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Local 5.0-m.5 over Dry Creek

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

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

Local 5.0-m.5 over Dry 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1970, making it 55 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

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