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Nebraska City Bridge
Coordinates	40°40′16″N 95°49′49″W / 40.67107°N 95.83033°W / 40.67107; -95.83033
Carries	N-2/ Iowa 2
Crosses	Missouri River
Locale	Nebraska City, Nebraska
Official name	Nebraska City Bridge
Other name(s)	Missouri River Bridge
Maintained by	Iowa Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design	Box girder bridge
Material	Concrete
History
Opened	1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Location

The Nebraska City Bridge is a four-lane girder bridge over the Missouri River connecting Otoe County, Nebraska with Fremont County, Iowa at Nebraska City, Nebraska.

The bridge built in 1986 bypasses the central business district and replaced the Waubonsie Bridge truss bridge which opened in 1930 and went towards the middle of town. The Waubonsie Bridge built by the Kansas City Bridge Company called itself "The Bridge with a State park at Each End" because Arbor Lodge State Park was on the Nebraska side and Waubonsie State Park was on the Iowa side.

The Waubonsie Bridge replaced a pontoon bridge built in 1888 that claimed to be the largest drawbridge of its kind in the world. The pontoon bridge was more than 2,000 feet (610 m) long and the middle of the bridge could swing open providing a 528-foot (161 m)-wide passage.

Local usage refers to the new bridge just as "the Missouri River Bridge."

The bridge was constructed as part of a highway plan to provide four-lane access between Lincoln, Nebraska and Interstate 29 in Iowa. The bridge connects Nebraska Highway 2 with Iowa Highway 2.

The bridge was closed to all traffic in April 2019 as a result of the 2019 Midwestern U.S. floods. The bridge reopened with one lane of travel in each direction on August 1, 2019.

See also

• List of crossings of the Missouri River

References

1. Henrichs, Todd. "Nebraska City link to I-29 reopens, but expect delays with traffic limited to single lane in both directions". JournalStar.com. Retrieved 2020-01-26.

External links

• Iowa Route 2
• Nebraska City's Pontoon Bridge
• Waubonsie Bridge postcard

Crossings of the Missouri River
Upstream Plattsmouth Bridge Nebraska City Bridge Downstream Brownville Bridge

v t e Missouri River
Lists	Crossings Tributaries Populated places Dams
Geography	Missouri River Valley Great Plains Missouri Coteau Rocky Mountains Big Belt Mountains Wind River Range Bighorn Mountains Great Falls of the Missouri Missouri Breaks Big Bend
Native American tribes	Arikara Blackfeet Hidatsa Lakota Mandan Missouria Sioux
History	Sieur de Bourgmont Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark Expedition Manuel Lisa Missouri Fur Company Independence, Missouri Oregon Trail Great Platte River Road Bozeman Trail Red Cloud's War Treaty of Fort Laramie Great Sioux War of 1876
Engineering	Pick–Sloan Plan Flood Control Act of 1944 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Montana Power Company U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Parks and preserves	American Prairie Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Missouri National Recreational River

• Bridges over the Missouri River
• Road bridges in Iowa
• Road bridges in Nebraska
• Bridges completed in 1986
• Buildings and structures in Nebraska City, Nebraska
• Buildings and structures in Fremont County, Iowa
• Bridges completed in 1888
• Pontoon bridges in the United States
• Bridges completed in 1930
• Truss bridges in the United States
• Girder bridges in the United States
• Interstate vehicle bridges in the United States