Oldest Bridges in Nebraska

The oldest bridge in Nebraska dates to 1888. The table below shows the state's most historic bridges, ranked by year built. Many of these structures have survived well beyond their original design life — click any bridge to see its current condition and inspection history.

How this ranking works

This state list uses the NBI year-built field and links each bridge to its current inspection record. Treat age as a history signal, not a condition score.

Bridge	County	Year Built	Condition	Daily Traffic
County Highway over Niobrara River	Sheridan	1888	Fair	10
Township Road over S Ch Platte River	Butler	1891	Poor	15
Romeo Road over Little Blue River	Jefferson	1893	Poor	45
County Road E over Big Blue River	Butler	1897	Poor	15
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1899	Poor	2
County Highway over Stream	Cass	1900	Poor	10
County Highway over Turkey Creek	Cass	1900	Poor	10
County Highway over Big Creek	Cherry	1900	Poor	5
County Roadway over North Loup River	Cherry	1900	Fair	5
Ks Stateline over Spring Creek	Gage	1900	Poor	10
County Highway over Honey Creek	Nemaha	1900	Poor	10
County Highway over Flood Creek	Otoe	1901	Poor	15
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1903	Fair	5
County Highway over Lime Creek	Frontier	1905	Poor	30
County Highway over Mitchell Creek	Frontier	1905	Poor	15
576 AVE over Cub Creek	Jefferson	1905	Poor	5
569 AVE over Stream	Jefferson	1905	Poor	10
County Highway over Whiskey Run	Nemaha	1905	Poor	10
Township RD 295 ST over Looking Glass Creek	Platte	1905	Poor	5
County Highway over Union Creek	Stanton	1905	Poor	20
Irr/township Road over North Omaha Creek	Thurston	1905	Poor	10
Irr/township Road over North Omaha Creek	Thurston	1905	Poor	10
County Highway over N Fk Elkhorn River	Madison	1906	Poor	100
County Highway over Muddy Creek	Otoe	1906	Poor	20
County Highway over Stream	Otoe	1907	Poor	50
County Highway over Stream	Hitchcock	1908	Good	100
County Highway over W Fk Big Blue River	Seward	1908	Poor	45
County Highway over Interstate Canal	Sioux	1908	Fair	10
Sweetwater Road over Mud Creek	Buffalo	1909	Poor	5
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1909	Poor	10
N 22nd ST over Antelope Creek	Lancaster	1909	Fair	700
Vine ST over Antelope Creek	Lancaster	1909	Fair	18,700
Village AVE over Antelope Creek	Lancaster	1909	Fair	150
U ST over Antelope Creek	Lancaster	1909	Fair	150
532nd Avenue over Ives Creek	Antelope	1910	Good	5
City Street over Elkhorn River	Antelope	1910	Fair	250
County Highway O over E Fk Maple Creek	Colfax	1910	Poor	45
County Highway over Elk Creek	Dakota	1910	Poor	20
County Highway over Pigeon Creek	Dakota	1910	Fair	30
South 94th Road over Stream	Gage	1910	Poor	20
East Lilac Road over Mud Creek	Gage	1910	Fair	50
South 80th Road over Bloody Run	Gage	1910	Fair	25
County Highway over Deer Creek	Johnson	1910	Poor	20
County Highway over Muddy Creek	Nemaha	1910	Poor	25
County Highway over S Fk Little Nemaha River	Otoe	1910	Poor	25
40th RD over N Fk Little Nemaha River	Otoe	1910	Fair	15
County Highway over Wilson Creek	Otoe	1910	Poor	20
County Highway over Rock Creek	Otoe	1910	Poor	5
620 Avenue over Johnson Creek	Pawnee	1910	Fair	20
849 Road over N Fk Elkhorn River	Pierce	1910	Poor	25
543 AVE over Dry Creek	Pierce	1910	Poor	25
Coll 7716 over Stream	Pierce	1910	Poor	80
857 Road over Stream	Pierce	1910	Fair	25
County Highway over Yankton Slough	Pierce	1910	Good	25
852 Road over N Fk Elkhorn River	Pierce	1910	Fair	30
156th Street over Buffalo Creek	Sarpy	1910	Poor	90
252nd Street over Stream	Sarpy	1910	Poor	145
Township Road over Duck Creek	Saunders	1910	Poor	20
Nellie Road over Wahoo Creek	Saunders	1910	Poor	10
County Road 26 over Cottonwood Creek	Saunders	1910	Poor	20
County Road 18 over Sand Creek	Saunders	1910	Fair	50
