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

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 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

Nebraska52.5%39.4%8.1%GoodFairPoor
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 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
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$368

RI

Rhode Island

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

NE

Nebraska

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

IL

Illinois

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

MA

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 the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

FIELD DRIVE

Poor

Over: SPRING CREEK

2.2N 1E CRAWFORD, Dawes, NE

Built 1955 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 10

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Poor

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

Poor

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

FAS 3595

Fair

Over: YANKEE CREEK

JCT US136/S-49C 1.4E .8N, Johnson, NE

Built 1939 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 70

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: WESTERN CANAL

3.2S 2.5W OF BRULE, Keith, NE

Built 1961 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 20

FAS 2280

Fair

Over: MERRIMAN CREEK

JCT N14/N59 2.6W, Knox, NE

Built 1934 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 540

IRR/COLL 7662

Fair

Over: STREAM

6N 1W OF BLOOMFIELD, Knox, NE

Built 1986 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 80

N12

Fair

Over: HARRY MILLER CREEK

4E VERDEL, Knox, NE

Built 1961 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 545

N121

Fair

Over: N FK ELKHORN RIVER TRIB

1S WAUSA, Knox, NE

Built 1984 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,040

W AGNEW RD/FAS3380

Fair

Over: ASH HOLLOW CREEK (B 133)

JCT US77/S-55E 2N .1E, Lancaster, NE

Built 1937 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 144

S 82ND ST

Fair

Over: STREAM (X 83)

1SE OF HICKMAN, Lancaster, NE

Built 1985 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 784

N 84TH STREET

Fair

Over: SALT CREEK (G 2)

N 84TH ST AT I80 .3S, Lancaster, NE

Built 1978 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 158

S 120TH ST

Fair

Over: STREAM (J 138)

S EDGE OF WALTON, Lancaster, NE

Built 1920 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 242

N 162ND ST

Fair

Over: SALT CREEK (H 207)

2.5NE OF WAVERLY, Lancaster, NE

Built 1968 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 261

NW 112TH /FAS 3395

Fair

Over: ELK CREEK (E 197)

JCT US34/S-55A 2.4W, Lancaster, NE

Built 1938 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,061

ADAMS ST

Fair

Over: STREAM (J 99)

5S 3E OF WAVERLY, Lancaster, NE

Built 1938 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 141

US6

Fair

Over: S BR MIDDLE CREEK

JCT US6/S55A 1.8W, Lancaster, NE

Built 1983 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,075

N 27TH ST

Fair

Over: SALT CREEK

N 27TH FAIRFIELD ST, Lancaster, NE

Built 1985 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 30,130

W CUMMINGS ST

Fair

Over: OAK CREEK

W CUMMINGS @ NW 41ST, Lancaster, NE

Built 1986 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,550

841ST RD

Fair

Over: DEER CREEK

1.5SE OF MEADOW GROVE, Madison, NE

Built 2006 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 15

840TH RD

Fair

Over: DEER CREEK

1.5S 2E OF MEADOW GROVE, Madison, NE

Built 1989 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 60

546TH AVE

Fair

Over: UNION CREEK N FK

3N 9E OF NEWMAN GROVE, Madison, NE

Built 1975 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

7.5S 5W OF BATTLE CREEK, Madison, NE

Built 1993 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 65

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: BATTLE CREEK

7.5S 3W OF BATTLE CREEK, Madison, NE

Built 1981 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 60

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

4S 1W OF NORFOLK, Madison, NE

Built 1987 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 50

1ST ST

Fair

Over: ELKHORN RIVER

.5 S NORFOLK, Madison, NE

Built 1964 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,005

FAIRGROUND ROAD

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

MADISON FARGRND @ N4, Madison, NE

Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 275

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: WARM SLOUGH

NE EDGE OF CENTRAL CITY, Merrick, NE

Built 1935 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 200

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

2S 13.5W OF FULLERTON, Nance, NE

Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 10

FAS 3675

Fair

Over: LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER

JCT N67/N105 2.9E .5N, Nemaha, NE

Built 1996 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 30

FAS 3674

Fair

Over: MUDDY CREEK

JCT N105/S-64B .9W, Nemaha, NE

Built 1940 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 125

FAS 2385

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

NJCT US136/N14 10E 1.8S, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1976 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 430

ROAD A

Fair

Over: COURTLAND CANAL

2W N14 KANSAS SL, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1935 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 15

N14

Fair

Over: ELK CREEK

IN NELSON, Nuckolls, NE

Built 1975 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,480

FAS 3665

Fair

Over: MUDDY CREEK

JCT N50/N128 6W .1S, Otoe, NE

Built 1963 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 95

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.5E 5.6N UNADILLA, Otoe, NE

Built 1998 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 30

FAS 3704

Fair

Over: N FK LITTLE NEMAHA RIVER

0E DUNBAR, Otoe, NE

Built 1963 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 230

16TH ST/FAU 6205

Fair

Over: NORTH TABLE CREEK

NEBR CITY 16TH @ FRONTAGE, Otoe, NE

Built 1984 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,340

US20/N121

Fair

Over: E BR N FK ELKHORN RIVER

3E OSMOND, Pierce, NE

Built 1957 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,345

FAS 2770

Fair

Over: STREAM

JCT N45/N91 9S 6.7E, Platte, NE

Built 1980 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 150

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: LOUP RIVER TRIBUTARY

2.5N 2.4W MONROE, Platte, NE

Built 2002 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 40

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: TRACY CREEK

7E US81 STANTON CL, Platte, NE

Built 1998 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 40

COLL 7697

Fair

Over: STREAM

2NW OF PLATTE CENTER, Platte, NE

Built 1990 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 125

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: COLUMBUS GENOA CANAL

2.7S OF PLATTE CENTER, Platte, NE

Built 1936 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 25

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

7E OF TARNOV, Platte, NE

Built 1990 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 35

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: LOSEKE CREEK

5S 1E OF CRESTON, Platte, NE

Built 1965 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 35

FAS 1565

Fair

Over: REPUBLICAN RIVER

EJCT US6/US83 17.2E 2.4N, Red Willow, NE

Built 1975 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 305

719 RD-633/634 AV

Fair

Over: STREAM

5N HUMBOLDT (719-633/634), Richardson, NE

Built 1975 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 25

719 RD-637/638 AV

Fair

Over: LITTLE MUDDY CREEK

5W 1N STELLA(719-637/638), Richardson, NE

Built 1940 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 40

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM

1W 1N COLON, Saunders, NE

Built 1995 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 50

ROAD C

Fair

Over: MOSQUITO CREEK TRIB

4.5S 1.5E OF ITHACA, Saunders, NE

Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 90

COUNTY ROAD 789TH

Fair

Over: OAK CREEK

ASHTON, Sherman, NE

Built 2012 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 85

N92

Fair

Over: STREAM

11E ANSLEY, Sherman, NE

Built 1959 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 605

Showing 4,701-4,750 of 15,571 bridges

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