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Local Rd. 181 over Lightning Creek

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

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

Local Rd. 181 over Lightning Creek in Crawford 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 1965, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 30 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2013).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 119 of the 295 inventoried bridges in Crawford County rated fair (40.3%); 27 (9.2%) 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 122 ft
Location	16.0S 6.0E of Walnut
NBI structure number	000191077806620
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US69/US169 Hwy over Cow Creek	1992	14,286	Good
US69/US169 Hwy over Cow Creek	1993	9,347	Good
K-126 over KCS Railway	2022	7,622	Good
K126 Hwy over Middle Cow Creek	1931	6,653	Fair
K126 Hwy over Middle Cow Creek	2021	6,653	Good
US69 over First Cow Creek Drainage	1952	6,144	Good