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RS 1518 O Road over Arkansas River

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

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

RS 1518 O Road over Arkansas River in Pawnee 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 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 163 inventoried bridges in Pawnee County rated poor (3.7%); 6 (3.7%) 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	Continuous concrete tee beam
Length	about 562 ft
Location	5.0E 1.5N of Larned
NBI structure number	000000000730460
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US56 Hwy over Ash Creek Drainage	1934	4,884	Fair
US-56 Hwy over Ash Creek	1994	4,884	Good
US56 Hwy over Pawnee River	1953	3,232	Fair
K-19s Hwy over Arkansas River	1996	2,257	Good
K-19s Hwy over Pawnee River	1996	2,257	Fair
K156 Hwy over Pawnee River Drainage	1936	2,206	Good