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Howay Rd CR 2-a1 over N Ch N Platte R

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

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

Howay Rd CR 2-a1 over N Ch N Platte R in Scotts Bluff 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 1919 and reconstructed in 1959, making it 106 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 760 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2011).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 77 of the 248 inventoried bridges in Scotts Bluff County rated fair (31.0%); 10 (4.0%) 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

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