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BB Road over Henkle Canyon

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

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

BB Road over Henkle Canyon in Cheyenne 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1985, making it 40 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 45 of the 99 inventoried bridges in Cheyenne County rated fair (45.5%); 5 (5.1%) 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 55 ft
Location	14.5N 1.5W of Bird City
NBI structure number	000120367903060
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-36 Hwy over Sand Creek	1997	1,738	Good
US36 Hwy over Republican River Drn	1936	1,274	Good
US36 Hwy over Republican River	1936	1,274	Good
US36 Hwy over Republican River Drn	1985	1,274	Good
K-27-hwy over North Fork Beaver Creek	2024	967	Good
K27 Hwy over Cherry Creek	1951	450	Good