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9 rural Lancaster County bridges closes in wake of flooding

Highway 12 Bridge (Niobrara)

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Officials in Lancaster County have announced the closure of two more small rural bridges — bringing the total closed in the southeastern Nebraska county to nine in the past seven days.

County Engineer Pam Dingman says all of the closures come after flooding undermined the bridges. All of the bridges are small steel beam and timber structures, and most had already been flagged as in need of attention.

Dingman says none of the closures have left anyone without a way off their property, but acknowledged that several farmers will now have to go miles out of their way to get to fields, just as planting season prepares to kick off.

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