Memphis Road over Silver Creek	Saunders	1910	Good	105
County Highway over Big Sandy Creek	Thayer	1910	Fair	30
Irr/county Highway over Logan Creek	Thurston	1910	Poor	20
Irr/county Highway over South Omaha Creek	Thurston	1910	Poor	25
573rd Avenue over Plum Creek	Wayne	1910	Poor	30
583rd Avenue over Coon Creek	Wayne	1910	Poor	10
526 Avenue over Cedar Creek Trib	Antelope	1911	Poor	10
843rd Road over Cedar Creek	Antelope	1911	Fair	25
Township Road over Mud Creek	Custer	1911	Poor	25
582 AVE over Daily Branch	Dixon	1911	Poor	10
Township Road over Hooker Creek	Gage	1911	Poor	10
County Highway over Stream	Gosper	1911	Poor	5
County Highway over Little Blue River	Nuckolls	1911	Poor	40
County Highway over N Fk Little Nemaha River	Otoe	1911	Poor	15
County Highway over Wilson Creek	Otoe	1911	Poor	25
County Highway over Willow Creek	Webster	1911	Fair	20
Coll 7544 over Willow Creek	Webster	1911	Poor	55
City Street over Elkhorn River	Antelope	1912	Poor	250
County Highway over Cedar River	Boone	1912	Fair	115
14 Road over Plum Creek	Cuming	1912	Poor	50
Dawson Street over Mud Creek	Custer	1912	Poor	50
L RD over Prairie Creek	Merrick	1912	Poor	40
County Highway over Wood River	Merrick	1912	Fair	50
Aspen Avenue over Niobrara River	Rock	1912	Poor	35
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1913	Poor	10
H Road over Prairie Dog Creek	Harlan	1913	Fair	10
858 Road over Stream	Pierce	1913	Poor	45
County Highway over School Creek	Fillmore	1914	Poor	20
N47 over Republican River	Furnas	1914	Fair	835
Township Road over Little Bazile Creek	Knox	1914	Fair	5
556 AVE over Stream	Pierce	1914	Fair	30
County Highway over W Fk Big Blue River	York	1914	Fair	35
County Highway over Beaver Creek	York	1914	Poor	30
County Highway over North Shell Creek	Boone	1915	Poor	30
Basway Strip Acess over N Channel Platte River	Buffalo	1915	Poor	40
Township Road over W Fk Big Blue River	Clay	1915	Fair	25
County Highway over East Muddy Creek	Frontier	1915	Poor	20
County Highway over East Muddy Creek	Frontier	1915	Poor	30
County Highway over Elder Creek	Frontier	1915	Fair	10
W Olive Road over Sicily Creek	Gage	1915	Fair	10
County Highway over Turkey Creek	Gosper	1915	Fair	5
County Highway over Beaver Creek	Hamilton	1915	Fair	30
County Highway over Yankee Creek	Johnson	1915	Poor	50
Township Road over Bazile Creek	Knox	1915	Fair	60
County Highway over Union Creek	Madison	1915	Fair	20
County Highway over Big Sandy Creek	Nuckolls	1915	Poor	35
County Highway over S Fk Little Nemaha River	Otoe	1915	Fair	15
853 Road over Willow Creek	Pierce	1915	Poor	30
717 Rd-631/632 Av over Long Branch	Richardson	1915	Poor	35
714 Rd-650 / 651 A over Goolsby Creek	Richardson	1915	Poor	25
715 Rd-646 / 647 A over Sardine Branch	Richardson	1915	Poor	30
County Highway over Swan Creek	Saline	1915	Poor	10
County Road 10 over Tri-state Canal	Scotts Bluff	1915	Fair	100
County Road 17 over Tri-state Canal	Scotts Bluff	1915	Fair	40
County Highway over Lincoln Creek	Seward	1915	Fair	25
785 RD over Clear Creek	Sherman	1915	Poor	15
Road T over Big Sandy Creek	Thayer	1915	Poor	40
County Highway over Dry Creek	Thayer	1915	Fair	10
Irr/township Road over Logan Creek	Thurston	1915	Poor	45
564th Avenue over Dog Creek	Wayne	1915	Fair	25
County Highway over Beaver Creek	York	1915	Poor	30
County Gravel over Little Blue River	Adams	1916	Fair	50
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1916	Poor	5
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1916	Poor	35
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1916	Poor	5
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1916	Fair	20
Township Road over School Creek	Clay	1916	Fair	45
Township Road over W Fk Big Blue River	Clay	1916	Good	20
Township Road over Mud Creek	Custer	1916	Poor	20
