Total Bridges
15,571
Public highway bridges in Nebraska
State profile · Near national median SD
Nebraska bridge safety
Condition ratings, load ratings, and structural-deficiency data for every public highway bridge in Nebraska — drawn straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.
- 15,571
- Public bridges
- 50.1%
- Good condition
- 7.7%
- Poor condition
- 7.7%
- Structurally deficient
Good Condition
50.1%
7,807 bridges rated 7-9
0.1pp vs 50% benchmark
Poor Condition
7.7%
1,204 bridges rated 0-4
Structurally Deficient
7.7%
1,204 bridges flagged for repair priority
0.7pp vs national avg 7.0%
Nebraska vs national bridge condition
Nebraska — Good condition share 50.1%
National avg
Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).
Nebraska — Structurally deficient share 25.8%
National avg
Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.
Condition Distribution
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix — Nebraska (FHWA NBI)
Counties (90)
Adams 213 Antelope 162 Banner 36 Blaine 20 Boone 237 Box Butte 32 Boyd 64 Brown 57 Buffalo 462 Burt 170 Butler 211 Cass 280 Cedar 314 Chase 33 Cherry 58 Cheyenne 163 Clay 135 Colfax 252 Cuming 402 Custer 303 Dakota 73 Dawes 92 Dawson 302 Deuel 73 Dixon 149 Dodge 335 Douglas 563 Dundy 47 Fillmore 218 Franklin 105 Frontier 97 Furnas 170 Gage 396 Garden 29 Garfield 24 Gosper 63 Greeley 84 Hall 279 Hamilton 178 Harlan 95 Hayes 41 Hitchcock 78 Holt 241 Hooker 2 Howard 161 Jefferson 246 Johnson 173 Kearney 71 Keith 91 Keya Paha 23 Kimball 91 Knox 329 Lancaster 684 Lincoln 205 Logan 4 Loup 20 Madison 302 Merrick 173 Morrill 93 Nance 148 Nemaha 179 Nuckolls 255 Otoe 363 Pawnee 191 Perkins 13 Phelps 81 Pierce 177 Platte 434 Polk 94 Red Willow 81 Richardson 259 Rock 14 Saline 312 Sarpy 197 Saunders 508 Scotts Bluff 253 Seward 247 Sheridan 63 Sherman 118 Sioux 38 Stanton 223 Thayer 220 Thomas 19 Thurston 152 Valley 115 Washington 151 Wayne 251 Webster 191 Wheeler 13 York 207
Nebraska vs nearby ranks
Adjacent states on the structurally deficient leaderboard (lower share = better)
States are ranked by share of bridges flagged structurally deficient — the FHWA classification for any span where deck, superstructure, or substructure carries a condition rating of 4 or below. Lower percentages indicate stronger maintenance funding and inspection follow-through. States here sit immediately above and below Nebraska on the same metric.
35
New Mexico
7.61% top marginal rate
44
Rhode Island
7.69% top marginal rate
31
Nebraska
7.73% top marginal rate
17
Illinois
7.88% top marginal rate
25
Massachusetts
7.96% top marginal rate
Bridges Needing Most Attention in Nebraska
Six lowest-condition bridges in Nebraska, ranked by composite NBI rating. Each is inspected at least every 24 months.
FIELD DRIVE
PoorOver: SPRING CREEK
2.2N 1E CRAWFORD, Dawes, NE
Built 1955 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 10
TOWNSHIP ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: W FK BIG BLUE RIVER
1W 5N GRAFTON, Fillmore, NE
Built 1918 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 35
SCOTT STREET
PoorOver: STREAM
BLUE SPRINGS A @ BROAD, Gage, NE
Built 1935 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 300
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: CALAMUS RIVER
3.5W 15.5N OF TAYLOR, Loup, NE
Built 1960 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
PoorOver: STREAM
8.5N 1.5E OF NEWMAN GROVE, Madison, NE
Built 1960 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
PoorOver: STREAM
4.8N .6W DUNBAR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 15
All Bridges in Nebraska
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
4.3N PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY ROAD 12
FairOver: OTOE CREEK
2.6S 4.2E OF CEDAR BLUFFS, Saunders, NE
Built 1935 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 50
TOWNSHIP ROAD I
FairOver: MILLER BRANCH
3.7E 1S OF WESTON, Saunders, NE
Built 1960 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY ROAD 9
FairOver: OTOE CREEK
.5S 2W OF LESHARA, Saunders, NE
Built 1970 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 40
PINE STREET
FairOver: STREAM
VALPARAISO PINE @ 1ST, Saunders, NE
Built 1997 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 100
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: LINCOLN CREEK
2S .2W OF STAPLEHURST, Seward, NE
Built 1935 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: M FK MAPLE CREEK
9.7S 3.9E OF STANTON, Stanton, NE
Built 1935 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 30
ROAD 5600
FairOver: STREAM
4.2E 2.7N OF BYRON, Thayer, NE
Built 1957 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY ROAD 812TH
FairOver: DANE CREEK
1.2W ORD, Valley, NE
Built 1988 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 10
846TH ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1W N15 STANTON CL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY GRAVEL
FairOver: CROOKED CREEK
17395 S. PAWNEE, Adams, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 30
3RD STREET
FairOver: GILES CREEK
TILDEN 3RD @ ANTELOPE, Antelope, NE
Built 1960 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 160
COUNTY ROAD A
FairOver: BIG BLUE RIVER
5S N92 POLK CL, Butler, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 60
COLL 7912
FairOver: STREAM
