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Local Rd. W2Z over West Branch Third Creek

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

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

Local Rd. W2Z over West Branch Third Creek in Mitchell County, Kansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1928, making it 97 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2002).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 96 of the 262 inventoried bridges in Mitchell County rated fair (36.6%); 9 (3.4%) 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 26 ft
Location	9.5S 4.3W of Simpson
NBI structure number	000620747204040
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US24 Hwy over Solomon River Drainage	1952	3,713	Good
K-14 Hwy over Drainage	2018	3,177	Good
US24 Hwy over Dog Creek	1962	2,944	Fair
US-24 over Mulberry Creek	2022	2,944	Good
US24 Hwy over Granite Creek	1967	2,411	Fair
US24 Hwy over Waconda Res. Drainage	1961	2,288	Fair