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U Road over Ash Creek

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

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

U Road over Ash Creek in Pawnee 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 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2022, making it 3 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 30 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 60 of the 163 inventoried bridges in Pawnee County rated good (36.8%); 6 (3.7%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 40 ft
Location	6.0N 4.5W of Larned
NBI structure number	000730621205380
Condition class	Good

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