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
IRR/COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: LOGAN CREEK
3.5S 4.8W EMERSON, Thurston, NE
Built 1910 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 20
29 ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
1.5S .5W WINNEBAGO, Thurston, NE
Built 1994 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 55
566TH AVENUE
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
1.5W 4.5S OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 5.0 t ADT: 25
ALVO RD
Structurally DeficientOver: DEE CREEK TRIB
1.5W 2N OF ALVO, Cass, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: WALNUT CREEK
1.3N 4E OHIOWA, Fillmore, NE
Built 1919 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
1.7W .8S MILLIGAN, Fillmore, NE
Built 1918 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 40
TOWNSHIP ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: W BR THOMPSON CREEK
34 & S 1/2, Franklin, NE
Built 1972 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 2
ROAD 399
Structurally DeficientOver: WALNUT CREEK
2.5S 1.5E OF STOCKVILLE, Frontier, NE
Built 1981 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 15
FAS 1653
Structurally DeficientOver: DEER CREEK
12.5E 7.5S OF STOCKVILLE, Frontier, NE
Built 1972 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
.5E 4S OF JOHNSON, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: JARVIS CREEK TRIBUTARY
1.5W 3S OF NEMAHA, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 5
FAS 3595 / 609 AVE
Structurally DeficientOver: WOLF CREEK
JCT N4/N99 3W .4S, Pawnee, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: PLUM CREEK
2S 3.7W OF BURCHARD, Pawnee, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 10
520 TH ST.
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
2W N45 MADISON CL, Platte, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY ROAD 26
Structurally DeficientOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
.5E 1.5S OF PRAGUE, Saunders, NE
Built 1910 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 20
IRR/TOWNSHIP ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: LOGAN CREEK
2S 1.5W OF THURSTON, Thurston, NE
Built 1915 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 45
IRR/COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
5W OF WINNEBAGO, Thurston, NE
Built 1935 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 20
IDLEWILDE RD.
Structurally DeficientOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
21735 W. IDLEWILDE RD., Adams, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: EAST MUDDY CREEK
8.5S 2.5W OF EUSTIS, Frontier, NE
Built 1915 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: FLOOD CREEK
2.8E 3N OTOE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 15
708 RD-659 / 660 A
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
2N .5W RULO (708-659/660), Richardson, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 40
340TH AVE
Structurally DeficientOver: JOHNSON CREEK
2N .5W OF FRIEND, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10
168TH STREET
Structurally DeficientOver: BUFFALO CREEK
2W 1S SPRINGFIELD, Sarpy, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 130
573RD AVENUE
Structurally DeficientOver: PLUM CREEK
4.5E 4.1S OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1910 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 30
RIVER RD
Structurally DeficientOver: WALNUT CREEK
JCT US136/US281 1.4S 9.4W, Webster, NE
Built 1935 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 55
262ND ST
Structurally DeficientOver: CALLAHAN CREEK
1.2S 3.5W OF MURDOCK, Cass, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 45
14 ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: PLUM CREEK
2E 1.2N OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE
Built 1912 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: DEER CREEK
.5W 3.5N OF VESTA, Johnson, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 50
N12
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
2E VERDEL, Knox, NE
Built 1961 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 545
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
.7E 3.8S OF HOWE, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: DEROIN CREEK
4S 2.2E OF NEMAHA, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
3.5W 3S OF NEMAHA, Nemaha, NE
Built 1935 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 15
PRIVATE DRIVEWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: PAWNEE CREEK
1810 E SUNDOWN RD., Adams, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 2
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
2E 2S OF MURDOCK, Cass, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 20
FORK RD
Structurally DeficientOver: EAST MUDDY CREEK
10S 1.5W OF EUSTIS, Frontier, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: W FK BIG BLUE RIVER
4W .4S STOCKHAM, Hamilton, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 30
22ND ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: ZIEGLER CREEK
.5E 2.9S UNADILLA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 45
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
1.5E .8N TALMAGE, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 25
PFLUG ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: SPRINGFIELD CREEK
.3S SPRINGFIELD, Sarpy, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 225
ROAD D
Structurally DeficientOver: SILVER CREEK
.5N 1W OF MEMPHIS, Saunders, NE
Built 1940 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 15
IRR/COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: BIG SLOUGH CREEK
.5SW OF ROSALIE, Thurston, NE
Built 1965 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 90
860TH ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: DOG CREEK
1N 3.1E OF CARROLL, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: BEAVER CREEK
3.5S .4E WACO, York, NE
Built 1914 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: LITTLE BLUE RIVER
15140 S. PROSSER AVE., Adams, NE
Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY ROAD 798
Structurally DeficientOver: FISH CREEK
2E N11 HOWARD CL, Greeley, NE
Built 1966 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 45
COLL 7443
Structurally DeficientOver: WENTWORTH CREEK
6S 6.5E OF SPRINGVIEW, Keya Paha, NE
Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 15
ROAD X
Structurally DeficientOver: DRY CREEK
.7N .8E LAWRENCE, Nuckolls, NE
Built 1991 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 5
COUNTY HIGHWAY
Structurally DeficientOver: STREAM
2.2N .4E PALMYRA, Otoe, NE
Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 15
714 RD-650 / 651 A
Structurally DeficientOver: GOOLSBY CREEK
3S2W BARADA (714-650/651), Richardson, NE
Built 1915 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 25
ROAD H
Structurally DeficientOver: WAHOO CREEK TRIB
.5W OF ITHICA, Saunders, NE
Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 75
Showing 15,451-15,500 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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