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Frontier Rd. over Turkey Creek

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

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

Frontier Rd. over Turkey Creek in McPherson 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 1955, making it 70 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 587 inventoried bridges in McPherson County rated poor (1.0%); 6 (1.0%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 39 ft
Location	3.7E 2.5S of Mcpherson
NBI structure number	000590791705300
Condition class	Poor

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