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180 Road over Middle Cedar Creek

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

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

180 Road over Middle Cedar Creek 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1930 and reconstructed in 1979, making it 95 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 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 41 ft
Location	0.5S of Kensington
NBI structure number	000920639703340
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