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Vale Rd over Cool Creek

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

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

Vale Rd over Cool Creek in Cloud 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 1964 and reconstructed in 1979, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 70 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 129 of the 312 inventoried bridges in Cloud County rated fair (41.3%); 19 (6.1%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 29 ft
Location	3.0N 3.0E of Concordia
NBI structure number	000150785303520
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-81 Hwy over BNSF & KYLE RRs STREETS	1996	8,831	Good
US81 Hwy NB over Republican River	1983	4,416	Good
US-81 Hwy SB over Republican River	1999	4,416	Good
US-81 Hwy over Cool Creek	2000	4,416	Good
US-81 Hwy over Cool Creek	2002	3,371	Good
US-81 Hwy NB over US-24 Hwy	1996	3,083	Good