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

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 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)

Nebraska50.13807719478518%37.68544088369405%GoodFairPoorStructurally Deficient
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
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$368

44

Rhode Island

7.69% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$78
Selected

31

Nebraska

7.73% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$15,571

17

Illinois

7.88% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$27,743

25

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 composite NBI rating. Each is inspected at least every 24 months.

FIELD DRIVE

Poor

Over: SPRING CREEK

2.2N 1E CRAWFORD, Dawes, NE

Built 1955 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 10

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Structurally Deficient

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

Structurally Deficient

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

CHURCH RD

Fair

Over: EIGHTMILE CREEK

EJCT US34/N1 4.5W 3N, Cass, NE

Built 1962 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

.6N 2.8W NEHAWKA, Cass, NE

Built 1974 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 20

FAS 3730

Fair

Over: FOURMILE CREEK

JCT US34/US73 .3N 1.2W, Cass, NE

Built 1968 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 395

WACONDA ROAD

Fair

Over: ERVINE CREEK

2N 2E OF UNION, Cass, NE

Built 1994 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 394

N1

Fair

Over: N BR WEEPING WATER CREEK

0N ELMWOOD, Cass, NE

Built 1960 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 1,100

N1

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

2N ELMWOOD, Cass, NE

Built 1960 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 1,100

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

4.5W OF COLERIDGE, Cedar, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: BAKER CREEK

3.5S 2W OF LAUREL, Cedar, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 30

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: W FK BIG BLUE RIVER

1N 7W HARVARD, Clay, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 20

FAS 3185

Fair

Over: ELKHORN RIVER

JCT US275/N51 .7E 1S, Cuming, NE

Built 1961 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 1,320

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: ROCK CREEK

2W OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 1993 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 5

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: COFFEE CREEK

5S 1.2W OF WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1985 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 65

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: CUMING CREEK

6E .5S OF BEEMER, Cuming, NE

Built 1979 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 25

COLL 7698

Fair

Over: S BR PEBBLE CREEK

3S 2.7W OF ALOYS, Cuming, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 55

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: PEBBLE CREEK

4S 5.5W OF WEST POINT, Cuming, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 60

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: PETESON CREEK

1S N32 BURT CL, Cuming, NE

Built 1987 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 85

IRR/FAS 3540

Fair

Over: RATTLESNAKE CREEK

JCT N51/N9 5N 1.2W, Cuming, NE

Built 1980 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 50

25TH RD

Fair

Over: BIG SLOUGH CREEK

6E N16 THURSTON CL, Cuming, NE

Built 1975 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 50

N51

Fair

Over: STREAM

4E WISNER, Cuming, NE

Built 1962 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 1,285

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

.5N 4.6W OF JACKSON, Dakota, NE

Built 1995 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 15

RD 416

Fair

Over: N CH PLATTE RIVER

4W 1N OF COZAD, Dawson, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 10

CO RD 755/FAS 1580

Fair

Over: N CH PLATTE RIVER

JCT I80/L-24A .3S .2W, Dawson, NE

Built 1978 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 640

COUNTY HIGHWAY 173

Fair

Over: LODGEPOLE CREEK

2.4E 3.4S OF CHAPPELL, Deuel, NE

Built 1988 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 5

COUNTY HIGHWAY 159

Fair

Over: LODGEPOLE CR

RD 159 S HWY 30, Deuel, NE

Built 1984 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 10

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

3.5N 2.5W OF ALLEN, Dixon, NE

Built 1989 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 20

RD 19

Fair

Over: MAPLE CREEK

RD. 19 BET. M & N, Dodge, NE

Built 1985 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 30

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: DITCH #7

RD. 25 BET. S & T, Dodge, NE

Built 1968 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 75

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: RAWHIDE CREEK

RD. 30 BET. X & Y, N BR., Dodge, NE

Built 1981 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 70

FAS 3500

Fair

Over: STREAM

RD. B BET. 17 & 18, Dodge, NE

Built 1966 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 65

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: DITCH #8

RD. 24 BET. R & S, Dodge, NE

Built 1968 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 150

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

RD. 24 BET. M & N, Dodge, NE

Built 1974 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 20

SORENSON PARKWAY

Fair

Over: KNIGHT CREEK

.1W WENNINGHOFF ROAD, Douglas, NE

Built 2001 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 17,900

L28K N64 TO N133

Fair

Over: LITTLE PAPILLION CREEK

87TH & MILITARY OMAHA, Douglas, NE

Built 1966 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 10,010

132ND ST/FAU 5003

Fair

Over: UPRR 815-674-X

OMAHA 132ND ST @ US 275, Douglas, NE

Built 1970 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 28,698

AVE 346

Fair

Over: MUDDY CREEK

NJCT US34/N61 8E 9.8N, Dundy, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 150

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: S FK TURKEY CREEK

2.4E 2N STRANG, Fillmore, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 25

N41

Fair

Over: S FK TURKEY CREEK

2W MILLIGAN, Fillmore, NE

Built 1962 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 800

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: FRANKLIN CANAL

35 & HIWAY 136, Franklin, NE

Built 1952 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 10

US136

Fair

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

6W FRANKLIN, Franklin, NE

Built 1951 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 710

US283

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK TRIBUTARY

9N KANSAS STATE LINE, Furnas, NE

Built 1957 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 660

FAS 3295

Fair

Over: STREAM

JCT N4/N103 .5E 5.5N, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 95

COLL 7808

Fair

Over: SOAP CREEK

3S 1.5E OF CLATONIA, Gage, NE

Built 1960 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 125

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

.2E OF DEWITT/COUNTY LINE, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 25

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: BIG INDIAN CREEK

7N .7W OF LANHAM, Gage, NE

Built 1940 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 45

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

2W 5N OF LANHAM, Gage, NE

Built 1971 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 40

120 RD

Fair

Over: BLOODY RUN

3S 1W OF FILLEY, Gage, NE

Built 1970 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 40

COLL 7807

Fair

Over: LAFLINS BRANCH

1.5E 6.5S OF ADAMS, Gage, NE

Built 1970 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 90

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

3.5N 1E OF ADAMS, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 50

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

4N N41 SALINE CL, Gage, NE

Built 1983 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 30

COLL 7817

Fair

Over: TOWN CREEK

2E 1.2N OF PICKRELL, Gage, NE

Built 1935 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 150

Showing 3,601-3,650 of 15,571 bridges

Related

All states → | National rankings → | Understanding conditions → | SD bridges explained →
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.

Check Your Daily Bridges

How to look up bridge condition data for bridges on your route.

Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.