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US283 over Muddy Creek

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

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

US283 over Muddy Creek in Furnas 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 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1941 and reconstructed in 1991, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,410 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 106 of the 168 inventoried bridges in Furnas County rated good (63.1%); 13 (7.7%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 229 ft
Location	0S Arapahoe
NBI structure number	S283 02014
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US6/US34 over Medicine Creek	1932	3,280	Fair
US6/US34 over Stream	1934	3,280	Good
US6/US34 over Stream	2005	3,280	Good
US6/US34 over Stream	1968	3,280	Good
US6/US34 over Smith Canyon	2005	3,280	Good
US6/US34 over Elk Creek	1936	2,555	Poor