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Ave. C over Little Cow Creek

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

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

Ave. C over Little Cow Creek in Rice 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 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 8 of the 261 inventoried bridges in Rice County rated poor (3.1%); 8 (3.1%) 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 58 ft
Location	3.5W 2.5S of Geneseo
NBI structure number	000800723905100
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
K14 Hwy over Salt Creek	1966	6,330	Fair
K14 Hwy over Cow Creek	2012	4,802	Good
K14 Hwy over Little Cow Creek	2012	4,802	Good
K-14 Hwy over Cow Creek Drainage	2023	4,802	Good
US56 Hwy over Salt Creek	1961	4,648	Fair
US-56 Highway over Little Cow Creek	2002	3,909	Good