The Burt County Missouri River Bridge is a

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over the Missouri River connecting

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and

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. The bridge connects Nebraska Highway 51 and

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is 7 miles east and

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8 miles east of the Missouri River. The bridge was finished in 1951 and carried the first traffic in 1955 after the

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diverted the river to flow under the bridge. In late 2013, it became toll free under the joint ownership of the states of Nebraska and Iowa; up to that time, it had been one of three toll bridges in Nebraska.{{Citation needed, date=December 2013

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*The bridge is known to the local population as "That Scary Ass Bridge" because of its loud, creaky ironwork, and the grillwork on the floor through which the river can be seen as you cross.

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