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Rainbow Rd. over Paint Creek

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

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

Rainbow Rd. over Paint Creek in McPherson 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 1972, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 193 of the 587 inventoried bridges in McPherson County rated fair (32.9%); 6 (1.0%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 50 ft
Location	1.9W 4.5S of Lindsborg
NBI structure number	000590779605060
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I135 US81 Nb-sb over Dry Turkey Creek	1968	9,300	Good
I135 US81 Nb-sb over Dry Turkey CR Drain	1968	9,300	Good
I135 US81 SB over Pawnee Rd	1968	9,300	Fair
I135 US81 NB over RS0448	1968	9,300	Fair
First St. over Trib. to Dry Turkey Ck.	2020	9,100	Good
US56 Hwy over Dry Turkey Creek	1930	8,182	Fair