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Catharine Road over N. Fork Big Creek

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

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

Catharine Road over N. Fork Big Creek in Ellis County, Kansas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1938 and reconstructed in 1964, making it 87 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 375 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 275 inventoried bridges in Ellis County rated poor (5.1%); 14 (5.1%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 117 ft
Location	0.3W of Catharine
NBI structure number	000000000260290
Condition class	Poor

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