The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) is the state government agency charged with building and maintaining the state highways in the U.S. state of

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...

, as well as the state's airports. The main headquarters of the agency is located in

Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...

, the capital city. There are currently eight NDOT district offices located across the state. The agency was formed on July 1, 2017, following the merger of the

Nebraska Department of Roads The Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) was the state government agency charged with building and maintaining the state and federal highways in the U.S. State of Nebraska from 1957 to 2017. The main headquarters of the agency was located in Linc ...

and the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, the last of all 50 US states to do something of the like.

Highways and roads

The Department of Transportation manages the Nebraska State Highway System, including the U.S. Highways and Interstate Highways within the state.

Registered historic sites

More than 20 bridges and other public works projects built or designed by the Nebraska Department of Transportation and its predecessors, including the

and the Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges, have been listed on the U.S.

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

. Many were registered after a 1996 study seeking to inventory historic bridges in Nebraska and pursuant to a

Multiple Property Submission The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

titled "Highway Bridges in Nebraska." The projects listed on the National Register include: * Ashland Bridge (1936), Silver Street over Salt Creek,

Ashland, Nebraska Ashland is a city in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,453 at the 2010 census. History Ashland is located at the site of a low-water limestone ledge along the bottom of Salt Creek, an otherwise mud-bottomed stream ...

(Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges) *

Berry State Aid Bridge The Berry State Aid Bridge spans the Niobrara River in Cherry County, Nebraska near Valentine, Nebraska. It is a historic Pratt through truss bridge that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Also known as the Niobrara River Brid ...

(1920-1921), county road over the

Niobrara River The Niobrara River (; oma, Ní Ubthátha khe, , literally "water spread-out horizontal-the" or "The Wide-Spreading Water") is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. Many early settlers, such as Mari Sando ...

, 10 miles northeast of

Valentine, Nebraska Valentine is a city in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,737 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Cherry County. History Valentine was founded in 1882. The Valentine post office was established on December 4, ...

(Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges) * Brownson Viaduct (1942), Nebraska Highway Spur 17A over

U.S. Route 30 U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route in the system of the United States Numbered Highways, with the highway traveling across the northern tier of the country. With a length of , it is the third longest ...

and

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

tracks, .8 miles northwest of

Brownson, Nebraska Brownson is an unincorporated community in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. History Brownson was named for a former general freight agent of the Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad C ...

(Nebraska Bureau of Highways) * Bryan Bridge (1932),

U.S. Route 20 U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. S ...

(Nebraska Division of Bridge Design) *

Burwell Bridge The Burwell Bridge was a historic bridge on the northern edge of Burwell in Garfield County, Nebraska which was built in 1940–41. It was a steel girder bridge that brings Nebraska Highway 11 over the North Loup River. It is also known as the ...

(1940-1941),

Nebraska Highway 11 Nebraska Highway 11 (N-11) is a state highway in central and northern Nebraska, United States. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 80 (I-80) south of Wood River. Its northern terminus is at the South Dakota border north of Butte. The highway go ...

over the North Loup River,

Burwell, Nebraska Burwell is a city in Garfield County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,210 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Garfield County. History Burwell was platted in 1883. In 1887, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was ...

(Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges) *

Columbus Loup River Bridge Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to: * Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer * Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio Columbus may also refer to: Places ...

(1932-1933),

over the

Loup River The Loup River (pronounced /lup/) is a tributary of the Platte River, approximately long, in central Nebraska in the United States. The river drains a sparsely populated rural agricultural area on the eastern edge of the Great Plains southeast o ...

Columbus, Nebraska Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Platte County, in the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. The population was 22,111 at the 2010 census. It is the 10th largest city in Nebraska, with 24,028 people as of the 2020 censu ...

(Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges) *

Deering Bridge The Deering Bridge, near Sutton, Nebraska, is a historic bridge that was built in 1916. It is a concrete spandrel arch bridge designed by the Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges and built by the Lincoln Construction Co. Also known as School Cre ...

(1916), county road over School Creek, 2 miles north, 2 miles east of Sutton, Nebraska (Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges) * Franklin Bridge (1932, 1935),

Nebraska Highway 10 Nebraska Highway 10 is a highway in Nebraska. Its southern terminus is at the Kansas border south of Franklin. Its northern terminus is at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 58, Nebraska Highway 92, and Recreation Road 82B in Loup City. R ...

over the

Republican River The Republican River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, rising in the High Plains (United States), High Plains of eastern Colorado and flowing east U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline ...

, 1 mile south of

Franklin, Nebraska Franklin is a city in Franklin County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Franklin County. History Franklin was founded in the 1870s. It was named for Benjamin Franklin. Former Nebras ...

(Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges) *

Henry State Aid Bridges Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) * Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...

(1919),

Nebraska Highway 86 Nebraska Highway 92 is a highway that enters the state from Nebraska's western border at the Wyoming state line west of Lyman, Nebraska, to the state's eastern border on the South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Missouri River in Omaha, w ...

over the

North Platte River The North Platte River is a major tributary of the Platte River and is approximately long, counting its many curves.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 In a ...

, .6 miles south of Henry, Nebraska (Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges) * Kilgore Bridge (1915),

over North Channel Platte River, 7.1 miles southeast of

Kearney, Nebraska Kearney is the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 30,787 in the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The westward push of the railroad as the Civil War ended gave new birt ...

(Nebraska Dept. of Roads) * Lewellen State Aid Bridge (1926-1927), county road over

, 1 mile south of

Lewellen, Nebraska Lewellen is a village in Garden County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 224 at the 2010 census. Geography Lewellen is located at (41.330692, -102.145487). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area o ...

(Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges) * Lewis Bridge (1922), county road over the Keya Paha River, 13.6 miles northeast of

Springview, Nebraska Springview is a village in, and the county seat of, Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 242 at the 2010 census. History Springview was founded ''circa'' 1885. It was named for a spring near the town's center, which ha ...

and Wewela, South Dakota (Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges) * Lisco State Aid Bridge (1927-1928), county road over the

, .6 miles south of Lisco, Nebraska (Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges) * Main Street Bridge (1915, 1920), Main St. over W. Papillion Creek, Elkhorn, Nebraska (State of Nebraska) * Red Cloud Bridge (1935), Nebraska Highway 281 over the

, 2 miles south of

Red Cloud, Nebraska Red Cloud is a city in and the county seat of Webster County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 962 at the 2020 census. History The region of present-day Red Cloud was intermittently occupied and used as hunting grounds by the Pawnee ...

(Nebraska Highway Dept.) * Roscoe State Aid Bridge (1934-1935), State Link 51B over the

South Platte River The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River. Flowing through the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska, it is itself a major river of the American Midwestern United States, Midwest and the American Sout ...

, .5 miles southeast of Roscoe, Nebraska (Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges) *

Saddle Creek Underpass The Saddle Creek Underpass is located in the Midtown area of Omaha, Nebraska. Designed to carry Saddle Creek Road under Dodge Street (US 6), the underpass was constructed in 1934 by the Works Progress Administration. It was included on the Bridge ...

(1934),

U.S. Route 6 U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...

(Dodge St.) over Saddle Creek Rd.,

Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...

(State of Nebraska) * Stewart Bridge (1915), county road over Big Sandy Creek, 1 mile east and 8 miles north of

Oak, Nebraska Oak is a village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 66 at the 2010 census. History The first settlement was made in the Oak area in the 1860s. Oak was platted on its current site in 1888 when the Fremont, Elkhorn & ...

(Nebraska Highway Dept.) * Sutherland State Aid Bridge, county road over the

, 4.2 miles north of Sutherland, Nebraska (Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges) * Tekamah City Bridge (1934),

U.S. Route 75 U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south United States Numbered Highways, U.S. Highway that extends in the central United States. The highway's northern terminus is in Noyes, Minnesota, at the Canada–United States border, Canadian border, wh ...

over Tekamah Creek,

Tekamah, Nebraska Tekamah (pronounced "teh-KAY-muh")

(Nebraska Dept. of Roads) * York Subway (1938-1939), 14th and 15th Streets and

Burlington Northern Railroad The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a Mergers and acquisitions, merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1996. Its historical lineage begins in the e ...

tracks over

U.S. Route 81 U.S. Route 81 or U.S. Highway 81 (US 81) is a major north–south U.S. highway that extends for in the central United States and is one of the original United States Numbered Highways established in 1926 by the American Association of Stat ...

York, Nebraska York is a city in and the county seat of York County, Nebraska, United States. At the 2010 census, the city population was 7,766. It is the home of York College and the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women. History York was platted in 1869. ...

(Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges)

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Highways and roads

Registered historic sites

See also

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