This article lists old and important bridges and tunnels in Nebraska. These structures are special because they are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This means they are recognized for their history and unique design.
Many of these bridges were built by the Nebraska Department of Roads or earlier groups like the Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges. Experts studied historic bridges in Nebraska in the 1990s. This study helped many of these bridges get listed on the National Register.
Historic Bridges in Nebraska
Here are some of the interesting bridges and tunnels in Nebraska that are listed as historic places. Each one has a story and a special design!
- Adamson Bridge
- Built: 1916
- Location: Valentine
- County: Cherry
- Type: Timber stringer trestle (a bridge made of wooden beams and supports)
- Ashland Bridge (Ashland, Nebraska)
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- Built: 1936
- Location: Ashland
- County: Saunders
- Type: Warren pony truss (a type of bridge with a special criss-cross pattern, one of only two left in Nebraska!)
- Beal Slough Bridge
- Built: 1937
- Location: Lincoln
- County: Lancaster
- Type: Concrete rigid frame bridge (a strong bridge made of concrete with a solid frame)
- Bell Bridge
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- Built: 1903
- Location: Valentine
- County: Cherry
- Type: Pratt through truss (a bridge where the traffic goes through the main structure)
- Berry State Aid Bridge
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- Built: 1920, 1921
- Location: Valentine
- County: Cherry
- Type: Pratt through truss
- Big Blue River Bridge (Surprise, Nebraska)
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- Built: 1897, 1898
- Location: Surprise
- County: Butler
- Type: Pin-connected Pratt truss (a truss bridge where parts are joined by pins)
- Big Indian Creek Bridge
- Built: 1903
- Location: Wymore
- County: Gage
- Type: Warren pony truss (a truss bridge where the top part is not connected)
- Big Papillion Creek Bridge
- Built: Around 1940
- Location: La Vista
- County: Sarpy
- Type: Tied arch pony truss (a bridge with an arch that is tied at the ends)
- Bloody Run Bridge
- Built: 1898
- Location: Virginia
- County: Gage
- Type: Warren pony truss
- Brewer Bridge
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- Built: 1899, 1921
- Location: Valentine
- County: Cherry
- Type: Pratt through truss
- Bridge
- Built: 1876
- Location: Lorton
- County: Otoe
- Type: Bowstring pony arch-truss (a bridge with a curved top like a bow)
- Bridge
- Built: 1911
- Location: Royal
- County: Antelope
- Type: Kingpost pony truss (a simple truss bridge with a central support)
- Mynard Road Bridge
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- Built: Around 1900
- Location: Louisville
- County: Cass
- Type: Warren truss leg bedstead (a type of truss bridge)
- Bridge
- Built: 1898
- Location: Wymore
- County: Gage
- Type: Warren pony truss
- Bridge
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- Built: 1908
- Location: Stratton
- County: Hitchcock
- Type: Reinforced concrete slab (a flat bridge made of concrete with steel inside)
- Bryan Bridge
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- Built: 1932
- Location: Valentine
- County: Cherry
- Type: Pin-connected arch bridge
- Burwell Bridge
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- Built: 1940, 1941
- Location: Burwell
- County: Garfield
- Type: Steel stringer bridge (a bridge made of steel beams)
- Cambridge State Aid Bridge
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Cambridge State Aid Bridge
- Built: 1914
- Location: Cambridge
- County: Furnas
- Type: Spandrel arch bridge
- Carns State Aid Bridge
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- Built: 1912, 1913
- Location: Bassett
- County: Rock
- Type: Parker & Pratt through truss
- Cincinnati Bridge
- Built: 1879, 1880
- Location: Du Bois
- County: Pawnee
- Type: Bowstring through arch truss
- Clear Creek Bridge
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- Built: 1891, 1928
- Location: Bellwood
- County: Butler
- Type: Warren through truss
- Colclesser Bridge
- Built: 1888, 1933, 1934
- Location: Rushville
- County: Sheridan
- Type: Baltimore through truss (a type of truss bridge)
- Columbus Doo Doo River Bridge
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Columbus Loup River Bridge
- Built: 1932, 1933
- Location: Columbus
- County: Platte
- Type: Parker through truss (a type of truss bridge)
- DeWitt Flour Mills and King Iron Bridge
- Built: Around 1888, 1911, 1920
- Location: DeWitt
- County: Gage
- Type: Pratt Through Truss
- Elkhorn River Bridge
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- Built: 1883, 1929
- Location: Clearwater
- County: Antelope
- Type: Bowstring through arch-truss
- Gross State Aid Bridge
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- Built: 1918