7.5E WEEPING WATER, Cass, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 55
553 AVE
FairOver: STREAM
13W OF COLERIDGE, Cedar, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: PERRIN CREEK
1N 1.2W OF LAUREL, Cedar, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 80
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: BAKER CREEK TRIBUTARY
2S .3W OF LAUREL, Cedar, NE
Built 1955 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: NIOBRARA RIVER
1N 11E OF VALENTINE, Cherry, NE
Built 1903 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 5
IRR/TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
4W N9 THURSTON CL, Cuming, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 30
W RD
FairOver: DRY CREEK TRIB
9N .3W BEEMER, Cuming, NE
Built 1995 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 25
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
S EDGE OF WEST POINT, Cuming, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 25
COLL 7698
FairOver: S BR PEBBLE CREEK
3S 3.5W OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE
Built 1986 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 55
FAS 3540
FairOver: STREAM
JCT N51/N9 5N 1.6W, Cuming, NE
Built 1987 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 70
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2N OF WISNER, Cuming, NE
Built 1986 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 35
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: WILLOW CREEK
JCT US275/N9 2E, Cuming, NE
Built 1989 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 75
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: MEDICINE CREEK
1N OF MAYWOOD, Frontier, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
E EDGE OF BEAVER CITY, Furnas, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 100
EAGLE ROAD
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
2.2N .5W CUSHING, Howard, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 5
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: VERDIGRE CREEK TRIBUTARY
1S .8E OF VERDIGRE, Knox, NE
Built 1962 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 2
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: CALAMUS RIVER
7.5W 19.7N OF TAYLOR, Loup, NE
Built 1965 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 5
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: NORTH LOUP RIVER
7W 4N OF TAYLOR, Loup, NE
Built 1965 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 55
543RD AVE
FairOver: UNION CREEK N FK
4N 6E OF NEWMAN GROVE, Madison, NE
Built 1960 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 55
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: UNION CREEK
1.2S 1W OF MADISON, Madison, NE
Built 1996 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 70
COUNTY ROAD 4
FairOver: WARM SLOUGH
3W .8S CHAPMAN, Merrick, NE
Built 1967 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1N 1.4E OF BROCK, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 15
ROAD 2700
FairOver: COURTLAND CANAL
8.5W .2N SUPERIOR, Nuckolls, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.3W .5S BURR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: MUDDY CREEK
1.3W 6.2N BURR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 30
COLL 7816
FairOver: STREAM
4N 2.6W DOUGLAS, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 60
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.5W 1N BURR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: LORES BRANCH
1.4E 1S OF PAWNEE CITY, Pawnee, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 25
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
.3S 7.3W OF WESTON, Saunders, NE
Built 1965 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 40
TOWNSHIP ROAD 19
FairOver: N FK ROCK CREEK
3.5N 1W OF CERESCO, Saunders, NE
Built 1955 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY ROAD H
FairOver: MILLER BRANCH CREEK
2.7S 2.4W OF WAHOO, Saunders, NE
Built 1950 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY ROAD H
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
.5E OF ITHACA, Saunders, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 110
COUNTY ROAD 5
FairOver: STREAM
1.6S .5E OF YUTAN, Saunders, NE
Built 1955 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 60
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: MIDDLE CREEK
.7NE OF PLEASANT DALE, Seward, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
1.5W .2N BELVIDERE, Thayer, NE
Built 1979 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 35
ROAD 6000
FairOver: S FK BIG SANDY CREEK
2.5W 1.2S BELVIDERE, Thayer, NE
Built 1935 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: BALLS BRANCH
.3W 2.7S GILEAD, Thayer, NE
Built 1968 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 25
Showing 751-800 of 15,571 bridges
Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges Editorial.
Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI). A "structurally deficient" rating is a repair-priority signal, not a closure or unsafe-to-cross designation. Consult a qualified civil engineer before making decisions based on this data.
Understanding Bridge Conditions
How FHWA rates bridge condition on a 0-9 scale.
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How to look up bridge condition data for bridges on your route.
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