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Rs 1918 over Cottonwood River

Chase County, Kansas · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Rs 1918 over Cottonwood River in Chase County, Kansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 165 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2014).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 85 of the 191 inventoried bridges in Chase County rated fair (44.5%); 14 (7.3%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 264 ft
Location	0.6E of Cottonwood Falls
NBI structure number	000000000090575
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Kansas department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Rs 92 over Collet Creek	1955	120,128	Fair
I-35 Hwy SB (kta) over S. Fork Cottonwood River	1956	9,014	Good
I-35 Hwy NB (kta) over S. Fork Cottonwood River	1956	9,014	Good
I-35 Hwy SB (kta) over Little Cedar Creek	1956	9,014	Good
I-35 Hwy NB (kta) over Little Cedar Creek	1956	9,014	Good
I35 Hwy (kta)el-wl over Shaw Creek	1955	9,014	Good