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CR L - 7 over Owl Creek

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

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

CR L - 7 over Owl Creek in Scotts Bluff 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1935, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2003).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 10 of the 248 inventoried bridges in Scotts Bluff County rated poor (4.0%); 10 (4.0%) 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 36 ft
Location	7.2S of Morrill
NBI structure number	C007902215
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
S79H over North Platte River	1977	12,250	Fair
US26 over Winters Creek	2003	10,005	Good
US26 over Tri-state Canal	1979	8,665	Good
US26 over Tri-state Canal	1979	8,665	Good
US26 over Tub Springs Creek	1979	8,665	Good
S Bound Bdwy Nprb over North Platte River	1973	7,513	Poor