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U-40 Hwy over Sth Fk Smoky Hill River

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

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

U-40 Hwy over Sth Fk Smoky Hill River in Wallace 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 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2024, making it 1 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,222 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 26 of the 44 inventoried bridges in Wallace County rated good (59.1%); 1 (2.3%) 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
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
K27 Hwy over N Fork Ladder Creek	1957	1,139	Fair
K27 Hwy over South Fork Lake Creek	1957	1,088	Fair
US40 Hwy over Eagle Tail Creek Drg	1958	1,040	Fair