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US20 over Stream

Dawes County, Nebraska · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

US20 over Stream in Dawes County, Nebraska, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1950, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 9,060 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 59 of the 90 inventoried bridges in Dawes County rated good (65.6%); 10 (11.1%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
Its most recent inspection on record is dated May 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	7	7	Good condition


Structure	Concrete culvert
Length	about 33 ft
Location	Wcl Chadron
NBI structure number	S020 05866
Condition class	Good
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	May 2024
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	5: foundations stable, scour within the limits of the footing or piles

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US385 over Chadron Creek Tributary	1954	2,930	Good
US20 over Stream	1952	2,425	Good
US385 over Chadron Creek	1993	2,350	Good
US385 over Chadron Creek	1954	2,350	Good
US385 over Chadron Creek Tributary	1954	2,350	Good
US385 over White River Tributary	1992	2,230	Good