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Local RD. R over Southside Ditch

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

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

Local RD. R over Southside Ditch in Kearny 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 1986, making it 39 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 42 of the 72 inventoried bridges in Kearny County rated fair (58.3%); 0 (0.0%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 23 ft
Location	2.7W 3.0S of Lakin
NBI structure number	000470387005903
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-50 Hwy over Great Eastern Ditch	1994	4,709	Good
US-50 Highway over Amazon Canal	2002	3,683	Good
US50 Hwy over Sand Creek	1938	3,242	Good
US50 Hwy over Sand Creek Drainage	1949	3,242	Good
US50 Hwy over Arkansas River Drainage	1949	2,237	Good
US50 Hwy over Sand Creek	1949	2,237	Good