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Codell Avenue over Saline River

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

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

Codell Avenue over Saline River in Ellis 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 1954, making it 71 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 90 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 121 of the 275 inventoried bridges in Ellis County rated fair (44.0%); 14 (5.1%) 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	Continuous steel girder and floorbeam
Length	about 443 ft
Location	12.1N 1.5E of Catharine
NBI structure number	000000000260210
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
E. 27TH. St. over Chetolah Creek	1955	9,800	Good
E 13TH Street over Chetolah Creek	1945	9,315	Fair
E 27TH St over I70 Hwy Nl-sl	1964	8,835	Good
I70 Hwy WB over Walker Avenue	1965	8,718	Good
I70 Hwy EB over Walker Avenue	1965	8,718	Good
I70 Hwy WB over Walker Creek	1965	8,718	Good