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Hartner Shortcut over Little Mule Creek

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

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

Hartner Shortcut over Little Mule Creek in Barber 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 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2000, making it 25 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 109 of the 241 inventoried bridges in Barber County rated good (45.2%); 2 (0.8%) 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
US160 Hwy over Ba Co St Lake Drg	2014	3,047	Good
US281 Hwy over Elm Creek Drainage	1949	2,493	Good
US-281 Hwy over Elm Creek	1995	2,493	Fair
US-160 Hwy over Medicine River	1995	2,237	Good
US160 Hwy over Elm Creek	1937	1,939	Good
US-281 Hwy over Elm Creek Drainage	1995	1,313	Good