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4th Road over Trib. to Plum Creek

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

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

4th Road over Trib. to Plum Creek in Ellsworth 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 1938 and reconstructed in 1960, making it 87 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 126 of the 255 inventoried bridges in Ellsworth County rated fair (49.4%); 6 (2.4%) 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 32 ft
Location	0.7W 2.8N of Holyrood
NBI structure number	000270703004889
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I70 Hwy WB over East Elkhorn Creek	1964	8,400	Fair
I70 Hwy EB over East Elkhorn Creek	1964	8,400	Fair
I70 Hwy Nl-sl over Local Road	1964	8,400	Fair
I70 Hwy WB over RS1004 Lt K156 Hwy	1964	7,000	Good
I70 Hwy EB over K156 Hwy	1964	7,000	Good
I70 Hwy WB over K14 Highway	1964	6,350	Good