Structure C008002920P · Seward County, NE

2nd Street over Big Blue River

Carries 2nd Street over Big Blue River, S Edge Of Seward.

Overall conditionGood

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure at 8 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating8/9 · Very Good
Superstructuresets the rating8/9 · Very Good
Substructure9/9 · Excellent
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT182 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 8/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 8/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 9/9

182 ft end to end, longest span 56 ft: about 3 semi-trucks nose to tail. Lengths and the semi-truck on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a slab bridge.

Built20206 years old
Length182.1 ft55.5 m
Daily traffic60counted 2003
Last inspectedNovember 2024every 24 months

Location

StateNebraska
CountySeward
LocationS Edge Of Seward
Carries2nd Street
CrossesBig Blue River
Coordinates40.89940, -97.09440

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignSlab
Total Length182.1 ft (55.5 m)
Max Span56.1 ft (17.1 m)
Deck Width30.2 ft (9.2 m)
Deck Area510.6 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built2020

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic60 (2003)
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionNovember 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure NumberC008002920P

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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