Roads and Bridges

Burt County has approximately 800 miles of public roads. Of these, 80 miles are maintained by the state, and 92 miles are minimum maintenance (unimproved) roads managed by the townships. The county is responsible for 61 miles of hard-surface roads and 191 miles of gravel roads, while the townships maintain an additional 438 miles of gravel roads.

Burt County Roads Department currently has 11 employees that take great pride in making sure that the public an get to where they need to go.

Public Notice: The Burt County Board of Supervisors Nebraska State Law 39-1812 Hedges and trees; trimming; duties of Landowners.

 Each landowner in this state upon whose land there is standing or growing any Osage orange, willow or locust hedge fence, trees, or undergrowth, bordering the public roads, when such fence, trees, or undergrowth become a public nuisance to travel on the roads, or obstruct the view at or near railroad crossings, crossroads or abrupt turns in the road, shall keep the same trimmed not less than once a year by cutting back to within four feet of the ground, excepting trees, which shall be trimmed from the ground up eight feet, and the trimmings so cut shall be burned or removed from the road right-of-way within ten days after each cutting.

Source: Laws 1957, c.155, art. V, 12, p.555.

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