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County Highway over Stinking Water Creek

Hayes County, Nebraska · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

County Highway over Stinking Water Creek in Hayes County, Nebraska, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1935, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2003).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 41 inventoried bridges in Hayes County rated fair (26.8%); 7 (17.1%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 79 ft
Location	5.5W 8N of Hamlet
NBI structure number	C004300105P
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Nebraska department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US6 over Frenchman Creek	1974	1,600	Good
US6 over Frenchman Creek	1974	1,600	Good
US6 over Wild Horse Creek	1974	1,565	Good
US6 over Stream	1974	1,565	Good
US6 over Frenchman Creek	1974	1,565	Good
US6 over Frenchman Creek	1974	1,565	Good