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Rock over Trib. to Paw Paw Creek

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

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

Rock over Trib. to Paw Paw Creek in Elk 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 1920, making it 105 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 85 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 87 of the 155 inventoried bridges in Elk County rated fair (56.1%); 11 (7.1%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 33 ft
Location	6.5N 2.7W of Howard
NBI structure number	000000000250420
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US160 K99 Hwy over N Fork Wildcat Creek	1980	1,590	Good
K99 Hwy over Mound Branch Drainage	1931	1,508	Fair
K99 Hwy over Elk River	1935	1,508	Good
K99 Hwy over Mound Branch Creek	2005	1,508	Good
K99 Hwy over Paw Paw Creek	2005	1,406	Good
US-160 Hwy over Wildcat Creek Drainage	1993	882	Good