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NW Sherman City Rd over Lightning Creek

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

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

NW Sherman City Rd over Lightning Creek in Cherokee 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 165 of the 325 inventoried bridges in Cherokee County rated fair (50.8%); 14 (4.3%) 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 steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 127 ft
Location	6.5W 1.5S of West Mineral
NBI structure number	000111069506765
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-166 Hwy over Spring River Drainage	2001	7,752	Good
US-166 Hwy over Spring River	2002	7,752	Good
US69 Alt Hwy over Willow Creek	1961	7,336	Fair
US400/US69A Hwys over Brush Creek	2000	6,874	Good
US-400 Hwy over Wolf Creek	1994	6,782	Good
US-400 Hwy over Wolf Creek	1994	6,782	Good