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Nb-n71 over Gering Valley Drain

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

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

Nb-n71 over Gering Valley Drain in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1936 and reconstructed in 2014, making it 89 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,840 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 161 of the 248 inventoried bridges in Scotts Bluff County rated good (64.9%); 10 (4.0%) are rated poor.
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


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 150 ft
Location	3S Gering
NBI structure number	S071 05511R
Condition class	Good

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