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US83 over Ainsworth Canal

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

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

US83 over Ainsworth Canal in Cherry 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 1962 and reconstructed in 1994, making it 63 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,180 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 22 of the 57 inventoried bridges in Cherry County rated fair (38.6%); 11 (19.3%) 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	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 39 ft
Location	15S Valentine
NBI structure number	S083 19849
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
IRR/US83 over Minnechaduza Creek	1991	2,440	Good
US83 over Stream	1952	2,440	Fair
US20/83 over Niobrara River	1994	2,365	Good
US20 over Minnechaduza Creek	1984	1,460	Good
US83 over North Loup River	1987	1,245	Good
US20 over Minnechaduza Creek	1963	1,110	Good