Nebraska Website Statistics

All Bridges

  • Total listed Nebraska bridges: 1,152
  • Bridges with photos: 145 (12.6%)
  • Bridges with Street View: 119 (10.3%)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 1,123 (97.5%)

  • Total photos: 1,392

Extant Bridges

  • Extant bridges: 1,112 (96.5% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 129 (11.6% of extant)
  • Bridges with Street View: 113 (10.2% of extant)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 1,083 (97.4% of extant)

Lost Bridges

  • Lost bridges: 36 (3.1% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 11 (30.6% of lost)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 36 (100.0% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

  1. Hoyt Street Bridge (Gage County, built 1870, abandoned)
  2. First Omaha Railroad Bridge (Douglas County, built 1873, unknown status)
  3. Wyoming Bridge (Lancaster County, built 1878, open to pedestrians)
  4. Old Plattsmouth Railroad Bridge (Cass County, built 1880, replaced by new bridge)
  5. Krumm Bridge (Antelope County, built 1883, open to pedestrians)
  6. Old Blair Railroad Bridge (Washington County, built 1883, unknown status)
  7. De Witt Mill Bridge (Gage County, built 1887, abandoned)
  8. Second Omaha Railroad Bridge (Douglas County, built 1887, replaced by new bridge)
  9. Old Rulo Railroad Bridge (Richardson County, built 1887, unknown status)
  10. Ak-sar-ben Bridge (Douglas County, built 1888, replaced by new bridge)

By Design

  • Arch: 59 (5.1%)
    • Deck arch: 57 (4.9%)
      • Closed-spandrel arch: 4 (0.3%)
      • Steel arch: 1 (0.09%)
      • Stone arch: 1 (0.09%)
    • Through arch: 2 (0.2%)
      • Steel through arch: 1 (0.09%)

  • Beam: 12 (1.0%)
    • Stringer: 11 (1.0%)
      • Concrete stringer: 2 (0.2%)
      • Steel stringer: 6 (0.5%)
      • Timber stringer: 2 (0.2%)
    • Concrete tee beam: 1 (0.09%)

  • Culvert: 1 (0.09%)
    • Concrete culvert: 1 (0.09%)

  • Rigid frame: 1 (0.09%)
    • Concrete rigid frame: 1 (0.09%)

  • Girder: 13 (1.1%)
    • Deck girder: 8 (0.7%)
      • Concrete deck girder: 1 (0.09%)
      • Deck plate girder: 7 (0.6%)
    • Pony/through girder: 3 (0.3%)
      • Pony/through plate girder: 3 (0.3%)

  • Other: 1 (0.09%)

  • Slab: 1 (0.09%)

  • Suspension: 1 (0.09%)
    • Cable-stayed: 1 (0.09%)

  • Truss: 1,055 (91.6%)
    • Bedstead pony truss: 5 (0.4%)
      • Bedstead Pratt pony truss: 3 (0.3%)
      • Bedstead Warren pony truss: 2 (0.2%)
    • Deck truss: 3 (0.3%)
      • Pratt deck truss: 1 (0.09%)
    • Pony truss: 880 (76.4%)
      • Bowstring pony truss: 4 (0.3%)
      • Kingpost pony truss: 1 (0.09%)
      • Lattice pony truss: 1 (0.09%)
      • Parker pony truss: 1 (0.09%)
      • Polygonal Warren pony truss: 2 (0.2%)
        • Polygonal Warren pony truss with all verticals: 1 (0.09%)
      • Pratt pony truss: 57 (4.9%)
      • Half-hip Pratt pony truss: 10 (0.9%)
      • Queenpost pony truss: 15 (1.3%)
      • Warren pony truss: 6 (0.5%)
        • Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 2 (0.2%)
        • Warren pony truss with all verticals: 1 (0.09%)
    • Through truss: 115 (10.0%)
      • Baltimore through truss: 1 (0.09%)
      • Bowstring through truss: 2 (0.2%)
      • Camelback through truss: 1 (0.09%)
      • Lattice through truss: 2 (0.2%)
        • Quadrangular lattice through truss: 1 (0.09%)
        • Triple-intersection lattice through truss: 1 (0.09%)
      • Parker through truss: 8 (0.7%)
      • Pennsylvania through truss: 3 (0.3%)
      • Polygonal Warren through truss: 1 (0.09%)
      • Post through truss: 1 (0.09%)
      • Pratt through truss: 34 (3.0%)
      • Warren through truss: 15 (1.3%)
        • Warren through truss with no verticals: 1 (0.09%)
        • Warren through truss with all verticals: 1 (0.09%)
      • Whipple through truss: 7 (0.6%)

  • Unknown: 8 (0.7%)