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Rd 19 over Mule Creek

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

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

Rd 19 over Mule Creek in Kiowa 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 50 of the 89 inventoried bridges in Kiowa County rated fair (56.2%); 2 (2.2%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 53 ft
Location	4.5E 9.5S of Mullinville
NBI structure number	000490595006505
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US54/US400 Hwy over Kiowa Co State Lake Drg.	1955	8,434	Good
US54/US400 Hwy over Rattlesnake Creek Drg	1986	6,536	Good
US54/US400 Hwy over S Br Rattlesnake CR	1954	6,454	Good
US54/US400 Hwy over E F Rattlesnake CR	1994	5,976	Good
US54/US400 Hwy over E F Rattlesnake CR Dr	1994	5,976	Good
US54 Hwy over Rattlesnake Creek Drg.	1959	2,678	Good