Nebraska Department of Roads’ $2.6 million bypass project over US 30 improved safety, regional connectivity and enhanced access to the Kearney Regional Airport, the Nebraska Army National Guard and the industrial area east of the city. With innovative construction methods, crews in greater Nebraska built the first bridge with a precast, pre-stressed concrete deck system known as NUDECK to increase durability and savings, reduce impacts to the traveling public and decrease future maintenance costs. By using NUDECK components crews improved quality and cost-effectiveness, and cleared the path for the construction of more accelerated bridges in the future.