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Local M-15.5 over Local Trib.

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

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

Local M-15.5 over Local Trib. in Jewell County, Kansas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1925, making it 100 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 21 of the 307 inventoried bridges in Jewell County rated poor (6.8%); 21 (6.8%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 36 ft
Location	3.0S 0.5W of Mankato
NBI structure number	000450725503360
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-36 Hwy over Middle Buffalo Creek	1935	2,194	Good
US36/K128 Hwy over Limestone Creek	2007	1,225	Good
US36 Hwy over Middle Limestone CR Drg.	1958	1,205	Fair
US36 Hwy over Middle Limestone Creek	1930	1,205	Fair
US-36 Hwy over Limestone Creek Drainage	2008	1,205	Good
US36 Hwy over West Marsh Creek	1960	1,198	Good