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
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2S 5E OF CRESTON, Platte, NE
Built 1986 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: DAVIS CREEK
.2E OF OSCEOLA, Polk, NE
Built 1983 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 150
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
3W 8N OF OSCEOLA, Polk, NE
Built 1960 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 50
US6/US34
FairOver: STREAM
4W MCCOOK, Red Willow, NE
Built 1931 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 4,870
654AV-702R / 702TR
FairOver: STREAM
2.5S2E FC (654-702R/702T), Richardson, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 50
711 RD-641 / 642 A
FairOver: STREAM
1.5E DAWSON (711-641/642), Richardson, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 40
712 RD-635B/ 637A
FairOver: N FK BIG NEMAHA RIVER TR
2.7W1N DAW (712-635/637), Richardson, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: N FK SWAN CREEK
.5W 5.7N OF WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1950 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
1.7S OF WESTERN, Saline, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: BRUSH CREEK
2.9W 2N OF WILBER, Saline, NE
Built 1981 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 35
FAS 3025
FairOver: BRUSH CREEK
JCT N41/S-76D 3E 2.05N, Saline, NE
Built 1980 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 60
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
2.2E 4S OF TOBIAS, Saline, NE
Built 1940 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 20
66TH STREET
FairOver: BIG PAPILLION CREEK TRIB
.2E LA VISTA, Sarpy, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 245
COUNTY ROAD 22
FairOver: WAHOO CREEK
3.5W .5N OF CERESCO, Saunders, NE
Built 1950 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 40
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: DUCK CREEK
JCT N92/S-78E 1E 7.5N, Saunders, NE
Built 1980 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 40
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
4S 2W OF PRAGUE, Saunders, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 50
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: N FK ROCK CREEK
2E 1.9N OF CERESCO, Saunders, NE
Built 2002 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 40
FAS 3400
FairOver: NORTH OAK CREEK
JCT N66/N79 4N 2W, Saunders, NE
Built 1983 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 75
FAS 3390
FairOver: STREAM
JCT N66/N79 1S 6.5E, Saunders, NE
Built 1973 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 485
FAS 3425
FairOver: STREAM
JCT N63/S-78C .8W .6S, Saunders, NE
Built 2004 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 105
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2.2S 2.5E OF COLON, Saunders, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 50
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
1N 2W OF YUTAN, Saunders, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 30
COUNTY ROAD K
FairOver: WINTERS CREEK
1E OF SCOTTSBLUFF, Scotts Bluff, NE
Built 1985 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 40
EXPERIMENT FARM RD
FairOver: TUB SPRINGS CREEK
WJCT US26/N29 7E, Scotts Bluff, NE
Built 1967 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 650
COUNTY HIGHWAY 450
FairOver: STREAM
3N 2.5E ROCKVILLE, Sherman, NE
Built 1990 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 20
FAS 2085
FairOver: SHERMAN RESERVOIR CANAL
EJCT N58/N92 6.2N, Sherman, NE
Built 1963 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 255
SAINT FRANCIS AVE
FairOver: STREAM
ASHTON ST FRANCIS @BURTON, Sherman, NE
Built 1997 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 10
7TH STREET
FairOver: DEAD HORSE CREEK
LOUP CITY 7TH @ R, Sherman, NE
Built 1940 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 500
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: BALLS BRANCH
5.5E 5N HUBBELL, Thayer, NE
Built 1969 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 30
6300 RD
FairOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
S EDGE BELVIDERE, Thayer, NE
Built 1973 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 60
568TH AVENUE
FairOver: SOUTH LOGAN CREEK
.2S OF WINSIDE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 150
854TH ROAD
FairOver: SOUTH LOGAN CREEK
1.3S 1.3W OF WAYNE, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 30
852ND RD
FairOver: SOUTH LOGAN CREEK
JCT N35/S-90B 1.2W .1N, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 185
850TH ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
8S OF WAKEFIELD, Wayne, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: FRANKLIN CANAL
1N US136 FRANKLIN CL, Webster, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 25
FAS 1990-RIVER RD
FairOver: OAK CREEK
JCT US136/N78 2.1S 4.4W, Webster, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 40
US281
FairOver: REPUBLICAN RIVER
2S RED CLOUD, Webster, NE
Built 1935 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 950
COUNTY GRAVEL
FairOver: LITTLE BLUE RIVER
5620 W. CIMARRON RD, Adams, NE
Built 1916 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 50
COLL 7646
FairOver: BELMAR CREEK
.2E OF NELIGH, Antelope, NE
Built 1979 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 355
COLL 7644
FairOver: IVES CREEK
7S 3.5W OF TILDEN, Antelope, NE
Built 1955 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 100
FAS 3030 RD 43 1/2
FairOver: DEER CREEK
JCT N15/N64 3.4W 2.6N, Butler, NE
Built 1975 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY ROAD 33
FairOver: STREAM
1.7S 1E DAVID CITY, Butler, NE
Built 1935 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 80
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: N FK LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER
5W OF AVOCA, Cass, NE
Built 1975 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: BACHELOR CREEK
10.5E 1N OF LOUISVILLE, Cass, NE
Built 1966 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 230
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: PAWNEE CREEK
1.5S 2W OF SOUTH BEND, Cass, NE
Built 1935 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 150
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
.5S 2.4E OF LOUISVILLE, Cass, NE
Built 1935 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 15
FAS 3180
FairOver: ANTELOPE CREEK
JCT US81/N121 1.8E, Cedar, NE
Built 1935 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 805
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: WEST BOW CREEK
5W OF FORDYCE, Cedar, NE
Built 1970 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 60
554TH AVE
FairOver: BOW CREEK
3.5S 9W OF HARTINGTON, Cedar, NE
Built 1965 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 25
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
4S .4.2W OF HARTINGTON, Cedar, NE
Built 1970 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 20
Showing 2,451-2,500 of 15,571 bridges
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