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K-15 Highway over Otter Creek

Clay County, Kansas · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

K-15 Highway over Otter Creek in Clay County, Kansas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2002, making it 23 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,903 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 128 of the 231 inventoried bridges in Clay County rated good (55.4%); 8 (3.5%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US24 Hwy over Huntress Creek	2012	4,847	Good
US 24 Hwy over N Branch Five Creek	1981	2,207	Fair
US24 Hwy over Republican River	2006	2,207	Good
US-24 Hwy over Finney Creek	1993	2,192	Good
US24 Hwy over Lincoln Creek Drainage	1965	2,119	Poor
US24 Hwy over Lincoln Creek	1965	2,119	Fair