N17 over Frenchman Creek

Hitchcock County, Nebraska · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• N17 over Frenchman Creek in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1959 and reconstructed in 1995, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 385 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 50 of the 77 inventoried bridges in Hitchcock County rated good (64.9%); 6 (7.8%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (good), but component ratings moved: deck 9 to 8.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated April 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

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

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