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County Highway over S Fk Big Sandy Creek

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

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

County Highway over S Fk Big Sandy Creek in Thayer 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 1993, making it 32 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 30 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2003).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 98 of the 220 inventoried bridges in Thayer County rated fair (44.5%); 16 (7.3%) 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	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 92 ft
Location	5.5W .5S Belvidere
NBI structure number	C008511730
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SB US81 over Big Sandy Creek	1937	5,495	Fair
NB US81 over Big Sandy Creek	1998	5,495	Good
SB US81 over UPRR 813-625-u	1937	5,495	Fair
NB US81 over UPRR 813-625-u	1998	5,495	Good
US81 over Stream	1937	5,495	Good
US81 over Stream	1981	5,100	Fair