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838TH Rd over Elkhorn River Trib

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

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

838TH Rd over Elkhorn River Trib in Madison 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 1987, making it 38 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2003).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 167 of the 302 inventoried bridges in Madison County rated fair (55.3%); 26 (8.6%) 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 39 ft
Location	1.5S 3.5E of Battle Creek
NBI structure number	C005901820
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 Corporation Gulch	1929	16,150	Good
US275 over Corporation Gulch	1957	15,985	Good
US81 over UPRR 188-063-b	1988	15,715	Fair
BENJAMIN/FAU6018 over Stream	1970	15,250	Good
Bnjmin AVE/FAU6018 over N Fk Elkhorn River	1967	13,625	Good
US81 over Elkhorn River	1974	13,460	Fair