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Ave Q over Branch of Walnut Creek

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

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

Ave Q over Branch of Walnut Creek in Rush 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 1935, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2008).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 4 of the 169 inventoried bridges in Rush County rated poor (2.4%); 4 (2.4%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 60 ft
Location	0.5S 1.9E of Nekoma
NBI structure number	000830595905120
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-183 Hwy over Sand Creek	1996	3,191	Good
US183 Hwy over Big Timber Creek Drain	1933	3,160	Good
US-183 Hwy over Big Timber Creek	1994	3,160	Good
US183 Hwy over Walnut Creek Drainage	1932	1,847	Poor
K-96 Hwy over Walnut Creek Drainage	1996	1,785	Good
K96 Hwy over Walnut Creek Drainage	1940	1,703	Good