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NW 20 St over Bear Creek

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

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

NW 20 St over Bear Creek in Stafford County, Kansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 63 of the 119 inventoried bridges in Stafford County rated fair (52.9%); 3 (2.5%) 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 32 ft
Location	1.0S 6.9W of St. John
NBI structure number	000930653105780
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US50 Hwy over N F Ninnescah Riv Drg	1954	3,765	Good
US50 Hwy over Wild Horse CR Drain	1957	2,873	Good
US50 Hwy over N F Ninnescah Riv Drg	1958	2,750	Good
US50 Hwy over N F Ninnescah Riv Drg	1954	2,555	Good
US50 Hwy over N F Ninnescah Riv Drg	1954	2,555	Good
US281 Hwy over BNSF RR	1986	2,409	Good