This deck plate girder bridge carries the David Murdock Trail over Stevens Creek

Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

Owner: City of Lincoln

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built c. 1899

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
45' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Stevens Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the West Papio Trail over Hell Creek in La Vista

La Vista, Sarpy County, Nebraska

Owner: City of La Vista

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
50' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Hell Creek

Significance:

This through girder bridge crosses West Sarpy Ditch alongside US Highway 6 west of Gretna

Gretna, Sarpy County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1917 and 1949

by

Unknown and Vierling Steel Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
50' through plate girder and 2-40' steel stringer

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over West Sarpy Ditch

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses S. Fork Johnson Creek along US Highway 6 between Friend and Exeter

Friend, Saline County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1928 and 1944

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Vierling Steel Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
49' deck plate girder and 2-30' steel stringer

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over S. Fork Johnson Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge is one of several similar bridges along this route

Clatonia, Gage County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
50' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Clatonia Creek

Significance:

This through and deck plate girder bridge crosses the Ralston Trail (former Missouri Pacific Railroad) in Ralston

Ralston, Douglas County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1904

by

McClintic-Marshall Construction Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
61' through plate girder, 48' and 52' deck plate girders

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Ralston Trail (former Missouri Pacific Railroad)

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Middle Creek and 84th Street in Denton

Emerald, Lancaster County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1921

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
1-80', 1-60', 1-50' deck plate girder and concrete slab

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Middle Creek and 84th Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses the Platte River near South Bend

South Bend, Cass County, Nebraska to Nebraska

Owner: Lower Platte South Natural Resources District

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built c. 1920 and c. 1970

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Paxton-Vierling Steel Company of Omaha, Nebraska

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
30 span deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Platte River

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge carries a trail over North Oak Creek in Valparaiso

Valparaiso, Saunders County, Nebraska

Owner: Saunders County

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1908 likely using a secondhand span fabricated c. 1895

by

Unknown

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
147' Pratt through truss

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over North Oak Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge is the southern of two parallel bridges over 14th Street

Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1929

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
2-48' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 14th Street

Significance: