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
US275/N91
FairOver: ELKHORN RIVER TRIB
1NW SCRIBNER, Dodge, NE
Built 1934 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 6,410
PACIFIC ST/FAU5044
FairOver: LITTLE PAPILLION CREEK
OMAHA PACIFIC @ 69TH, Douglas, NE
Built 1970 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 26,100
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: JOHNSON CREEK
2.1E EXETER, Fillmore, NE
Built 1935 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 60
31ST RD
FairOver: FRANKLIN CANAL
31 & HIWAY 136, Franklin, NE
Built 1952 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 60
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: SWARTZ CREEK
3NW OF OXFORD, Furnas, NE
Built 1935 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 20
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2W OF ODELL, Gage, NE
Built 1983 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 15
FAS 3255
FairOver: STREAM
1S OF ODELL, Gage, NE
Built 1962 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 200
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
2.5S .5W OF HOAG, Gage, NE
Built 1975 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 50
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: SNAKE CREEK
2N 1E OF HOAG, Gage, NE
Built 1972 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 20
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
2S .2E OF PICKRELL, Gage, NE
Built 1969 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 30
FAS 3242
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
JCT US77/S-34D 2S 6.2E, Gage, NE
Built 1956 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 85
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: ASH CREEK
.5NE OF ODELL, Gage, NE
Built 1935 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 60
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
.2N .2E OF PICKRELL, Gage, NE
Built 1950 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 80
US281
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
AT GREELEY, Greeley, NE
Built 1950 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 1,545
WILDWOOD DRIVE
FairOver: M CH PLATTE RIVER
7.5E .7S ALDA, Hall, NE
Built 1981 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 25
FAS 2440
FairOver: N BR BIG BLUE RIVER
JCT N14/S-41C 2.9E, Hamilton, NE
Built 1974 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 140
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
2W 8.6S AURORA, Hamilton, NE
Built 1935 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 35
FAS 2505
FairOver: LINCOLN CREEK
JCT US34/L-41D 2.5N, Hamilton, NE
Built 1974 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 670
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: W FK BIG BLUE RIVER
4E STOCKHAM, Hamilton, NE
Built 1980 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 35
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: BEAVER CREEK
2S US34 YORK CL, Hamilton, NE
Built 1925 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: ROPE CREEK
2.3E 2N OF ORLEANS, Harlan, NE
Built 1935 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 15
US20
FairOver: ELKHORN RIVER
3W STUART, Holt, NE
Built 1938 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 2,210
11TH AVE
FairOver: OAK CREEK TRIB
1.5S 4W FARWELL, Howard, NE
Built 1972 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 160
6TH AVENUE
FairOver: STREAM
1W 6S SAINT PAUL, Howard, NE
Built 1971 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 20
IRR/COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: HOWE CREEK
1.2S 1E OF LINDY, Knox, NE
Built 2005 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 20
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: WEST BOW CREEK
.5N 4.5E OF BLOOMFIELD, Knox, NE
Built 1970 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
2.5S 2.7W OF BLOOMFIELD, Knox, NE
Built 1985 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 20
W YANKEE HILL RD
FairOver: HAINES BRANCH (N 118)
1SW OF DENTON, Lancaster, NE
Built 1962 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 108
R55M/FAS 3395
FairOver: MIDDLE CREEK (M 147)
JCT US6/S-55A .4N, Lancaster, NE
Built 1981 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 731
N 27TH ST
FairOver: STREAM (B 74)
.5W 2N OF DAVEY, Lancaster, NE
Built 1963 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 36
NEBRASKA PARKWAY
FairOver: 52ND ST AT BEAL SLOUGH
5.6 NW JCT US 2, Lancaster, NE
Built 1955 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 28,525
537TH AVE
FairOver: BATTLE CREEK TRIB
11S 2W OF MEADOW GROVE, Madison, NE
Built 1979 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
13W 1.2S OF MADISON, Madison, NE
Built 2004 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 55
837TH RD
FairOver: GILES CREEK TRIB
0.1 E OF HWY45 & 837TH RD, Madison, NE
Built 2002 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 50
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: STREAM
4S 2W OF BATTLE CREEK, Madison, NE
Built 1982 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 50
FAS 2810
FairOver: STREAM
JCT N32/N121 5N 2.8E, Madison, NE
Built 1954 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 175
FAS 2798
FairOver: DRAINAGE WAY
2.2W OF NEWMAN GROVE, Madison, NE
Built 1935 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 350
FAS 2480
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
JCT US30/N92 2.5E 5.2N, Merrick, NE
Built 1978 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 195
FAS 2485
FairOver: PRAIRIE CREEK
JCT N92/S-61A 1W 9.5S, Merrick, NE
Built 1976 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 850
FAS 2500
FairOver: STREAM
JCT N14/N52 4.6W, Nance, NE
Built 1966 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 220
550TH ST
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
14W 1S OF FULLERTON, Nance, NE
Built 1978 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 30
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: HORSE CREEK
9.5W .5S OF FULLERTON, Nance, NE
Built 1935 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 5
COLL 7586
FairOver: LITTLE BLUE RIVER
.5S ANGUS, Nuckolls, NE
Built 1975 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: ELK CREEK
.5W 3.8N NORA, Nuckolls, NE
Built 1982 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 30
FAS 2355
FairOver: LIBERTY CREEK
SJCT N4/N14 10W 3S, Nuckolls, NE
Built 1970 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 190
FAS 3595
FairOver: S FK LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER
JCT N2-S-66A 8.5S, Otoe, NE
Built 1958 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 275
FAS 3680
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
JCT N50/S-66E 5.5E, Otoe, NE
Built 1983 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 140
COUNTY HIGHWAY
FairOver: W BR TURKEY CREEK
5.7W 2.6S OF PAWNEE CITY, Pawnee, NE
Built 1991 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 50
FAS 3570
FairOver: LORES BRANCH
SJCT N8/N50 1.5S .4W, Pawnee, NE
Built 1977 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 35
COLL 7897
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
WJCT N4/N50 4W 3.2N, Pawnee, NE
Built 1975 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 35
Showing 2,751-2,800 of 15,571 bridges
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