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South Road over Trib. to Pawnee River

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

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

South Road over Trib. to Pawnee River in Pawnee 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 1940, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2014).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 163 inventoried bridges in Pawnee County rated poor (3.7%); 6 (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 63 ft
Location	3.5N 3.0W of Rozel
NBI structure number	000730589305420
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US56 Hwy over Ash Creek Drainage	1934	4,884	Fair
US-56 Hwy over Ash Creek	1994	4,884	Good
US56 Hwy over Pawnee River	1953	3,232	Fair
K-19s Hwy over Arkansas River	1996	2,257	Good
K-19s Hwy over Pawnee River	1996	2,257	Fair
K156 Hwy over Pawnee River Drainage	1936	2,206	Good