Oldest Bridges in Nebraska

The oldest bridge in Nebraska is the County Highway over Niobrara River in Sheridan County, built in 1888.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in Nebraska, one timeline

187519001925195019752000today

1County Highway over Niobrara RiverNE · 1888 · 10/day 2Township Road over S Ch Platte RiverNE · 1891 · 15/day 3County Road E over Big Blue RiverNE · 1897 · 15/day 4County Highway over Niobrara RiverNE · 1899 · 2/day 5County Highway over StreamNE · 1900 · 10/day 6County Highway over Turkey CreekNE · 1900 · 10/day 7Ks Stateline over Spring CreekNE · 1900 · 10/day 8County Highway over Honey CreekNE · 1900 · 10/day 9County Highway over Big CreekNE · 1900 · 5/day 10County Roadway over North Loup RiverNE · 1900 · 5/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

every bridge in Nebraska by the decade it was built

Before 1900pre—

1900s'0072%

119

1910s'1057%

137

1920s'2021%

2.4k

1930s'3027%

348

1940s'4011%

749

1950s'5012%

1.5k

1960s'605%

1.7k

1970s'706%

2.3k

1980s'802%

2.2k

1990s'901%

1.8k

2000s'000%

1.3k

2010s'100%

723

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

goodfairpoor

Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 15,411 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible.

