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County Highway over Niobrara River

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

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

County Highway over Niobrara River in Cherry County, Nebraska, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2003).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 22 of the 57 inventoried bridges in Cherry County rated fair (38.6%); 11 (19.3%) 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	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 230 ft
Location	8E 4.5S of Merriman
NBI structure number	C001605505P
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
IRR/US83 over Minnechaduza Creek	1991	2,440	Good
US83 over Stream	1952	2,440	Fair
US20/83 over Niobrara River	1994	2,365	Good
US20 over Minnechaduza Creek	1984	1,460	Good
US83 over North Loup River	1987	1,245	Good
US83 over Ainsworth Canal	1962	1,180	Fair