Total Bridges
15,571
Public highway bridges in Nebraska
State profile · Near median Poor share
Nebraska bridge safety
Condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition data for every public highway bridge in Nebraska, based on the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.
- 15,571
- Public bridges
- 50.1%
- Good condition
- 7.7%
- Poor condition
Data updated May 2026
Good Condition
50.1%
7,807 bridges rated 7-9
0.1pp vs 50% benchmark
Poor Condition
7.7%
1,204 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4
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 - Poor-condition share 25.8%
National avg
Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.
Condition Distribution
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 by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)
States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Nebraska on the same metric.
NM
New Mexico
7.61% top marginal rate
RI
Rhode Island
7.69% top marginal rate
NE
Nebraska
7.73% top marginal rate
IL
Illinois
7.88% top marginal rate
MA
Massachusetts
7.96% top marginal rate
Bridges Needing Most Attention in Nebraska
Six lowest-condition bridges in Nebraska, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.
FIELD DRIVE
PoorOver: SPRING CREEK
2.2N 1E CRAWFORD, Dawes, NE
Built 1955 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 10
TOWNSHIP ROAD
PoorOver: 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
PoorOver: 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
883 ROAD
FairOver: BOW CREEK
1.2E OF HARTINGTON, Cedar, NE
Built 1973 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 100
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.9W OF WYNOT, Cedar, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 100
COUNTY HIGHWAY 12
FairOver: M FK MAPLE CREEK
4E 4.9S OF CLARKSON, Colfax, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 30
FAS 2780
FairOver: STREAM
JCT N91/S-19C 11S, Colfax, NE
Built 1982 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 100
COLL 7776
FairOver: STREAM
4.5N 1.5W WISNER, Cuming, NE
Built 1991 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 40
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2NE OF WISNER, Cuming, NE
Built 1991 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 30
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1.5N OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE
Built 1978 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 75
FAS 3465
FairOver: STREAM
SJCT US275/N32 5.3S 9.2W, Cuming, NE
Built 1989 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 460
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1S 6W OF BANCROFT, Cuming, NE
Built 1987 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 45
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
3.2S 1W OF BANCROFT, Cuming, NE
Built 1991 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 50
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2E 4N OF WISNER, Cuming, NE
Built 1993 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 55
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
.5S 5.5E OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 30
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: JEPPSON CREEK
JCT N51/N9 2E 2.5N, Cuming, NE
Built 1993 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 25
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2S 1.5E OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 15
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
6.25E US275 DODGE CL., Cuming, NE
Built 1988 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY ROAD 422
FairOver: CNPPID CANAL
8.5S 1E OF COZAD, Dawson, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY ROAD 4
FairOver: MAPLE CREEK
RD. 4 BET. M & N, S.BR., Dodge, NE
Built 1953 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 70
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: HAMPTON DITCH
RD. 8 BET. R & S, N.BR., Dodge, NE
Built 1966 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 30
FAS 1655/ ROAD 420
FairOver: SAPPA CREEK
JCT US283/N89 7.2S 4.1W, Furnas, NE
Built 1974 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 30
DRIVE 432
FairOver: SAPPA CREEK
4.4S 4.4E OF BEAVER CITY, Furnas, NE
Built 1974 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 15
ROAD 422
FairOver: MUDDY CREEK
2W OF ARAPAHOE, Furnas, NE
Built 1930 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 40
ROAD 703
FairOver: SAPPA CREEK
8S OF HENDLEY, Furnas, NE
Built 1974 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1NW OF OXFORD, Furnas, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10
E WILLOW RD
FairOver: STREAM
2S 2.7W OF BARNESTON, Gage, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 20
EAST SYCAMORE RD
FairOver: PLUM CREEK
1.5S 2.2W OF LIBERTY, Gage, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: E BR MUDDY CREEK
5W 13S OF ELWOOD, Gosper, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY ROAD 820
FairOver: STREAM
4W 1.5N OF SPALDING, Greeley, NE
Built 1948 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: UNNAMED STREAM
4S 4.5W OF SPALDING, Greeley, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 50
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
19N 1.5E ONEILL, Holt, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
2N OF GLADSTONE, Jefferson, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 40
ENDICOTT AVE
FairOver: STREAM
.2S OF ENDICOTT, Jefferson, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 40
722 ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2S 1.6E OF DAYKIN, Jefferson, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 30
716 ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1S 1E OF POWELL, Jefferson, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 20
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1.7N .5E OF VERDIGRE, Knox, NE
Built 1969 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 30
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: BAZILE CREEK
.1SW OF CENTER, Knox, NE
Built 1915 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 60
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE BAZILE CREEK
3.7S 1.7E OF CENTER, Knox, NE
Built 1959 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10
FLEECE ROAD
FairOver: BIRDWOOD CREEK
8.5N 1.5E OF SUTHERLAND, Lincoln, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 5
COUNTY ROAD O
FairOver: PRAIRIE CREEK
7.3N .5W CHAPMAN, Merrick, NE
Built 1975 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 45
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: WARM SLOUGH
4W 1S CENTRAL CITY, Merrick, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY ROAD 28
FairOver: TRIB. TO SILVER CREEK
3.5N 3E OF CLARKS, Merrick, NE
Built 1970 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY ROAD W
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
1.6W 2N CLARKS, Merrick, NE
Built 1968 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: S BR TIMBER CREEK
1.5S 7.5W OF BELGRADE, Nance, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY RD 160TH AV
FairOver: N BR TIMBER CREEK
5.5W OF BELGRADE, Nance, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
4.5E 9.7S OF JOHNSON, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 40
ROAD 3700
FairOver: OX BOW CREEK
1E 2N NELSON, Nuckolls, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10
ROAD A
FairOver: GIMLET CREEK
8W N14 KANSAS SL, Nuckolls, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: OWL CREEK
7N 5.4W SYRACUSE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 30
D RD
FairOver: HOOPER CREEK TRIB
2.2N 2.4E PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
2.2E 1.8N BURR, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10
COLL 7816
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
.5W 3S PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 60
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