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Road 46 over Skull Creek

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

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

Road 46 over Skull Creek in Butler County, Nebraska, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2020, making it 5 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2003).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 163 of the 212 inventoried bridges in Butler County rated fair (76.9%); 6 (2.8%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 89 ft
Location	.2W Linwood
NBI structure number	C001200805
Condition class	Fair

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