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Township Road over S Ch Platte River

Butler County, Nebraska · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Township Road over S Ch Platte River in Butler County, Nebraska, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1891 and reconstructed in 1928, making it 134 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2003).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 212 inventoried bridges in Butler County rated poor (2.8%); 6 (2.8%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 73 ft
Location	2.8N 4.8W Bellwood
NBI structure number	C001200305P
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Nebraska department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US81 over Stream	1991	8,100	Good
US81 over Clear Creek	1991	8,100	Good
US81 over Clear Creek	1991	8,100	Good
US81 over S Channel Platte River	1991	8,100	Fair
US81 over S Channel Platte River	1991	8,100	Good
US81 over Stream	1992	8,100	Good