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RS 962 Rd U over Bear Creek

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

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

RS 962 Rd U over Bear Creek in Clark County, Kansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1967, making it 58 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 130 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 29 of the 102 inventoried bridges in Clark County rated fair (28.4%); 3 (2.9%) 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 267 ft
Location	1.0S 0.5E of Ashland
NBI structure number	000000000130370
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US54 Hwy over Bluff Creek Drainage	1930	3,663	Good
US283 Hwy over Sinkhole Drainage	1963	3,232	Good
US160 Hwy over West Branch Bear Creek	1948	1,601	Good
US-160 Hwy over Antelope Creek	1995	1,436	Good
US160 Hwy over Keiger Creek	1937	1,129	Fair
US160 Hwy over Little Sandy Creak Drg.	1936	1,129	Good