Nebraska Infrastructure Overview
While the nation’s infrastructure earned a C in the 2025 Infrastructure Report Card, Nebraska faces infrastructure challenges of its own. For example, driving on roads in need of repair in Nebraska costs each driver $461 per year, and 8.8% of bridges are rated structurally deficient. Drinking water needs in Nebraska are an estimated $1.6 billion. 149 dams are considered to be high-hazard potential. The state’s schools have an estimated capital expenditure gap of $292 million. This deteriorating infrastructure impedes Nebraska’s ability to compete in an increasingly global marketplace. Success in a 21st-century economy requires serious, sustained leadership on infrastructure investment at all levels of government. Delaying these investments only escalates the cost and risks of an aging infrastructure system, an option that the country, Nebraska, and families can no longer afford.
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Nebraska recorded 4.5 million passenger trips across 62 systems in 2021.
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Aviation
$18 million in 2024 airport improvement grants across 8 major airports
Drinking Water
$3.2 billion total drinking water need
Transit
6.2 million passenger trips across 61 systems in 2023
Bridges
15,398 bridges, 7.9% of which were structurally deficient in 2024
Hazardous Waste
19 Superfund sites
Wastewater
$2.1 billion total wastewater need
Dams
157 high hazard dams
Levees
377 miles of levees protect 48,700 residents.
Roads
17% of roads are in poor or fair condition
IIJA Grants
for the Lincoln Multimodal Transportation Center
for broadband deployment within the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
for Gavins Point Dam and Lewis And Clark Lake in Cedar County
for Gordon Municipal Airport
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