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Minor Col B-5 over S. Fork Big Nemaha Riv.

Nemaha County, Kansas · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Minor Col B-5 over S. Fork Big Nemaha Riv. in Nemaha County, Kansas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1995, making it 30 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2008).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 134 of the 355 inventoried bridges in Nemaha County rated good (37.7%); 37 (10.4%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 330 ft
Location	1.5N 3.5W of Bern
NBI structure number	000660957903020
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-36 Hwy over South F Big Nemaha Riv	1996	3,649	Good
US36 Hwy over Black Vermillion Creek	1958	3,307	Fair
US-36 Hwy over Harris Creek Drainage	1996	3,162	Good
US36 Hwy over Harris Creek Drainage	1940	3,092	Good
US36 Hwy over Cedar Creek	1940	3,092	Good
US36 Hwy over Cedar Creek	1940	3,092	Good