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Road 13 over Shorts Creek

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

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

Road 13 over Shorts Creek in Meade County, Kansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1955 and reconstructed in 1994, making it 70 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 22 of the 84 inventoried bridges in Meade County rated fair (26.2%); 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 61 ft
Location	5.0W 10.6S of Meade
NBI structure number	000600479006946
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-54 Hwy over Crooked Creek Drng	2006	7,921	Good
US54 Hwy over Dry Lake Drainage	1969	5,571	Good
US54 Hwy over Dry Lake Drainage	1969	5,571	Good
US-54 Hwy over Spring Creek	1995	4,514	Fair
US54 Hwy over Crooked Creek Drainage	1951	4,408	Good
US54 Hwy over Crooked Creek Drainage	1953	4,319	Good