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E Boston Mills Rd over Shawnee Creek

Cherokee County, Kansas · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

E Boston Mills Rd over Shawnee Creek in Cherokee County, Kansas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1942, making it 83 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 310 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 325 inventoried bridges in Cherokee County rated poor (4.3%); 14 (4.3%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 278 ft
Location	3.0N 1.1E of Riverton
NBI structure number	000000000110660
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-166 Hwy over Spring River Drainage	2001	7,752	Good
US-166 Hwy over Spring River	2002	7,752	Good
US69 Alt Hwy over Willow Creek	1961	7,336	Fair
US400/US69A Hwys over Brush Creek	2000	6,874	Good
US-400 Hwy over Wolf Creek	1994	6,782	Good
US-400 Hwy over Wolf Creek	1994	6,782	Good