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K27 Hwy over N Fork Ladder Creek

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

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

K27 Hwy over N Fork Ladder Creek in Wallace 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1957, making it 68 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,139 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 17 of the 44 inventoried bridges in Wallace County rated fair (38.6%); 1 (2.3%) 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 concrete tee beam
Length	about 251 ft
Location	4.75MI N Greeley Co Line
NBI structure number	999902701000101
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
K-27 Hwy over Eagletail Creek	2006	2,360	Good
K-27 Highway over Smoky Hill River	1955	1,262	Fair
US40 Hwy over Eagle Trail Creek Drg	1961	1,222	Good
U-40 Hwy over Sth Fk Smoky Hill River	2024	1,222	Good
K27 Hwy over South Fork Lake Creek	1957	1,088	Fair
US40 Hwy over Eagle Tail Creek Drg	1958	1,040	Fair