The Oldest Bridges in Nebraska

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
County Highway over Niobrara River	Sheridan	1888	1933	Steel	10	Fair
Township Road over S Ch Platte River	Butler	1891	1928	Wood or Timber	15	Poor
County Road E over Big Blue River	Butler	1897	1999	Steel	15	Poor
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1899		Steel	2	Poor
County Highway over Stream	Cass	1900		Steel	10	Poor
County Highway over Turkey Creek	Cass	1900		Steel	10	Poor
Ks Stateline over Spring Creek	Gage	1900		Steel	10	Poor
County Highway over Honey Creek	Nemaha	1900		Steel	10	Poor
County Highway over Big Creek	Cherry	1900	1991	Steel	5	Poor
County Roadway over North Loup River	Cherry	1900		Steel	5	Fair
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1903	2002	Steel	5	Fair
County Highway over Lime Creek	Frontier	1905		Steel	30	Poor
County Highway over Mitchell Creek	Frontier	1905		Steel	15	Poor
576 AVE over Cub Creek	Jefferson	1905		Steel	5	Poor
569 AVE over Stream	Jefferson	1905		Steel	10	Poor
County Highway over Whiskey Run	Nemaha	1905		Steel	10	Poor
Township RD 295 ST over Looking Glass Creek	Platte	1905		Steel	5	Poor
County Highway over Union Creek	Stanton	1905		Steel	20	Poor
Irr/township Road over North Omaha Creek	Thurston	1905		Steel	10	Poor
Irr/township Road over North Omaha Creek	Thurston	1905		Steel	10	Poor
County Highway over N Fk Elkhorn River	Madison	1906		Steel	100	Poor
County Highway over Muddy Creek	Otoe	1906		Steel	20	Poor
County Highway over Stream	Otoe	1907		Steel	50	Poor
County Highway over Stream	Hitchcock	1908		Concrete	100	Good
County Highway over W Fk Big Blue River	Seward	1908		Steel	45	Poor
County Highway over Interstate Canal	Sioux	1908		Concrete	10	Fair
Sweetwater Road over Mud Creek	Buffalo	1909		Steel	5	Poor
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1909		Steel	10	Poor
N 22nd ST over Antelope Creek	Lancaster	1909	1996	Concrete	700	Fair
Vine ST over Antelope Creek	Lancaster	1909	1996	Concrete	18,700	Fair
Village AVE over Antelope Creek	Lancaster	1909	1996	Concrete	150	Fair
U ST over Antelope Creek	Lancaster	1909	1996	Concrete	150	Fair
532nd Avenue over Ives Creek	Antelope	1910	2014	Concrete	5	Good
County Highway O over E Fk Maple Creek	Colfax	1910		Steel	45	Poor
County Highway over Elk Creek	Dakota	1910		Steel	20	Poor
County Highway over Pigeon Creek	Dakota	1910		Steel	30	Fair
South 94th Road over Stream	Gage	1910		Steel	20	Poor
East Lilac Road over Mud Creek	Gage	1910		Steel	50	Fair
South 80th Road over Bloody Run	Gage	1910		Steel	25	Fair
County Highway over Deer Creek	Johnson	1910		Steel	20	Poor
County Highway over Muddy Creek	Nemaha	1910		Steel	25	Poor
County Highway over S Fk Little Nemaha River	Otoe	1910		Steel	25	Poor
40th RD over N Fk Little Nemaha River	Otoe	1910		Steel	15	Fair
County Highway over Wilson Creek	Otoe	1910		Steel	20	Poor
County Highway over Rock Creek	Otoe	1910		Steel	5	Poor
620 Avenue over Johnson Creek	Pawnee	1910		Steel	20	Fair
849 Road over N Fk Elkhorn River	Pierce	1910		Steel	25	Poor
543 AVE over Dry Creek	Pierce	1910		Steel	25	Poor
Coll 7716 over Stream	Pierce	1910		Steel	80	Poor
857 Road over Stream	Pierce	1910		Steel	25	Fair
County Highway over Yankton Slough	Pierce	1910	1991	Steel	25	Good
852 Road over N Fk Elkhorn River	Pierce	1910		Steel	30	Fair
156th Street over Buffalo Creek	Sarpy	1910		Steel	90	Poor
252nd Street over Stream	Sarpy	1910		Steel	145	Poor
Township Road over Duck Creek	Saunders	1910	1960	Steel	20	Poor
Nellie Road over Wahoo Creek	Saunders	1910		Steel	10	Poor
County Road 26 over Cottonwood Creek	Saunders	1910	1926	Steel	20	Poor
County Road 18 over Sand Creek	Saunders	1910		Steel	50	Fair
Memphis Road over Silver Creek	Saunders	1910	2015	Concrete Continuous	105	Good
County Highway over Big Sandy Creek	Thayer	1910	1994	Steel	30	Fair
Irr/county Highway over Logan Creek	Thurston	1910		Steel	20	Poor
Irr/county Highway over South Omaha Creek	Thurston	1910	1998	Steel	25	Poor
573rd Avenue over Plum Creek	Wayne	1910		Steel	30	Poor
583rd Avenue over Coon Creek	Wayne	1910		Steel	10	Poor
City Street over Elkhorn River	Antelope	1910	2014	Steel	250	Fair
526 Avenue over Cedar Creek Trib	Antelope	1911		Steel	10	Poor
843rd Road over Cedar Creek	Antelope	1911		Steel	25	Fair
Township Road over Mud Creek	Custer	1911		Steel	25	Poor
582 AVE over Daily Branch	Dixon	1911		Steel	10	Poor
Township Road over Hooker Creek	Gage	1911		Steel	10	Poor
County Highway over Stream	Gosper	1911		Steel	5	Poor
County Highway over Little Blue River	Nuckolls	1911	1979	Steel	40	Poor
County Highway over N Fk Little Nemaha River	Otoe	1911		Steel	15	Poor
County Highway over Wilson Creek	Otoe	1911		Steel	25	Poor
County Highway over Willow Creek	Webster	1911		Concrete	20	Fair
Coll 7544 over Willow Creek	Webster	1911		Concrete	55	Poor
County Highway over Cedar River	Boone	1912		Steel	115	Fair
14 Road over Plum Creek	Cuming	1912		Steel	50	Poor
L RD over Prairie Creek	Merrick	1912		Steel	40	Poor
County Highway over Wood River	Merrick	1912		Steel	50	Fair
Aspen Avenue over Niobrara River	Rock	1912	1962	Steel	35	Poor
Dawson Street over Mud Creek	Custer	1912	1938	Steel	50	Poor
City Street over Elkhorn River	Antelope	1912	1945	Steel	250	Poor
H Road over Prairie Dog Creek	Harlan	1913		Steel	10	Fair
858 Road over Stream	Pierce	1913		Steel	45	Poor
County Highway over Niobrara River	Cherry	1913		Steel	10	Poor
County Highway over School Creek	Fillmore	1914		Steel	20	Poor
Township Road over Little Bazile Creek	Knox	1914	1999	Steel	5	Fair
556 AVE over Stream	Pierce	1914		Steel	30	Fair
County Highway over W Fk Big Blue River	York	1914		Steel	35	Fair
County Highway over Beaver Creek	York	1914		Steel	30	Poor
N47 over Republican River	Furnas	1914	1984	Concrete	835	Fair
County Highway over North Shell Creek	Boone	1915		Steel	30	Poor
Township Road over W Fk Big Blue River	Clay	1915		Concrete	25	Fair
County Highway over East Muddy Creek	Frontier	1915		Steel	20	Poor
County Highway over East Muddy Creek	Frontier	1915		Steel	30	Poor
County Highway over Elder Creek	Frontier	1915		Steel	10	Fair
W Olive Road over Sicily Creek	Gage	1915		Steel	10	Fair
County Highway over Turkey Creek	Gosper	1915		Steel	5	Fair

Oldest bridges in the United States · Longest bridges in Nebraska