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Y5 Lane over Sappa Creek

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

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

Y5 Lane over Sappa Creek in Decatur 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1969, making it 56 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 30 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 71 of the 157 inventoried bridges in Decatur County rated fair (45.2%); 14 (8.9%) 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	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 80 ft
Location	5.7N 8.8W of Norcatur
NBI structure number	000200497803105
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US83 Hwy over Sappa Creek Drainage	2016	2,429	Good
US83 Hwy over Former Oberlin Lake	1972	1,943	Good
K383 Hwy over Turtle Creek	1959	1,876	Fair
K383 Hwy over Prairie Dog Creek Drg	1938	1,876	Good
US83 Hwy over Sappa Creek Drainage	1936	1,590	Fair
US83 Hwy over Sappa Creek	1986	1,590	Fair