This steel stringer and trestle bridge is the middle crossing of Fish Creek in Blair

Blair, Washington County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
30' steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Fish Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Old Home Creek alongside Fort Crook Road

Bellevue, Sarpy County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

American Bridge Company (Lassig Branch)

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
50' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Old Home Creek

Significance:

This through truss and deck plate girder bridge crosses the Big Blue River in Beatrice

Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1893 and 1910

by

Unknown and Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
154' Pratt through truss, 2-50' and 2-60' deck plate girders

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Big Blue River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses West Papillion Creek and the West Papio Trail in La Vista

La Vista, Sarpy County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1904, 1910 and c. 1930

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
1-60', 1-55', 1-40', 1-30' deck plate girder, steel stringer and concrete slab

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over West Papillion Creek and West Papio Trail

Significance:

This deck plate girder viaduct crosses Big Papillion Creek south of Interstate 80

Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1907

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Kilpatrick Brothers of Beatrice, Nebraska

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
7 span deck plate girder viaduct

Description:
Deck plate girder viaduct over Big Papillion Creek

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge carries a trail over North Oak Creek in Valparaiso

Valparaiso, Saunders County, Nebraska

Owner: Saunders County

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1908 likely using a secondhand span fabricated c. 1895

by

Unknown

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
147' Pratt through truss

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over North Oak Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge is the westernmost crossing of Weeping Water Creek along this line

Weeping Water, Cass County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Design:
2-70' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Weeping Water Creek

Significance:

This concrete encased steel stringer bridge crosses 234th Street north of US Highway 6

Gretna, Sarpy County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
16' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased steel stringer bridge over 234th Street

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge once crossed Salt Creek on the north side of Ashland

Ashland, Saunders County, Nebraska

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1952 using a span built c. 1905

by

Unknown and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
107' Pratt through truss, 2-50' steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Salt Creek

Significance:

This Baltimore through truss bridge crosses an abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway line

Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1907

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Kilpatrick Brothers of Beatrice, Nebraska

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
137' Baltimore through truss and deck plate girder

Description:
Baltimore through truss bridge over abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway

Significance: