Pawnee, Johnson, Lancaster counties will get bridge match dollars from state

LINCOLN — Three southeast Nebraska counties will get state dollars to help repair four bridges.

The Nebraska Department of Transportation announced the recipients of its annual County Bridge Match Program funds on Thursday. The program is in its sixth year and gives counties funding for the “innovative replacement and repair of deficient county bridges.” 

The CBMP funds 55 percent of eligible bridge construction cost (up to $200,000) with counties providing a 45 percent match. The selected proposals include 20 counties and 38 bridges at a total construction cost of $14.4 million of which $4.3 million is from the CBMP. Selected proposals are listed on the NDOT website at: http://dot.nebraska.gov/projects/tia/bridge-match/.

Here are the bridge projects in the KUTT/KWBE listening area:

Johnson County: 

1.3 S 6W of Cook at Silver Creek - replace - concrete box culvert - overall cost of $373,593 - CMBP funds $108,813

2N 2.2E of Elk Creek at Long Branch - replace - concrete box culvert - overall cost of $313,075 - CMBP funds $91,187

Lancaster County:

1W 1.7S of Sprague at Spring Branch - other - steel u-beam girder - overall cost of $390,000 - CMBP funds $200,000

Pawnee County:

1.2N 1.6E of Dubois at Stream - replace - concrete box culvert - overall cost of $288,300 - CMBP funds $123,775