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Rs 1698 over Stream

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

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

Rs 1698 over Stream 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 culvert, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1954, making it 71 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2002).
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.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
Its most recent inspection on record is dated March 2023, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
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

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	7	7	Good condition


Structure	Concrete culvert
Length	about 21 ft
Location	7.0S 6.0W of Simpson
NBI structure number	000000000620580
Condition class	Good
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	March 2023
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	8: foundations stable, scour above the top of the footing

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