- Location: Verdigre
- County: Knox
- Type: Parker through truss
- Hoyt Street Bridge
- Built: Around 1870, 1890
- Location: Beatrice
- County: Gage
- Type: Bowstring through arch-truss
- Keim Stone Arch Bridge
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- Built: 1916
- Location: Tecumseh
- County: Johnson
- Type: Limestone arch (a bridge made of carved limestone blocks)
- Lewellen State Aid Bridge
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Lewellen State Aid Bridge
- Built: 1926, 1927
- Location: Lewellen
- County: Garden
- Type: Pratt pony truss
- Lisco State Aid Bridge
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- Built: 1927, 1928
- Location: Lisco
- County: Garden
- Type: Pratt pony truss
- Little Nemaha River Bridge (Dunbar, Nebraska)
- Built: 1874
- Location: Dunbar
- County: Otoe
- Type: Bowstring pony arch-truss
- Loosveldt Bridge
- Built: 1888, 1933, 1934
- Location: Rushville
- County: Sheridan
- Type: Baltimore through truss
- Main Street Bridge
- Built: 1915, 1920
- Location: Elkhorn
- County: Douglas
- Type: Steel stringer bridge
- Meridian Bridge
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- Built: 1924
- Location: South Yankton
- County: Cedar
- Type: Pratt vertical-lift truss (a bridge that can be lifted to let boats pass)
- Mission Creek Bridge
- Built: 1898
- Location: Barneston
- County: Gage
- Type: Warren pony truss
- Neligh Mill Bridge
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- Built: 1910
- Location: Neligh
- County: Antelope
- Type: Pratt through truss
- Nine Bridges Bridge
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- Built: 1913
- Location: Doniphan
- County: Hall
- Type: Pratt half-hip pony truss (a type of truss bridge)
- Niobrara River Bridge
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- Built: 1929
- Location: Niobrara
- County: Knox
- Type: Warren through truss
- North Omaha Creek Bridge
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- Built: Around 1905
- Location: Winnebago
- County: Thurston
- Type: Pin-connected Pratt truss
- Ponca Creek Bridge
- Built: 1904
- Location: Lynch
- County: Boyd
- Type: Pratt half-hip pony truss
- Prairie Dog Creek Bridge
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- Built: 1913
- Location: Orleans
- County: Harlan
- Type: Camelback pony truss (a truss bridge with a curved top like a camel's hump)
- Rattlesnake Creek Bridge
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- Built: 1903
- Location: Bancroft
- County: Cuming
- Type: Pratt half-hip pony truss
- Republican River Bridge
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- Built: 1911
- Location: Riverton
- County: Franklin
- Type: Pratt through truss
- Roscoe State Aid Bridge
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- Built: 1934, 1935
- Location: Roscoe
- County: Keith
- Type: Steel cantilevered stringer
- Rulo Bridge
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- Built: 1938, 1939
- Location: Rulo
- County: Richardson
- Type: Pennsylvania through truss (a type of truss bridge)
- South Omaha Bridge
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- Built: 1933–1935
- Location: Omaha
- County: Douglas
- Type: Warren through truss
- Stewart Bridge
- Built: 1915
- Location: Oak
- County: Nuckolls
- Type: Concrete spandrel arch
- Sutherland State Aid Bridge
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Sutherland State Aid Bridge
- Built: 1914, 1915
- Location: Sutherland
- County: Lincoln
- Type: Concrete spandrel arch
- Tekamah City Bridge
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- Built: 1934
- Location: Tekamah
- County: Burt
- Type: Concrete rigid frame bridge
- Turkey Creek Bridge
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- Built: 1899
- Location: Ragan
- County: Harlan
- Type: Pin-connected Pratt truss
- Twin Bridge (Brownlee, Nebraska)
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- Built: 1900
- Location: Brownlee
- County: Cherry
- Type: Steel stringer bridge
- Verdigris Creek Bridge
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- Built: Around 1918
- Location: Royal
- County: Antelope
- Type: Kingpost pony truss
- Willow Creek Bridge
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- Built: 1913
- Location: Foster
- County: Pierce
- Type: Lattice pony truss (a truss bridge with a criss-cross pattern like a lattice)
- Wolf Creek Bridge
- Built: 1889
- Location: Dunbar
- County: Otoe
- Type: Pratt through truss
- Wyoming Bridge
- Built: 1878
- Location: Dunbar
- County: Otoe
- Type: Bowstring pony arch-truss
- York Subway
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- Built: 1938, 1939
- Location: York
- County: York
- Type: Concrete rigid frame bridge
See also
- Nebraska Department of Roads
- Western Bridge and Construction Company - This company built many of the historic bridges listed here.
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