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
Structurally DeficientOver: MILL CREEK
.2E 1N OF MANLEY, Cass, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
2.4N 5W OF MURRAY, Cass, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: N BR WEEPING WATER CREEK
.5N .7E OF ELMWOOD, Cass, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 10
6TH ST
Structurally DeficientOver: MILL CREEK
LOUISVILLE 6TH @ WALNUT, Cass, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 300
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
4.7S OF HARTINGTON, Cedar, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 45
TOWNSHIP ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
2.5 E EDGAR, Clay, NE
Built 1950 ADT: 20
ROAD W
Structurally DeficientOver: BNSF RR 073-249-U
.5W SUTTON, Clay, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
1S 2.5E OF LEIGH, Colfax, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 10
COUNTY ROAD K
Structurally DeficientOver: M FK MAPLE CREEK
5N OF ROGERS, Colfax, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY O
Structurally DeficientOver: E FK MAPLE CREEK
1.4W 9N ROGERS, Colfax, NE
Built 1910 ADT: 45
TOWNSHIP ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: SOUTH LOUP RIVER
5E 2.8N OCONTO #572, Custer, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 5
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: MUD CREEK
4SE .5S BROKEN BOW, Custer, NE
Built 1940 ADT: 10
TOWNSHIP ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
3S US20 CEDAR CL, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 5
583 AVE
Structurally DeficientOver: JORDAN CREEK
1.5W 2.5N OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 10
585 AVE
Structurally DeficientOver: SOUTH CREEK TRIB
2.5N OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 15
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: DEER CREEK
3S 9E OF STOCKVILLE, Frontier, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 10
TOWNSHIP ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: HOOKER CREEK
3S OF ADAMS, Gage, NE
Built 1911 ADT: 10
SOUTH 94TH ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
.7S 1W OF BARNESTON, Gage, NE
Built 1910 ADT: 20
TOWNSHIP ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: BILLS CREEK
2W .2N OF BLUE SPRINGS, Gage, NE
Built 1964 ADT: 20
S. 120TH ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: SHAW CREEK
2W OF ADAMS, Gage, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: PLUM CREEK
2S N23 FRONTIER CL, Gosper, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 5
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
1.8S .5W GILTNER, Hamilton, NE
Built 1951 ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
2N OF PALISADE, Hayes, NE
Built 1932 ADT: 20
TOWNSHIP ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
2E INMAN, Holt, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 15
TOWNSHIP ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: BLACKBIRD CREEK
2E 14.1N ONEILL, Holt, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 20
572 AVE
Structurally DeficientOver: CUB CREEK
3.9N 1W OF JANSEN, Jefferson, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 40
576 AVE
Structurally DeficientOver: CUB CREEK
2W 3.5S OF PLYMOUTH, Jefferson, NE
Built 1905 ADT: 5
569 AVE
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
9W .5N OF PLYMOUTH, Jefferson, NE
Built 1905 ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: N FK BIG NEMAHA RIVER
3.5W 2.5N OF STERLING, Johnson, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
1.5N 2W OF VESTA, Johnson, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: YANKEE CREEK
3W OF TECUMSEH, Johnson, NE
Built 1915 ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: HOOKER CREEK
.5S OF STERLING, Johnson, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 100
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: SPRING CREEK
2.4E 4S OF COOK, Johnson, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
2.5S OF STERLING, Johnson, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
JCT US136/N50 2.2E 1N, Johnson, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: SAMPSON BRANCH
9.5W OF ELK CREEK, Johnson, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: SPRING CREEK
1S 4E OF COOK, Johnson, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: S FK LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER
3W .3 S OF COOK, Johnson, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 20
PANAMA RD/FAS 3270
Structurally DeficientOver: HICKMAN BRANCH (X 129)
JCT US77/S-55G 2S 3E, Lancaster, NE
Built 1963 ADT: 260
PINE LAKE RD
Structurally DeficientOver: STEVENS CREEK (Q 110)
1.5W 4N OF BENNET, Lancaster, NE
Built 1970 ADT: 135
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
.5S 2E OF MADISON, Madison, NE
Built 1957 ADT: 40
L RD
Structurally DeficientOver: PRAIRIE CREEK
4.3N 2.4W CHAPMAN, Merrick, NE
Built 1912 ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: ROCK CREEK
.7E OF GENROCK, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 5
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: DEROIN CREEK
3.5S 2.2E OF NEMAHA, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
.2W 105 PAWNEE CL, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 5
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: HONEY CREEK
1.4S 2.3E OF PERU, Nemaha, NE
Built 1900 ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: WHISKEY RUN
3S .2W OF NEMAHA, Nemaha, NE
Built 1905 ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: DEROIN CREEK
3S 2.5E OF NEMAHA, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: HAPPY HOLLOW
.5N 1.6W OF NEMAHA, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 25
3RD ST
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
BTWN MAIN ST AND WATER ST, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 ADT: 40
Showing 15,251-15,300 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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