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

Total Bridges

15,571

Public highway bridges in Nebraska

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

Nebraska52.5%39.4%8.1%GoodFairPoor
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 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
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$368

RI

Rhode Island

7.69% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$78
Selected

NE

Nebraska

7.73% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$15,571

IL

Illinois

7.88% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$27,743

MA

Massachusetts

7.96% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$5,314

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

Poor

Over: SPRING CREEK

2.2N 1E CRAWFORD, Dawes, NE

Built 1955 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 10

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

Over: W FK BIG BLUE RIVER

1W 5N GRAFTON, Fillmore, NE

Built 1918 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 35

SCOTT STREET

Poor

Over: STREAM

BLUE SPRINGS A @ BROAD, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 300

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Poor

Over: CALAMUS RIVER

3.5W 15.5N OF TAYLOR, Loup, NE

Built 1960 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Poor

Over: STREAM

8.5N 1.5E OF NEWMAN GROVE, Madison, NE

Built 1960 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Poor

Over: STREAM

4.8N .6W DUNBAR, Otoe, NE

Built 1935 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 15

All Bridges in Nebraska

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

2.2E 4.3N BURR, Otoe, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 35

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: S BR WEEPING WATER CREEK

10E N50 CASS CL, Otoe, NE

Built 1974 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 35

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: RUSSELL CREEK

1.7E 3.8N DOUGLAS, Otoe, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 25

FAS 3680

Fair

Over: S FK LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER

JCT N50/S-66E 4.1E, Otoe, NE

Built 1963 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 160

607 AVENUE

Fair

Over: MISSION CREEK

5W 8.6S OF BURCHARD, Pawnee, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 15

KS STATE LINE RD

Fair

Over: WILDCAT CREEK

7.5S & 3.5W PAWNEE CITY, Pawnee, NE

Built 1975 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

3.5N 1.4E OF PAWNEE CITY, Pawnee, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK

2N OF PIERCE, Pierce, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 40

COLL 7626

Fair

Over: STREAM

5.5S 1.5E OF LINDSAY, Platte, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 60

647 BL-718T / 719R

Fair

Over: WHISKEY RUN

.5N SHUBERT(647-718T/719), Richardson, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 50

644 AV - 717 RD

Fair

Over: STREAM

1E 1S STELLA (644A-717R), Richardson, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 45

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.7W 2.7S OF FRIEND, Saline, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 55

COLL 7600

Fair

Over: STREAM

3.2W 5S OF FRIEND, Saline, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 45

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK

4.2S 1.5W OF PLEASANTHILL, Saline, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: TURKEY CREEK

2.7W 2N OF WILBER, Saline, NE

Built 1950 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 35

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.2E 4N OF WESTERN, Saline, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.2W 2.7S OF DEWITT, Saline, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 35

CAPEHART ROAD

Fair

Over: WESTERN SARPY DRAIN DITC

1.2S 2W GRETNA, Sarpy, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 75

PLATTEVIEW ROAD

Fair

Over: WSARPY DRAIN DITCH

3.2S 2W GRETNA, Sarpy, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 20

PFLUG ROAD

Fair

Over: WESTERN SARPY DRAIN DITC

.5S 8.5W OF SPRINGFIELD, Sarpy, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROAD 24

Fair

Over: WAHOO CREEK

3.5E OF VALPARAISO, Saunders, NE

Built 1950 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 60

FAS 3425

Fair

Over: STREAM

NJCT US77/N92 5.5E .8S, Saunders, NE

Built 1964 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 875

COUNTY ROAD S

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.5N 2.5E OF COLON, Saunders, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY ROAD S

Fair

Over: STREAM

.5S 3W OF LESHARA, Saunders, NE

Built 1960 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROAD 29

Fair

Over: STREAM

.5N 5.5W OF WESTON, Saunders, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 20

COLL 7762

Fair

Over: OTOE CREEK

.5N 3.7W OF LESHARA, Saunders, NE

Built 1925 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 37

COLL 7762

Fair

Over: STREAM

.5N 3W OF LESHARA, Saunders, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 37

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: SILVER CREEK

3.3S 2.9E OF COLON, Saunders, NE

Built 1990 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 50

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

1.4W 4S OF YUTAN, Saunders, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROAD 7

Fair

Over: UPPER CLEAR CREEK

NJCT US77/N92 4E 2.8N, Saunders, NE

Built 1972 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 110

COUNTY ROAD 32

Fair

Over: TRI-STATE CANAL

2E 4N OF MINATARE, Scotts Bluff, NE

Built 1988 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 60

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: LINCOLN CREEK

1.2SW OF STAPLEHURST, Seward, NE

Built 1915 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 25

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: LINCOLN CREEK

5.5N OF UTICA, Seward, NE

Built 1967 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 50

MONTROSE ROAD

Fair

Over: HAT CREEK

7E 16N OF HARRISON, Sioux, NE

Built 2018 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 25

COLL 7698

Fair

Over: TRACY CREEK

6.2W 12S OF STANTON, Stanton, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 40

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: CEDAR CREEK

3S 4.5W OF PILGER, Stanton, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

2.7N 4.4E BYRON, Thayer, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: BIG SANDY CREEK

3E .2S DAVENPORT, Thayer, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 65

862ND ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

.6S .9E OF SHOLES, Wayne, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 30

859TH ROAD/CL 7716

Fair

Over: STREAM

JCT N57/N98 3N 5.5W, Wayne, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 20

585TH AVENUE

Fair

Over: STREAM

7.2S 1E OF WAKEFIELD, Wayne, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 10

860TH ROAD

Fair

Over: DOG CREEK

1N 2E OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 15

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: LITTLE BLUE RIVER

1.2S 4.5W BLADEN, Webster, NE

Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

7.5N US34 SEWARD CL, York, NE

Built 1983 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 21

530TH AVE

Fair

Over: SAINT CLAIR CREEK

2.3S 3E OF OAKDALE, Antelope, NE

Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 5

COLL 7651

Fair

Over: E BR VERDICRIS CREEK

4N .2E OF ROYAL, Antelope, NE

Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: SAINT CLAIR CREEK

8.3E 1N OF ELGIN, Antelope, NE

Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 90

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

3E 2.3N PRIMROSE, Boone, NE

Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: AINSWORTH IRRIG CANAL

.3N OF AINSWORTH, Brown, NE

Built 1963 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

3W OF AMHERST, Buffalo, NE

Built 1975 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 50

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