By Nebraska Department of Transportation
LINCOLN, Neb. — Today, the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) announced the selected proposals for the tenth round of the County Bridge Match Program (CBMP). Established in 2016 under the Transportation Innovation Act (TIA), the program concludes its first decade having delivered significant, lasting benefits to rural communities across Nebraska.
Created to share construction costs and help counties rebuild crossings essential to rural life and commerce, the CBMP has become a cornerstone in maintaining and improving Nebraska’s county bridge network. The program provides funding for the innovative replacement and repair of deficient county bridges, with NDOT selecting applications based on criteria that emphasize community impacts on essential services, local economies and daily life.
For Round 10, the proposals selected for funding represent 9 counties and 15 bridges, with an estimated total construction cost of $9.8M, including $4 million from the CBMP. A full list of selected proposals is available on the NDOT website at dot.nebraska.gov/projects/tia/bridge-match/. Since its inception in 2016, the CBMP has:
- Received 591 proposals, of which 173 were selected.
- Repaired or replaced 390 bridges.
- Awarded $40 million to counties, generating over $108 million in construction activity.