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Meridian Rd. over Trib to Five Creek

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

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

Meridian Rd. over Trib to Five Creek in Clay County, Kansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 95 of the 231 inventoried bridges in Clay County rated fair (41.1%); 8 (3.5%) 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 56 ft
Location	2.5N 5.5W of Idana
NBI structure number	000140817003829
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US24 Hwy over Huntress Creek	2012	4,847	Good
US 24 Hwy over N Branch Five Creek	1981	2,207	Fair
US24 Hwy over Republican River	2006	2,207	Good
US-24 Hwy over Finney Creek	1993	2,192	Good
US24 Hwy over Lincoln Creek Drainage	1965	2,119	Poor
US24 Hwy over Lincoln Creek	1965	2,119	Fair