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W Star over Four Mile Creek

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

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

W Star over Four Mile 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1981, making it 44 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2007).
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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 65 ft
Location	1.6E 1.0S of Melrose
NBI structure number	000111081607100
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