This deck plate girder viaduct crosses Little Papillion Creek and the Keystone Trail south of Interstate 80

Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1907

by

American Bridge Company of New York (presumed) and Kilpatrick Brothers of Beatrice, Nebraska

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
6 span deck plate girder viaduct

Description:
Deck plate girder viaduct over Little Papillion Creek and Keystone Trail

Significance:

This historic deck girder and steel stringer bridge was constructed using a span originally fabricated in 1879

Ralston, Douglas County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1903 using a secondhand span fabricated 1879

by

Kellogg and Maurice of Athens, Pennsylvania

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
25' deck plate girder, 30' steel stringer and concrete slab

Description:
Deck girder and steel stringer bridge over 60th Street

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries the Rock Island Trail over Garfield Street

Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

Owner: City of Lincoln

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1909

by

Unknown and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
2-25' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Garfield Street

Significance:

This steel stringer and trestle bridge is the middle crossing of Fish Creek in Blair

Blair, Washington County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
30' steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Fish Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses the Big Blue River in Crete and was built with several spans from the original Plattsmouth Bridge

Crete, Saline County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1901 using spans fabricated 1879 and 1901

by

Kellogg and Maurice of Athens, Pennsylvania and unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
2-75' and 7-30' deck plate girders and 20' steel stringer

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Big Blue River

Significance:

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge once crossed the Elkhorn River west of Arlington

Arlington, Washington County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge upstream

Built 1902

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
160' quadrangular lattice through truss and steel stringer

Description:
Lost quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Elkhorn River

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge crosses an old alignment of Main Street in Plattsmouth

Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1908

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
12' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over former Main Street

Significance:

This large through and deck plate girder bridge carries a trail over the Little Blue River in Fairbury

Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska

Owner: City of Fairbury

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1904 and c. 1924

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
3-95' and 2-58' through plate girders and 1-50' and 2-44' deck plate girders

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Little Blue River

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge crosses the Big Blue River near the unincorporated community of Hoag

Hoag, Gage County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1902 at an unknown location

by

King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
130' Pratt through truss, timber pile trestle and modular concrete girder

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Big Blue River

Significance:

This concrete encased beam bridge crosses Cornhusker Road northeast of Gretna

Gretna, Sarpy County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
16' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Cornhusker Road

Significance: