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Local 20e8-29-6 over Rock Creek N Branch

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

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

Local 20e8-29-6 over Rock Creek N Branch in Butler County, Kansas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1925, making it 100 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 30 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 38 of the 591 inventoried bridges in Butler County rated poor (6.4%); 38 (6.4%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 38 ft
Location	5.0E 0.8S of Smileyberg
NBI structure number	000080881006428
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US77 Hwy over W Br Walnut Riv/ped Pass	1935	13,087	Good
54/400 Hwy Eb/wb over Republican Creek	1955	10,250	Good
W Central Ave over Lakeside Drainage	1998	9,925	Good
US54/US400 Hwy WB over Dry Creek	1955	9,799	Good
US54/US400 Hwy EB over Dry Creek	1960	9,799	Good
US54/US400 Hwy WB over Whitewater River	1955	9,799	Fair