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549TH St over Union Creek N Fk Trib

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

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

549TH St over Union Creek N Fk Trib in Madison 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 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 60 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2003).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 167 of the 302 inventoried bridges in Madison County rated fair (55.3%); 26 (8.6%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 39 ft
Location	11.5S 3E of Battle Creek
NBI structure number	C005903110
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US81 over Corporation Gulch	1929	16,150	Good
US275 over Corporation Gulch	1957	15,985	Good
US81 over UPRR 188-063-b	1988	15,715	Fair
BENJAMIN/FAU6018 over Stream	1970	15,250	Good
Bnjmin AVE/FAU6018 over N Fk Elkhorn River	1967	13,625	Good
US81 over Elkhorn River	1974	13,460	Fair