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

L24A DARR CNLK

Unknown

Over: I80

DARR INTRCHG, Dawson, NE

Built 1964 ADT: 15,175

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Unknown

Over: I80

3W LEXINGTON INTRCHG, Dawson, NE

Built 1964 ADT: 15,175

US283

Unknown

Over: I80

LEXINGTON INTERCHANGE, Dawson, NE

Built 1963 ADT: 15,965

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Unknown

Over: I80

3E LEXINGTON INTRCHG, Dawson, NE

Built 1963 ADT: 15,965

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Unknown

Over: I80

5W OVERTON INTRCHG, Dawson, NE

Built 1963 ADT: 15,965

L24B OVERTON CNLK

Unknown

Over: I80

OVERTON INTERCHG, Dawson, NE

Built 1963 ADT: 16,035

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Unknown

Over: I80

2E OVERTON INTRCHG, Dawson, NE

Built 1963 ADT: 16,035

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Unknown

Over: I80

3W HOLDREGE INTRCHG, Dawson, NE

Built 1963 ADT: 16,035

US283

Unknown

Over: US30/UPRR 816-899-F

US30/US283 INTRCHG, Dawson, NE

Built 1971 ADT: 4,540

L24B

Unknown

Over: UPRR & US30 VIADUCT

.5W OF OVERTON, Dawson, NE

Built 2005 ADT: 585

ADAMS STREET

Unknown

Over: ADAMS STREET

ADAMS & VINE LEXINGTO, Dawson, NE

Built 2003 ADT: 10

LEXINGTON VIADUCT

Unknown

Over: US30,UPRR&IVAN

ADAMS &US30, Dawson, NE

Built 2003 ADT: 10

PEDESTRIAN OVRPAS

Unknown

Over: UPRR

MADISON & UPRR LEXING, Dawson, NE

Built 2003 ADT: 10

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Unknown

Over: I76

2N COLO/NEBR LN, Deuel, NE

Built 1968 ADT: 6,100

ROAD 157

Unknown

Over: I80

4E LODGEPOLE INTERCHNG, Deuel, NE

Built 1971 ADT: 7,225

I80

Unknown

Over: RD 14 & RD 161

2W CHAPPELL INTERCHG, Deuel, NE

Built 2017 ADT: 135

I80

Unknown

Over: RD 14 & RD 161

2W CHAPPELL INTERCHG, Deuel, NE

Built 2016 ADT: 135

LINK 25A & RD 165

Unknown

Over: I80

CHAPPELL INTERCHG, Deuel, NE

Built 1969 ADT: 6,950

I80

Unknown

Over: US385/UPRR 815-503-W

JCT US385, Deuel, NE

Built 1969 ADT: 545

I80

Unknown

Over: US385/UPRR 815-503-W

JCT US385, Deuel, NE

Built 1969 ADT: 545

ROAD 175

Unknown

Over: I80

4W N27 INTERCHG, Deuel, NE

Built 1969 ADT: 6,950

N27

Unknown

Over: I80

N27 INTRCHNG, Deuel, NE

Built 1969 ADT: 7,150

I80

Unknown

Over: ROAD 189

2E N27 INTERCHG, Deuel, NE

Built 1969 ADT: 25

I80

Unknown

Over: ROAD 189

2E N27 INTERCHG, Deuel, NE

Built 1969 ADT: 25

I80

Unknown

Over: US138/UPRR 815-496-N

US138 INTERCHG, Deuel, NE

Built 1969 ADT: 435

I80

Unknown

Over: US138/UPRR 815-496-N

US138 INTERCHG, Deuel, NE

Built 1969 ADT: 435

ROAD 203

Unknown

Over: I80

2E I76/I80 INTERCHG, Deuel, NE

Built 2003 ADT: 13,400

LINK 25B & RD 209

Unknown

Over: I80

BIG SPRINGS INTERCHG, Deuel, NE

Built 1968 ADT: 13,050

BNSF RR

Unknown

Over: BNSF RR 064-281-N

W EDGE OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE

Built 1926 ADT: 100

BNSF RR

Unknown

Over: BNSF RR 064-286-X

2.5W OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE

Built 1935 ADT: 20

BNSF RR

Unknown

Over: BNSF RR 064-278-F

0N ALLEN, Dixon, NE

Built 1988 ADT: 1,480

N15

Unknown

Over: 889 RD/MISSOURI RIVER

2NE MASKELL, Dixon, NE

Built 2001 ADT: 40

WB-US30

Unknown

Over: US-77

1.5N FREMONT, Dodge, NE

Built 1993 ADT: 9,620

EB-US30

Unknown

Over: US-77

1.5N FREMONT, Dodge, NE

Built 1993 ADT: 9,620

US30/US275

Unknown

Over: COUNTY HIGHWAY

JCT US30/US77 1E, Dodge, NE

Built 2006 ADT: 300

US30/US275

Unknown

Over: COUNTY HIGHWAY

JCT US30/US77 1E, Dodge, NE

Built 1982 ADT: 300

US30

Unknown

Over: US275

JCT US30/US275, Dodge, NE

Built 2006 ADT: 12,615

US77

Unknown

Over: OLD US 275/BNSF RR

_, Dodge, NE

Built 2021 ADT: 9,570

US77

Unknown

Over: US275

_, Dodge, NE

Built 2021 ADT: 18,540

PEDESTRIAN OVRPASS

Unknown

Over: US77

JCT US77/US30 1.2S, Dodge, NE

Built 1978 ADT: 13,845

US77

Unknown

Over: US 275

1.3S WINSLOW, Dodge, NE

Built 2005 ADT: 5,725

MILITARY AVE/7848

Unknown

Over: US275

FREMONT EAST BYPASS, Dodge, NE

Built 2006 ADT: 14,740

MORNINGSIDE DR

Unknown

Over: US275

FREMONT BYPASS, Dodge, NE

Built 2006 ADT: 14,740

MEIGS ST

Unknown

Over: UPRR/REICHMAN RD

SECL VALLEY, Douglas, NE

Built 2001 ADT: 18,950

US6/N31

Unknown

Over: US275/N92

US6/US275 INTRCHG, Douglas, NE

Built 1999 ADT: 18,865

US6 WB

Unknown

Over: N31

US6/L28B/N31 INTCHG, Douglas, NE

Built 2002 ADT: 24,990

US6 EB

Unknown

Over: N31

US6/L28B/N31 INTRCHG, Douglas, NE

Built 2002 ADT: 24,990

US6

Unknown

Over: 192ND STREET

US6 AT 192ND ST. OMAHA, Douglas, NE

Built 2003 ADT: 1,600

180TH STREET

Unknown

Over: US6

180TH ST.& US6 OMAHA, Douglas, NE

Built 2003 ADT: 56,475

168TH ST

Unknown

Over: US6/WEST DODGE ROAD

1.7W OMAHA, Douglas, NE

Built 2000 ADT: 76,235

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