Total bridges
5
Public highway bridges in White Pine County
County profile · official public datasets
5 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 20% rated Good, 80% Fair, 0% Poor.
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
White Pine County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
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.
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, White Pine County ranks #10 of 16 Nevada counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). White Pine County, Nevada contains 5 public highway bridges. Roughly 20% are rated “Good,” 80% “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.
Total bridges
5
Public highway bridges in White Pine County
Good condition
20%
1 of 5 rated 7-9
Fair condition
80%
4 of 5 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 5 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#10 of 16
Among Nevada counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Share of 5 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
3 of the 5 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 20% 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.
5 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
1930–1939
1 bridges
1950–1959
2 bridges
2000–2009
1 bridges
2010–2019
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 2 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 40% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1973, 15 years older than the Nevada average of 1988.
The 5 Nevada counties nearest White Pine County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 5 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 15 Nevada counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lander County | 21 | 33.3% | 66.7% | 0% | 1973 |
| Nye County | 21 | 57.1% | 42.9% | 0% | 1963 |
| Lincoln County | 12 | 75% | 25% | 0% | 1972 |
| Storey County | 10 | 20% | 50% | 30% | 1995 |
| Mineral County | 7 | 42.9% | 57.1% | 0% | 1985 |
| White Pine County (this page) | 5 | 20% | 80% | 0% | 1973 |
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 White Pine County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.