County Highway over Stream

Jefferson County, Nebraska · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• County Highway over Stream in Jefferson County, Nebraska, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1934, making it 91 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2003).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 49 of the 239 inventoried bridges in Jefferson County rated poor (20.5%); 49 (20.5%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is closed to all traffic (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (poor), but component ratings moved: substructure 4 to 2.
• Status change: newly closed since 2024.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated October 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 1): scour critical: field review indicates failure of piers or abutments is imminent.
• A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

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

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