREEK
7.3S 2.9W OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 10
846TH ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1W N15 STANTON CL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 30
564TH AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
3.5W .9N OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 20
862ND ROAD
FairOver: DOG CREEK
3N 1.6W OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 4.0 t ADT: 10
858TH ROAD
FairOver: DEER CREEK
1.6E 1S OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 4.0 t ADT: 35
575TH AVENUE
FairOver: PLUM CREEK
6.4E 3.5S OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 4.0 t ADT: 10
571ST AVENUE
FairOver: DOG CREEK
3.6E 2.5N OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 4.0 t ADT: 20
863RD ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2E 4N OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 40
564TH AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
1.4S 3W OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 45
564TH AVENUE
FairOver: DOG CREEK
3W 4.1N OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1915 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 25
565TH AVENUE
FairOver: DOG CREEK
2W 3.4N OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 25
855TH ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
.4S 6.4W OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 10
564TH AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
3W 4.4N OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 25
854TH ROAD/CL 7784
FairOver: COON CREEK
1.3S 6.6E OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 50
572ND AVE/COL 7787
FairOver: PLUM CREEK
4W 7.5S OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 30
850TH ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2.2N .5E OF HOSKINS, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 10
579TH AVENUE
FairOver: COON CREEK
2.5E 2.5S OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 40
567TH AVENUE
FairOver: SOUTH LOGAN CREEK
.5W OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 20
855TH ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
3.5S 2.5E OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 10
862ND ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
.6S .9E OF SHOLES, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 30
859TH ROAD/CL 7716
FairOver: STREAM
JCT N57/N98 3N 5.5W, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 20
585TH AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
7.2S 1E OF WAKEFIELD, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 10
860TH ROAD
FairOver: DOG CREEK
1N 2E OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 15
559TH AVE/COL 7793
FairOver: STREAM
9W 1.6N OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 45
566TH AVENUE
FairOver: HUMBUG CREEK
1.5W 2.9S OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 10
566TH AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
1.1S 1W OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 15
571ST AVENUE
FairOver: PLUM CREEK
2.4E 3.2S OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 40
560TH AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
.4E 3.3N OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 40
847TH RD/COL 7791
FairOver: STREAM
9S 2.7W OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 100
863RD ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
4N .2E CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 40
565TH AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
.7S 2W OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 25
571ST AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
3.6E 2.7N OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 20
860TH ROAD
FairOver: DEER CREEK
2.6S .4W OF SHOLES, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 35
563RD AVENUE
FairOver: DOG CREEK
.5N 1E OF SHOLES, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 20
850TH ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1.6S 4.1W OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 40
863RD ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1.2E 4N OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 35
861ST ROAD
FairOver: DOG CREEK
3.4E 2N OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 15
578TH AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
2E 5.7S OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 15
560TH AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
1.2S 1W OF HOSKINS, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 25
571ST AVENUE
FairOver: DEER CREEK
4.5W 1.1N OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1970 Load: 14.0 t ADT: 30
571ST AVENUE
FairOver: SOUTH LOGAN CREEK
2.4E .1N OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 30
582ND AVENUE
FairOver: KANE CREEK
5.4E 7.9S OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 10
566TH AVENUE
FairOver: DEER CREEK
1W .6N OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1974 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 20
570TH AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
.6S 2E OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 35
570TH AVENUE
FairOver: DEER CREEK
2.6E 1.5S OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 25
852ND ROAD/CL 7786
FairOver: STREAM
7.5W OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 35
572ND AVE.
FairOver: SOUTH LOGAN CREEK
JCT N35/N98 4E 3.9S, Wayne, NE
Built 1973 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 55
578TH AVENUE
FairOver: PLUM CREEK
1.5E 7.9S OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1984 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 25
848TH ROAD
FairOver: PLUM CREEK
7.3S 2.6E OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1981 Load: 16.0 t ADT: 20
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