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Turkey Road over South Owl Creek

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

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

Turkey Road over South Owl Creek in Woodson 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 70 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 73 of the 142 inventoried bridges in Woodson County rated fair (51.4%); 15 (10.6%) 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 concrete tee beam
Length	about 166 ft
Location	036 4.0E 2.0N of Rose
NBI structure number	000000001040036
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US75 Hwy over S Owl Creek Drainage	1931	3,100	Good
US 75 Hwy over South Owl Creek	1990	3,100	Good
US 75 Hwy over UP R.R.	1990	2,700	Good
US 75 Hwy over E Buffalo CR Drain	1990	2,700	Good
US75 Hwy over Owl Creek	1959	2,683	Good
US75 Hwy over North Owl Creek	1959	2,490	Fair