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US81 over Missouri River

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

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

US81 over Missouri River in Cedar 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 2007, making it 18 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 7,755 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 144 of the 315 inventoried bridges in Cedar County rated fair (45.7%); 16 (5.1%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 1,588 ft
Location	Scl Yankton
NBI structure number	S081 21489
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US20/N15 over Logan Creek	1968	4,325	Fair
US81 over Antelope Creek	1994	4,110	Good
US81 over Norwegian Bow Creek Trib	1945	3,475	Poor
US81 over West Bow Creek	2011	3,475	Good
US81 over West Bow CR. Trib.and Ov	1947	3,475	Good
US81 over Pearl Creek	1954	3,410	Fair