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Otter Creek Road over Trib of Clarks Creek

Geary County, Kansas · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Otter Creek Road over Trib of Clarks Creek in Geary County, Kansas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2004).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 13 of the 140 inventoried bridges in Geary County rated poor (9.3%); 13 (9.3%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	4	Poor condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I70 Hwy WB over Franks Creek Frrd Conctr	1960	16,218	Fair
I70 Hwy EB over Franks Creek Frrd Conctr	1960	16,218	Good
I70 Hwy WB over US40 Bus K57HWYS	1960	16,116	Fair
I70 Hwy EB over K57 Highway	1960	16,116	Good
I70 Hwy WB over Smoky Hill River	1960	14,637	Good
I70 Hwy EB over Smoky Hill River	1960	14,637	Good