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255 Road over Trib. N SOLOMON RIVER

Smith County, Kansas · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

255 Road over Trib. N SOLOMON RIVER in Smith County, Kansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1920, making it 105 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 159 of the 281 inventoried bridges in Smith County rated fair (56.6%); 32 (11.4%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 35 ft
Location	1.0S 1.0W of Claudell
NBI structure number	000920637903485
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US36 Hwy over Middle Beaver Creek Drg	1952	2,171	Good
US36 Hwy over East Beaver Creek Drg	1952	2,171	Fair
US-36 Hwy over Middle Beaver Creek	1994	2,171	Good
US-36 Hwy over East Beaver Creek	1994	2,171	Good
US36 Hwy over Cedar Creek Drainage	1963	2,031	Good
US36 Hwy over Cedar Creek	1963	2,031	Good