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Rd 140 over Bazine Dry Creek

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

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

Rd 140 over Bazine Dry Creek in Ness 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 1950, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 15 of the 167 inventoried bridges in Ness County rated poor (9.0%); 15 (9.0%) 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 59 ft
Location	1.0N 2.3W of Bazine
NBI structure number	000680559705120
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
K-96 Hwy over N. Fork Walnut Creek Dng	2004	3,140	Good
US283 Hwy over N Fork Walnut Creek Drg.	1957	2,319	Good
US283 Hwy over Long Branch Drainage	1935	1,785	Good
US283 Hwy over Pawnee River Drainage	1934	1,672	Good
US 283 Hwy over North Fork Walnut Creek	1990	1,672	Good
US-283 Hwy over South Fork Walnut Creek	1993	1,672	Good