Roads and Bridges

About the Office:

Nuckolls County is a 24 mile square equaling 576 sections. At this time the County maintains 1,001 miles of road. This is comprised of 650 miles of gravel, 225 miles of dirt, and 7 miles of black-top. There is also a total of 89 miles of State Highway.

Bridges:

Nuckolls County has 259 bridges. Of these, 227 bridges are longer than 20 feet and have to be inspected by a licensed bridge inspector at least once every 24 months. Bridges shorter than 20 feet are inspected by County Road personnel. There are 32 of these bridges in the County.

Nebraska Board of Public Roads Classifications & Standards:

The Nuckolls County Road Department operates under the requirements set forth by Section 39-2120, Revised Statues of Nebraska 1943, and the Board of Public Roads Classifications & Standards for annual standardized reporting and minimum design standards for new construction. Local governments participating in this program receive State funds in the form of Highway or Street Allocations. This revenue is derived from the Nebraska Fuel Tax. Local governments are required to have a qualified Highway Superintendent and meet a local match of ¼ of amount to receive this Allocation.

They are required to do two sets of reports each year.

1. The 1 & 6 year Road plan consists of all the new construction Road & Bridge projects during the current construction season & a project plan for the following 5 years.
2. The NBCS Report consists of a budgetary report, contract projects completed, total inventory report, equipment listing, and a cost report on equipment.

Employees:

Cindy Buescher is our Highway Superintendent with a Class A License. Donald Williams is our Road/Bridge Department Foreman. Ridge Schutte is our Assistant Foreman. Tayler Harrington is our office clerk.  We have 16 Road Maintenance/Equipment Operators. Nuckolls County has 9 motorgrader areas which consist of about 110 miles each with 1 employee assigned to each area for the general maintenance of the roads in that area. We have one main shop located in Nelson and 6 remote shops around the county. Below are the locations and motorgrader operators that work out of those shops.

Office Clerk: Taylor Harrington

Nelson: Ridge Schutte & Patrick Dunn
Lawrence: Kent Thompson & Gary Faimon
Oak: Ethan Dewees
Ruskin: Zach Ault
Hardy: Kenny Goodner
Superior: John Howe
Bostwick: Kirk Garman

Foreman: Donald Williams
Grading Crew: Luke Hofstetter
Gravel Truck Drivers: Kelly Frey
Mechanic: Barry Foster

Frequently Asked Questions