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North Star Road over Trib. to Medicine River

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

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

North Star Road over Trib. to Medicine River in Barber County, Kansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1974, making it 51 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 130 of the 241 inventoried bridges in Barber County rated fair (53.9%); 2 (0.8%) 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	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 24 ft
Location	2.5W 5.7N of Kiowa
NBI structure number	000040689006986
Condition class	Fair

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