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K-2 Hwy over Medicine River

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

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

K-2 Hwy over Medicine River in Barber 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1936 and reconstructed in 2006, making it 89 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 349 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 130 of the 241 inventoried bridges in Barber County rated fair (53.9%); 2 (0.8%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 726 ft
Location	2.11 Mi NE K8
NBI structure number	999900200040311
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US160 Hwy over Ba Co St Lake Drg	2014	3,047	Good
US281 Hwy over Elm Creek Drainage	1949	2,493	Good
US-281 Hwy over Elm Creek	1995	2,493	Fair
US-160 Hwy over Medicine River	1995	2,237	Good
US160 Hwy over Elm Creek	1937	1,939	Good
US-281 Hwy over Elm Creek Drainage	1995	1,313	Good