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Ave L over Loss Creek

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

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

Ave L over Loss Creek in Ellsworth County, Kansas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2017, making it 8 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 35 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 123 of the 255 inventoried bridges in Ellsworth County rated good (48.2%); 6 (2.4%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 36 ft
Location	1.3S 7.0W of Ellsworth
NBI structure number	000270709704780
Condition class	Good

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