TheNebraska Department of Transportation (Nebraska DOT orNDOT) is the state government agency charged with building and maintaining the state highways in the U.S. state ofNebraska, as well as the state's airports. The main headquarters of the agency is located inLincoln, 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 theNebraska Department of Roads and the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics,[2] the last of all 50 US states to do something of the like.
More than 20 bridges and other public works projects built or designed by the Nebraska Department of Transportation and its predecessors, including theNebraska Department of Roads and theNebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges, have been listed on the U.S.National Register of Historic Places.[3] Many were registered after a 1996 study seeking to inventory historic bridges in Nebraska and pursuant to aMultiple Property Submission titled "Highway Bridges in Nebraska."[4][5][6] The projects listed on the National Register include:
Deering Bridge (1916), county road over School Creek, 2 mi (3.2 km) north, 2 mi (3.2 km) east ofSutton, Nebraska (Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges)[8]