County Highway over 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 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 1910 and reconstructed in 1994, making it 115 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.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (fair), but component ratings moved: deck 8 to 5.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated February 2025, on a 21-month routine inspection cycle.
• 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.

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

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