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K-27 Highway over Happy Ditch

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

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

K-27 Highway over Happy Ditch in Morton 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 2004, making it 21 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 518 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 15 of the 17 inventoried bridges in Morton County rated good (88.2%); 0 (0.0%) 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
North Street over Elkhart Drainage Ditch	1969	735	Good
North Street over Elkhart Drainage Ditch	1969	735	Good
North Street over Elkhart Drainage Ditch	1969	735	Good
K-51 Hwy over Cimarron River	1997	575	Good
K-27 Highway over Cimarron River	2004	518	Good
K-27 Highway over Captain Creek	2004	426	Good