County Highway over E Br Muddy Creek	Gosper	1916	Fair	5
County Highway over Muddy Creek	Gosper	1916	Poor	5
D Road over Sappa Creek	Harlan	1916	Poor	75
County Highway over Hawthorne Creek	Valley	1916	Fair	50
County Highway over Little Sandy Creek	Clay	1917	Good	110
RD S over Dry Sandy Creek Trib	Fillmore	1917	Poor	10
RD 14 over Indian Creek Trib	Fillmore	1917	Poor	70
SW 140th ST over S Br Middle Creek (m 23)	Lancaster	1917	Fair	108
Township Road over E Br Verdigris Creek	Antelope	1918	Fair	5
Township Road over W Fk Big Blue River	Fillmore	1918	Poor	35
County Highway over Turkey Creek	Fillmore	1918	Poor	15
Township Road over Johnson Creek	Fillmore	1918	Poor	35
S 12th ST over M Br Big Nemaha R(w 104)	Lancaster	1918	Fair	57
County Highway over W Fk Big Blue River	Saline	1918	Poor	30
Fas 1037 over North Platte River	Scotts Bluff	1918	Fair	745
County Highway over Walnut Creek	Fillmore	1919	Poor	40
County Highway over Little Sandy Creek	Fillmore	1919	Poor	20
County Highway over Johnson Creek	Fillmore	1919	Poor	35
County Highway over Horseshoe Creek	Gage	1919	Fair	25
County Highway over N Fk Swan Creek	Saline	1919	Fair	20
Howay RD CR 2-a2 over Main Ch N Platte R	Scotts Bluff	1919	Fair	760
Howay RD CR 2-a1 over N Ch N Platte R	Scotts Bluff	1919	Fair	760
L79e Us26 To N92 over North Platte River	Scotts Bluff	1919	Fair	1,675
Fas 2250 over Stream	Boone	1920	Good	55
Broadway Avenue over Elm Creek	Burt	1920	Fair	150
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1920	Fair	35
County Highway over Little Sandy Creek	Clay	1920	Fair	60
County Highway over Oak Creek	Clay	1920	Fair	20
Township Road over South Loup River	Custer	1920	Fair	20
Township Road over Comer Canyon	Custer	1920	Fair	75
Township Road over Stream	Custer	1920	Fair	40
Township Road over Mud Creek	Custer	1920	Fair	10
Township Road over South Loup River	Custer	1920	Poor	5
Township Road over Clear Creek	Custer	1920	Fair	20
Township Road over Stream	Custer	1920	Poor	15
Township Road over Mud Creek	Custer	1920	Fair	15
Township Road over Stream	Custer	1920	Fair	10
Township Road over Clear Creek	Custer	1920	Fair	5
Township Road over Tiltotsons Canyon	Custer	1920	Fair	15
Township Road over Lime Creek	Dixon	1920	Good	25
Township Road over South Creek	Dixon	1920	Fair	15
Elk City Drive over Stream	Douglas	1920	Fair	26
RD 100 over Johnson Creek S Fork	Fillmore	1920	Poor	35
County Highway over Dry Creek	Greeley	1920	Fair	40
Coll 7574 over Stream	Greeley	1920	Poor	100
County Highway over Stream	Greeley	1920	Fair	50
County Highway over W Br Spring Creek	Greeley	1920	Fair	20
County Highway over Davis Creek	Greeley	1920	Fair	40
County Road 505 Av over Cedar River	Greeley	1920	Poor	20
S 120th ST over Stream (j 138)	Lancaster	1920	Fair	242
County Highway over Stream	Nemaha	1920	Poor	20
County Highway over Muddy Creek	Nemaha	1920	Poor	10
623 Avenue over Clear Creek	Pawnee	1920	Poor	30
554 AVE over N Fk Elkhorn River	Pierce	1920	Fair	50
County Highway over S Ch Platte River	Polk	1920	Poor	65
Coll 7751 over Stream	Saline	1920	Fair	25
County Highway over Big Blue River	Seward	1920	Poor	25
County Highway over Big Blue River	Seward	1920	Poor	50
County Highway over Turtle Creek	Valley	1920	Fair	65
Ks Stateline over Indian Creek	Gage	1921	Fair	10
County Highway over S Br Humbug Creek	Stanton	1921	Fair	40
RD 305 over Pawnee Creek	Clay	1922	Good	30
Fas 2380 over Little Sandy Creek	Clay	1922	Good	85
County Highway over W Fk Big Blue River	Clay	1922	Good	35
Township Road over School Creek	Clay	1922	Fair	25
County Highway over Stream	Fillmore	1922	Fair	10
Road 738 over Elk Creek	Gosper	1922	Fair	10
County Highway over Lincoln Creek	York	1922	Fair	50
County Highway over Stream	Fillmore	1923	Fair	50
Township Road over Johnson Creek	Fillmore	1923	Poor	40