This through plate girder bridge crosses Wagon Tongue Creek near Agnew

Agnew, Lancaster County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1907

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
50' through plate girder and 2-20' steel stringer

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Wagon Tongue Creek

Significance:

This through girder bridge carries an abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway line over Maple Creek north of Nickerson

Nickerson, Dodge County, Nebraska

Owner: Nebraska Trails Foundation

Status: Abandoned, Awaiting Future Trail Development

Built 1924

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
64' through plate girder and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Maple Creek

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge crosses the Elkhorn River in Waterloo

Waterloo, Douglas County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use; Replacement Bridge Under Construction

Built 1906

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
163' Pratt through truss and 10-65' through plate girders

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Elkhorn River

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge crosses a former alignment of Rock Creek Road east of Greenwood

Greenwood, Cass County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1918

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
18' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over former Rock Creek Road

Significance:

This standard deck plate girder bridge crosses 580th Avenue northeast of Plymouth

Plymouth, Jefferson County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1901

by

American Bridge Company (Lassig Plant)

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
45' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 580th Avenue

Significance:

This standard deck plate girder bridge crosses 574th Avenue northeast of Jansen

Jansen, Jefferson County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

c. 1901

by

American Bridge Company (Lassig Plant)

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
33' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 574th Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Indian Creek on the north side of Beatrice

Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1922

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
50' through plate girder and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Indian Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge is the westernmost crossing of Weeping Water Creek along this line

Weeping Water, Cass County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Design:
2-70' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Weeping Water Creek

Significance:

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge carries the Homestead Trail across Salt Creek

Saltillo, Lancaster County, Nebraska

Owner: Lancaster County

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built c. 1900 and rebuilt c. 1958

by

Unknown

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
140' quadrangular lattice through truss and steel stringer

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Salt Creek

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge crosses an abandoned private driveway

Ralston, Douglas County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1911

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
18' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over abandoned private driveway

Significance: