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Rs 398 over Salt Creek

Mitchell County, Kansas · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Rs 398 over Salt Creek in Mitchell County, Kansas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2002, making it 23 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 55 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2004).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 157 of the 262 inventoried bridges in Mitchell County rated good (59.9%); 9 (3.4%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US24 Hwy over Solomon River Drainage	1952	3,713	Good
K-14 Hwy over Drainage	2018	3,177	Good
US24 Hwy over Dog Creek	1962	2,944	Fair
US-24 over Mulberry Creek	2022	2,944	Good
US24 Hwy over Granite Creek	1967	2,411	Fair
US24 Hwy over Waconda Res. Drainage	1961	2,288	Fair