The Bellevue Bridge (known as the Bellevue Toll Bridge and officially called the Grand Army of the Republic Bridge) is a continuous truss bridge over the Missouri River connecting

Mills County, Iowa Mills County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,484. The county seat is Glenwood. The county was formed in 1851 and named for Major Frederick Mills of Burlington, Iowa who was killed at ...

and

Sarpy County, Nebraska Sarpy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 190,604, making it the third-most populous county in Nebraska. Its county seat is Papillion. Sarpy County is part of the O ...

at Bellevue, Nebraska. The bridge formerly connected

Nebraska Highway 370 Nebraska Highway 370 (N-370) is an east–west state highway in Nebraska that is in length. It begins at U.S. Route 6 and Nebraska Highway 31 in Gretna, Nebraska and ends at the U.S. Route 75 interchange in Bellevue, Nebraska. It is the m ...

and Iowa Highway 370. Both routes were truncated upon the completion of the

US 34 U.S. Route 34 (US 34) is an east–west United States highway that runs for from north-central Colorado to the western suburbs of Chicago. Through Rocky Mountain National Park it is known as the Trail Ridge Road where it reaches elevation ...

bridge downstream. The bridge was built in 1950 by the Bellevue Bridge Commission at a cost of $2.8 million (equivalent to $ million in ). The bridge charges $1 tolls for cars and is wide. Although the bridge is considered obsolete, there are no current plans to replace it. Various government entities have sparred over ownership, due to the expense of maintenance, after the initial bonds were paid off in 2000. The issue has been temporarily resolved since the Bridge Commission has had to seek more than $1 million in bonds for repairs to the bridge.

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