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Beaver/Aspen over Trib. to Saline River

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

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

Beaver/Aspen over Trib. to Saline River in Ottawa 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2001).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 295 inventoried bridges in Ottawa County rated poor (3.7%); 11 (3.7%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 43 ft
Location	2.0W 0.3N of Culver
NBI structure number	000720771104408
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US81 Hwy SB over Lindsey Creek	1949	4,884	Good
US81 Hwy SB over Pipe Creek	1949	4,884	Good
US-81 Hwy NB over Lindsey Creek	1996	4,884	Good
US-81 Hwy NB over Pipe Creek	1996	4,884	Good
US81 Hwy SB over Local Road	1969	4,453	Good
US81 Hwy NB over Local Road	1969	4,453	Good